July is the first round of the new financial year and we expect to receive a large number of applications.
Given the widespread impacts that Covid-19 is having on the sector, for the July round we will be prioritising larger-scale drama productions that will give sizeable crews assurance of work, and balancing this with support for a range of Factual projects at different budget levels that might more easily be made in different Alert Levels.
Please read the full July 2020 information for funding applicants here.
July funding round priorities:
Factual
- Genres prioritised include Documentary, Information, and Events.
- We will also be considering a small number of previously-supported Regional Media projects in a closed round.
- Approximately $10m has been allocated for content intended for general audiences.
- Development applications for complex Factual projects that require significant research and that are co-funded by the supporting platform will be accepted in this round.
Scripted
- Scripted applications for the Premier strand of our Scripted Roadmap will be considered.
- Approximately $17.5m has been allocated for content intended for general audiences.
- Development applications for Scripted content development (Mainstream and Diverse) will be considered. Please see the Development Roadmap.
Industry Development Fund
- To this round we are accepting applications to all three strands of our Industry Development Fund: Professional Development, National Conferences and National Awards.
- The annual budget for this fund is $450k and is generally oversubscribed so there will be a high bar for new projects to secure funding.
- Please see our Development Roadmap for more information.
Important dates:
1 May 2020, 4pm - Funding round opens
28 May 2020, 4pm - Application deadline. Round closes.
16 July 2020 - Applicants notified. This date may be extended at NZ On Air's sole discretion.
Please note: The Government has announced a funding package to provide additional funding to NZ On Air in order to reduce platform contribution fees for the next financial year (1 July 2020). More information regarding NZ On Air’s contribution expectations will be shared shortly after the release of these funding guidelines.
