Indigenous Languages and Arts – Strategic Projects 2025-26

# Indigenous Languages and Arts – Strategic Projects 2025-26 **Department:** Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts **Categories:** * Primary: 251001 - Indigenous Arts and Culture * Secondary: 121003 - Humanities **🎯 Opportunity:** The Indigenous Languages and Arts (ILA) – Strategic Projects program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in expressing, conserving, and maintaining their cultures through Indigenous languages and arts activities. This targeted competitive grant opportunity funds projects that contribute to the revitalization, conservation, and sustainability of Indigenous languages, alongside the creation, promotion, and celebration of community-based Indigenous arts. **💡 Key Activity Areas:** * **Language Conservation & Revitalization:** Facilitating spoken language use in everyday life, supporting language transmission and practice, building capacity through learning pathways and formal qualifications, digitally recording and conserving languages, and producing accessible language materials. * **Arts Creation & Promotion:** Developing, producing, presenting, exhibiting, or performing diverse traditional and contemporary Indigenous art forms (e.g., dance, theatre, film, literature, music, traditional crafts), and promoting these activities to enable community enjoyment and cultural pride. **✅ Eligibility & Selection Process:** This is a **Targeted or Restricted Competitive** grant opportunity. Participation is by invitation only. Organizations must receive an explicit invitation from the ILA Program to submit a grant application for a Strategic Project. Unsolicited applications will not be processed. **📝 Application Instructions:** If an organization receives an invitation to apply, the ILA Program will provide a direct link to the application portal. **💲 Total Available Funding:** Not specified. **Keywords:** Indigenous languages, Aboriginal arts, Torres Strait Islander culture, language revitalization, cultural preservation, traditional arts, contemporary Indigenous art, community arts, language learning, cultural heritage, Australia grants, arts funding, cultural funding.