The Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS) provides funding support to incorporated not-for-profit organisations caring for Australia’s maritime heritage.

The objective of MMAPSS is to assist eligible organisations to: 

• develop and implement objectives for collecting, managing, organising, preserving, conserving and communicating objects and/or collections of maritime significance; 
• undertake projects that will increase standards of practice for the care and management of maritime objects and/or collections of significance; and 
• provide quality public access to objects and/or collections of maritime significance through display, interpretation and community involvement.

Funding of up to $15,000 (excluding GST) and/or in-kind (non-cash) support is available to eligible organisations for projects that will increase standards of practice for the care and management of maritime objects and/or collections of significance. The object or collection must contribute to an understanding of Australia, its people and developments which have influenced its maritime history.

To be eligible an organisation must:

• be an Australian legally incorporated not-for-profit organisation, such as a museum, historical society, or community based organisation; 
• be actively involved in collecting, preserving, interpreting and exhibiting Australia’s maritime heritage; and
• have a collection that is accessible to the public.

An organisation is not eligible if: 

• the collection is privately owned; 
• the collection is not accessible to the public, such as a club where access is restricted to members only;
• it is a major national, state or territory collecting institution; or
• it has an outstanding acquittal from a previous MMAPSS grant.

• Address: 58 Pirrama Road PYRMONT 2009 NSW
• Phone: 02 8241 8369
• Email: mmapss@sea.museum