Northern Territory History Grants Program

Key Dates:

• Applications open on Monday 1 July 2024.
• Applications close on Monday 12 August 2024.
• Successful applications will be announced in November 2024.

How To Apply:

• Read the NT History Grants guidelines and application information
• Contact Library & Archives NT to discuss your application 
• Submit your application online using GrantsNT by 5pm Monday 12 August 2024.

Who Can Apply:

• You can apply if you're a resident of the NT and an individual, a society or a community organisation.
• Employees of the Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities are required to have a completed and approved conflict of interest declaration and management plan before applying. Other NT government employees should refer to their own department's policy requirements before applying.
• Northern Territory Associations applying for grants must comply with the Associations Act.

Who Can't Apply:

• Territory, state and Federal government agencies are not eligible to apply
• Previous NT History Grants recipients who have not acquitted grants are not eligible to apply.

What Can Be Funded: 

The Grants are intended to assist with associated expenses that will be incurred whilst carrying out research projects including:

• Travel and accommodation;
• Costs associated with printing and publication such as editing fees, design costs, copyright and licencing fees;
• Incidental research fees;
• Reproduction charges;
• Interview fees.

Preference will be given to applications covering topics which have not been researched before, or if the topic  has been researched before, the applicant proposes a new approach or pushes research into new areas. 

What Cannot Be Funded: 

• Purchase of equipment and assets
• Cataloguing collections
• Digitising or reproduction of collections
• Professional consulting fees, such as historical consulting fees to undertake research
• Costs associated with work that has already been done
• Wages

Examples Of Previously Funded Projects:

The following are examples of projects that have received funding in the past.

Historical research for:

• Published work such as a book, journal article, written guide
• Unpublished or self-published work
• Radio program
• Video/film or theatrical play
• Website
• Oral history interviews

EXPLORE PAST HISTORY GRANTS PROJECTS

Image: John Bates Collection 1864-1979, https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/1118670878