Steps to applying for a Grant Completing Your Application Submitting Your Application
The Myer Foundation and Sidney Myer Fund will consider support of applicants and activities that:
1. Further our Objectives;
2. Meet our Eligibility requirements, including tax status requirements; and
3. Address a relevant grant category
Steps to Applying for a Grant
In order to apply for a grant from The Myer Foundation / Sidney Myer Fund you must:
1. Read the Eligibility page of our website to ensure you are eligible to apply.
2. Address a relevant grant category - please refer to the What We Fund section of our website.
3. Complete an application.
Please note that we can only consider one application at a time from one applicant. Exceptions are made when multiple applications are received from universities and other large organisations where they represent different faculties, departments or schools, and the proposals are unrelated.
4. Provide all relevant documentation.
5. Submit your application in both electronic and hard copy; please see below.
6. If your funding submission is incomplete, that is, part of documentation is missing, including the electronic and/or hard copy of your application, it will be withdrawn from consideration and you will be notified accordingly.
Timelines
When working out timelines for the commencement of your project please take the following into consideration:
Funding Programs Without Closing Dates: You will need to allow three months from the time you submit your application for notification of its outcome. Should you be successful, you will need to allow a further two weeks from your notification date for the payment of your grant.
Funding Programs With Closing Dates: You will need to allow three months from the closing date for notification of the outcome of your application. Should you be successful, you will need to allow a further two weeks from your notification date for the payment of your grant.
For more information please refer to the What Happens to my Application section of the website.
Completing your application
If your project appears to fit one of our grant categories, we invite you to submit an application for funding.
1. Choose the Application Form for the grant category in which you wish to apply. For The Arts and Humanities, please read the additional instructions below.
2. Application Forms are in Microsoft Word format and should be completed in that same format (please do not convert to PDF format).
3. Complete all sections of the Application Form and ensure that the space provided and word limits as indicated on the form are not exceeded. For Arts and Humanities applications, please ensure page number limits are not exceeded.
4. Organisation Name: If your organisation has both a legal name and a trading name, then the application should be made in the legal name.
5. Universities: If you are applying through a University, your application form should be signed off by a senior member of your relevant Research Office.
6. Project Budget: Ensure the Income column in the Budget table includes confirmed and unconfirmed contributions from all sources, including the amount you are requesting from The Myer Foundation and the Sidney Myer Fund.
7. Documentation: Verify that you have all the required documentation to accompany your application.
8. Funding Partner: Please ensure all funding partner details are correct and all required documentation is submitted.
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Submitting your application
We require both an electronic and a hard copy of your application form.
- Your electronic application: Electronic application forms should be sent to applications@myerfoundation.org.au. Please do not convert your application document to Adobe PDF format before emailing it to us – it should be kept in Microsoft Word format. Please also include, if possible, an electronic signature of the authorised contact person on the Privacy Statement.
- Your hard copy application: Only one hard copy of your funding application is required. Hard copy applications should be signed and posted, along with all other requested documentation, to the attention of:
Administration Manager
The Myer Foundation
Level 18, 8 Exhibition Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
NOTE - Please do not bind or use display folders when submitting your funding application
- Ascertain whether you wish to email the completed feedback questionnaire together with your funding application (this can be found within the application form)
If you require assistance in completing your application or have any questions regarding the areas we fund, please contact us.
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARTS & HUMANITIES APPLICANTS:
Your funding application has three components:
Your full application
Your full application should be brief and to the point and run to a maximum of five pages. This must be completed in Microsoft Word format. Further detail on what needs to be covered in this part of your application has been provided in the downloadable application itself.
Your Application Summary Form
Your Application Summary Form should not exceed three pages and should be completed in Microsoft Word format.
Documentation
For more information about the documentation required to accompany your funding application, please refer to the Forms and Documentation section of our website.
Support Materials (Optional)
Applicants are welcome to submit support materials, however please keep these to a minimum. In particular, applicants are asked to keep audiovisual materials (eg CD, DVD, Video) to a maximum of two items. Letters of support and biographies are welcome.
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