Please note that AMOL does not provide funding for collecting institutions. Hosted web site space and free listserv hosting is available to industry groups and organisations. Please email amol@amol.org.au for details.
Funding bodies and schemes for the Australian collections sector include the following:
 Consult the comprehensive grants database maintained by the Culture and Recreation portal.
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) grants and incentives, including:
The National Office for the Information Economy's (NOIE's) Information Technology OnLine program (ITOL) offers funding for projects of business to business e-commerce solutions by clusters of small and medium businesses, including cultural organisations. For additional information and details of projects by ITOL, see the NOIE website.
Visions of Australia, for touring exhibitions grants scheme.
Australia Council for the Arts funding schemes.
The Community Heritage Grants Program The National Library of Australia has been operating the Community Heritage Grants Program since 1994. The program offers grants of up to $8,000 to assist community organisations such as libraries, historical societies, multicultural, ethnic and Indigenous people’s groups to preserve their documentary heritage collections. For more information see the National Library of Australia website www.nla.gov.au/chg/ or tel: (02) 6262 1147.
The Australian National Maritime Museum's Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support (MMAPS) Scheme. The Australian National Maritime Museum’s MMAPS Scheme provides grants of up to $5,000 to non-profit maritime collections for collection management, conservation or presentation purposes. The MMAPS Scheme has been particularly successful in helping maritime organisations and community groups improve the preservation of their collections. For details see the ANMM website or tel: (02) 9298 3777 or email: bshelley@anmm.gov.au
Heritage funding in South Australia is available through Heritage South Australia and the City of Adelaide. Various amounts are available although smaller grants up to $5,000 receive priority. See the Heritage South Australia web site for details.
The Cultural Heritage Projects Program for conservation of significant sites offers funding from $10,000 to $250,000. This national program is administered by Environment Australia. See their website for details.
NSW Heritage Office has a small grants program for projects involving the identification, conservation, interpretation, management and/or promotion of items of environmental heritage in New South Wales to a maximum of $5,000. See their website for a list of other funding sources for heritage projects in NSW.
The Japan Foundation Grant Program is an annual program open to Australian citizens and citizens of countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan and permanent residency status in Australia. Eligible applicants include specialists in the preservation and restoration of cultural properties (such as historic ruins, artistic objects, handicrafts, old documents, films and records) who wish to conduct research to develop their professional skills in Japan.
Getty Graduate Internships Full-time internships lasting 9 months or 12 months are offered each year. Applicants must be enrolled in a university program leading to a graduate degree in art history or a field related to the internship, or have completed a relevant graduate degree after June 1997. For further information see the Getty Museum web site at http://www.getty.edu/, email: interns@getty.edu, fax: ++0011 1 (310) 440-7750, or write to: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Education Department, Getty Graduate Internships, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687.
Churchill Fellowships A Churchill Fellowship is the provision of financial support to undertake a period of overseas study, or an investigative project, that cannot be readily undertaken in Australia and that will be of benefit to the Australian community. See the website for more information. | 
