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Journalism Assistance Fund

Digital funding, offered by Australian Government.

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Funding
$13k to $7.5m
The minimum grant amount is $39,000 over three years and the maximum grant amount is $7.5 million over three years. The grant amount per eligible journalist is $13,000 full time equivalent (FTE) per year, or $39,000 per eligible FTE journalist over three years. If the journalist is not employed full
Where
Australia (Commonwealth)Commonwealth of Australia
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Who can apply

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Eligibility, in Australian Government's own words

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What Journalism Assistance Fund funds

What this money is forDigital

The Journalism Assistance Fund is helping the sustainability of Australian news publishers by providing a proportion of the wages for journalists producing core news content that is distributed digitally. The Journalism Assistance Fund Program, running over 3 years from 2025-26, was announced as part of the News Media Assistance Program (News MAP). News MAP aims to support public interest journalism and media diversity in Australia - recognising these are critical to a healthy democracy, social cohesion and informed citizens.

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How to apply

Applications are made through

Australian Government

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About Journalism Assistance Fund

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When does Journalism Assistance Fund close?

Australian Government has not published a closing date, so GrantWindow does not show one. We do not estimate a deadline somebody may plan a week of work around. The date appears here the night the funder publishes it.

How much funding is available through Journalism Assistance Fund?

Australian Government publishes a funding amount of $13k to $7.5m, noted as: The minimum grant amount is $39,000 over three years and the maximum grant amount is $7.5 million over three years. The grant amount per eligible journalist is $13,000 full time equivalent (FTE) per year, or $39,000 per eligible FTE journalist over three years. If the journalist is not employed full. Confirm it in the guidelines on the official page before you build a budget around it.

Who can apply for Journalism Assistance Fund?

Australian Government does not publish a structured list of eligible applicant types. The eligibility criteria Australian Government publishes in their own guidelines are the ones that count, and this record carries the link to them.

Is Journalism Assistance Fund still open?

This round is closed. Closed rounds stay on record because most Australian grant programs run again, and the reopening is the one worth being early for. The alert list is told the night it does.

Who runs Journalism Assistance Fund, and does GrantWindow take a cut?

Journalism Assistance Fund is offered by Australian Government in Commonwealth of Australia. Applications are made through the funder, never through GrantWindow: we take no applications, charge no fee and act as no intermediary. Any site offering to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.

Where this record came from

Sourced from business.gov.au, © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Science and Resources), used under CC BY 3.0 AU (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/).

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  3. Last checked24 Oct 2026The day we last read this program on the funder's own page.

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