Call for Applications /// 2025 ACUADS Awards and Grant Scheme

2025 ACUADS Awards and Grant Scheme

Nominations for the ACUADS Awards and applications for the ACUADS Grant Scheme are now invited!

ACUADS Awards

The ACUADS Awards celebrate and reward excellence in teaching and research within Australian art and design schools. We seek to recognise work that leads the way for our sector, whether through challenging established practice or demonstrating sustained contributions in teaching and research. 

The ACUADS Awards recognise staff in our member institutions across all career levels. Nominations are invited for awards in the following categories:

Teaching Catalyst Award

Excellence in Teaching Award

Research Catalyst Award

Excellence in Research Award

First Nations Catalyst Award

First Nations Academic Award

Professional Staff Award

Lifelong Fellowship Award

Self or peer nominations are welcomed from the tertiary art and design sector with endorsement by Heads of School (or equivalent) for the ACUADS Awards.

First Nations, Teaching, Research and Professional Staff Award recipients receive$1000 AUD each, a citation and presentation of a commemorative ACUADS pin.

For more information about the 2025 ACUADS Award, including information on the selection criteria, and the nomination and submission process, click here.

Deadline and Submission

The closing date for submissions for the ACUADS Awards is Monday 29 September 2025. 

ACUADS Grant

ACUADS is interested in receiving applications for grant funding for projects that support network building in the art and/or design higher education sector. This may be with industry, community, and/or other academic institutions.

We are pleased to share that we are inviting applications to our 2025 ACUADS Grant Scheme.

Applications should demonstrate national impact or benefit; local and single-institution applications may be less successful. We also encourage proposals that provide evidence of proof of concept or seed projects that will support the development of large grant applications to other schemes. Examples of previous successful applicants are here.

Total grant value is up to $5,000 AUD. 

ACUADS Grant Application Process

Please request a 2025 Grant Application Form from admin@acuads.com.au and return the completed from before the application deadline.

Deadline and Submission

Submissions are due by Monday 29 September 2025. ACUADS members are staff within the member institution. More information on eligibility, the application process, and previous grant recipients, can be found here.

Please direct all queries to the ACUADS Executive Officer at admin@acuads.com.au 

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