The Music Australia Export Development Fund forms a bold partnership between the Australian Government and the Australian music industry – a matched funding initiative, designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists at distinct phases of their international careers. 

The program has been developed to support emerging, breakthrough and established acts and is made available to Australian citizens or permanent residents who are current practicing music professionals. This includes solo artists, instrumentalists, bands, ensembles, DJ/producers and electronic artists, producers, songwriters and composers.

The International Market and Audience Development fund (Category 3) is designed to support activity that includes international promotional and content creation activities with matched funding of $2,000 to $10,000.

Before starting your application for the Export Development Fund, please complete the Go Global Toolkit quiz, selecting 'Creative Industries'.

Activity must start between 1 January 2026 and 31 March 2026 and be completed within 12 months.

Who can apply

• Your activity must meet the following definition of contemporary music: “Australian contemporary music is any genre or subgenre of music currently composed, written, produced by Australians and licensed, recorded, presented, and distributed through commercial and non-commercial activity. For the purposes of Music Australia’s initial investments, the focus will be on musical works that are new, original and relevant to contemporary Australia.”
• open to Australian artists, composers and creators individually or in groups
• organisations and music businesses may apply on behalf of their artists
• if you have been successful in a previous round of the Export Development Fund, you are eligible to apply again, however funding priority may be given to first time recipients
• First Nations applicants are encouraged to apply.

• Phone: 02 9215 9000
• Email: enquiries@creative.gov.au
• Website: https://creative.gov.au/about-us/contact-us/