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AMA / Music Australia International Conference Contribution Fund (MAICC): Round 2
Applications close: Thursday 20th November, 2025

About your activity

Your answers here will be used to assess your application.
1.Full name of applicant (individual)(Required.)
2.Business Name(Required.)
3.Brand name/s (if different)
4.Which event are you applying for?(Required.)
5.Will you be attending as an exhibitor or delegate
6.Have you previously attended the event/s you are applying to attend?
7.BIO

Please provide a brief biography / career summary, including how long you have worked in the industry and for this business.(Required.)
8.Who else is involved in the proposed activity? (Use names if possible)
9.PRODUCTS

Briefly describe your product/s: what are they, where are they made, and what you will be focusing on through this activity (the full range / one brand or product category / new products).(Required.)
10.TRACK RECORD

Briefly describe your international/export activity (eg. distribution, sales) and export development (trade shows, partnerships, business development) so far. You may also describe your domestic track record but the focus of this question is export experience/readiness.(Required.)
11.PLAN

Outline the activities you will undertake before, during and after this event. (Please be specific in your response where possible, i.e. Who are you meeting with? What activities you are undertaking and why? etc)(Required.)
12.TARGET

Which market/s are you targeting (eg. a country, continent, whole world), and why?(Required.)
13.IMPACT & POTENTIAL

What do you hope to achieve through this activity?(Required.)
14.OPTIONAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The panel will be considering the whole application based on the criteria (viability, planning, impact & potential) and essentially considering 'why you? why now?'

Is there anything about yourself, your track record, plans, product/s or activity that you would like to add, to answer these questions? For example is there a professional development element, is there a new opportunity in this particular market?

If the questions above have covered everything you need to say, this question is not essential.
15.ITINERARY

Briefly state your itinerary by city. There is no need to list brief stopovers.

eg. 'Sydney - Los Angeles - Sydney'.(Required.)
16.BUDGET

Outline all expenses for the activity that are incurred for the individual named in this application. If multiple people are attending an event from your business, do not include their travel costs.

If you are paying exhibitor fees and associated expenses, first indicate the total amount requested for that purpose, then clarify what proportion of the project this would cover.

This should reflect your actual expenses, which may be different to the grant request. There is no minimum or maximum amount.(Required.)
17.What proportion of the exhibitor fee, if applicable, is being requested, and who is paying for the rest of this fee (eg. manufacturer, distributor)? (eg. '25%; manufacturer pays remainder')
18.If you include an amount in 'Other', what does this include?
19.What total amount are you requesting ($AU)?

The maximum is $5000, only apply for what you need to complete this activity. Your total request may be the total of the expenses above, or a contribution towards those expenses. You cannot request more than the total of your expenses.(Required.)
20.OPTIONAL: Please describe any other source/s of funding you have for this activity. If your grant request (Q18) does not equal the total expenses (Q16), please answer this question.
21.Support letters are option but the assessors of the previous round valued letters indicating the support of a partner or otherwise supporting the proposal. We encourage you to attach support letters that strengthen your application by indicating a) the potential of your work, b) your track record in export development, and/or c) specific partnerships or potential partnerships that are relevant to the proposed activity (eg. a distributor in the target market).

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22.Support letter 2
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23.Support letter 3
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