Games Market and Travel fund





Screen Queensland's Games Market and Travel Fund is for Queensland-based individuals or teams travelling to games industry markets, conventions and conferences to attract support and finance for their project. Funding through this program supports flights, accommodation, ground travel and event registration for games developers looking to take at least one project to markets either nationally or internationally.
Please note that Screen Queensland will no longer be offering Games Market and Travel funding for professional development opportunities.
The Market and Travel Fund is a rolling fund and applications must be submitted at least six weeks prior to the departure date.
GUIDELINES
Applicants can apply for grants of up to:
- $5,000 for an individual and $7,500 for a team for markets outside the Asia Pacific region
- $3,500 for an individual and $5,000 for a team for markets within the Asia Pacific region
- $1,000 for an individual and $1,500 for a team for Australian markets.
There are two ways to apply for market and travel support:
- Apply to attend any eligible event of your choosing, submitting an application six weeks prior to the travel date
- Apply for specific opportunities promoted by Screen Queensland.
Eligible applicants for Market and Travel grants are:
- game developers who are Australian citizens or permanent residents living in Queensland, either travelling as an individual or a team
- attending a market or prestigious event
- the demonstrated owner of the rights to all projects listed as part of the application.
We seek to support the creation and growth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander screen practitioners, content and representation across our industry and state. Additionally, we are committed to ensuring diverse representation across all aspects of the production and development process. As such, diversity in areas of gender, age, culture, ethnicity, language, ability, sexuality, location (such as regional and remote areas) and socio-economic status are encouraged in projects we support.
We encourage prospective applicants to reach out to our First Nations team prior to submission.
Market program applications must be received at least six weeks prior to your departure date but can be submitted at any time of year.
You can preview the application form on Smartygrants.
Your proposal will need to include a:
- plan – an outline of who you are going to meet and why they’ll be interested in your game.
- strategy – why this market is the right one for you and your business/career
- team – your cv and bio and those of anyone you are travelling with
- pitch – a pitch deck and other materials outlining your business goals.
Applicants must have:
- rights to the game, clear chain of title
- option agreement and/or the approval of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owners of the story.
Your application will be assessed against the following criteria:
- is the game likely to find success at this market?
- are the pitch materials of a high quality?
- does the team have a clear idea of who their audience is and how to reach them?
- does the team have an effective strategy to approach this market?
- does the team have a good reputation for delivering what it says it will and the skills to make this happen?
- how will this impact the careers of Queensland talent and the state games industry more broadly?
Submission of an application constitutes acceptance of these Guidelines and the application terms and conditions.
Your information will be used in accordance with Screen Queensland’s Privacy Policy which you hereby agree to by submitting this application.
Applicants must notify Screen Queensland in writing if they have an actual, perceived or potential conflict of interest in applying for the Funding and, if so, the manner in which they propose to deal with the conflict.
The applicant retains all intellectual property rights in its submission. The applicant grants an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty and fee free licence to the Screen Queensland to use, adapt and modify its intellectual property rights in its submission for the purposes of Screen Queensland analysing and evaluating the applicant’s submission.
Screen Queensland’s liability in relation to the application process is limited to $1.
Screen Queensland reserves the right to change any element of the Funding, these Guidelines or the application process at any time and in its absolute discretion.
MARKET AND TRAVEL INITIATIVES
Applications closed Wednesday 1 April Screen Queensland has partnered with PAX to dedicate 12 booths to Queensland games at PAX … Continued
Market dates: Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May Location: Kyoto, Japan Applications closed Sunday 1 March Screen Queensland is supporting … Continued
Market dates: BitSummitFriday 18 – Sunday 20 July Osaka World Expo Networking EventTuesday 22 July Applications closed Wednesday 4 June … Continued
CLOSED
Screen Queensland has opened Market Grants to individual games developers and teams travelling to the Games Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco this March.
CLOSED
Through our Market program, Screen Queensland will provide five games developers from Queensland with travel and accommodation support of up to $500 per applicant to attend GCAP in Melbourne in October.
CLOSED
Screen Queensland will offer three grants of $4,000 each to be used towards travel and accommodation costs to attend Gamescom 2023.
CLOSED
Three Queensland game developers will be supported to attend the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco, from 20–24 March 2023.
CLOSED
Three Queensland game developers will be supported to attend GCAP 3–5 October 2022 in Melbourne.
CLOSED
Five Queensland studios will receive a stand at the Australian Pavilion at Gamescom 2022 , including up to $7,500 travel support and 3 passes per studio.
CONTACT US
Screen Queensland Games team
[email protected]
+61 7 3248 0500