Bursary Application
Package
HERITAGE LEADERS WORKSHOP:
CREATING A LEGACY
Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May 2016
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Bursary application package
State Library of Queensland, in partnership with Museums & Galleries Queensland (M&G QLD), is
offering travel bursaries of up to $1,500 to individuals and organisations from across Queensland
to participate in the Heritage Leaders Workshop: Creating a legacy, to be held on Thursday 12
and Friday 13 May 2016 at State Library of Queensland in Brisbane.
The workshop will provide a unique opportunity for Queensland heritage workers and volunteers to
participate, learn, and network with some of the Australia’s leading historians, creative thinkers,
and heritage professionals.
Each day will feature dynamic speakers and an intensive workshop program covering topics
including:
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curating your First World War collections
sharing your material and collections
storytelling
engaging your community with First World War material.
To apply, read the bursary guidelines and submit a completed application form (Part A), responses
to selection criteria (Part B), expenditure breakdown (Part C), and a brief curriculum vitae for all
individuals attending.
The Heritage Leaders Workshop is presented in conjunction with the 2016 Q ANZAC 100
Symposium on 10 and 11 May 2016. The On the Homefront Symposium features keynote speaker
Professor Joan Beaumont leading the discussion about what the war was like for those living at
home. Recruitment, conscription, political upheaval and Queensland’s rapidly changing social
fabric will be topics explored by symposium speakers and panellists.
Applications close 5pm Friday 26 February 2016.
For more information about the bursaries phone M&G QLD on 1800 680 433 (freecall within
Queensland) or 07 3215 0820, email information@magsq.com.au
The Heritage Leaders Workshop is part of State Library of Queensland’s Q ANZAC 100: Memories
for a New Generation, proudly supported by the Queensland Government.
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Bursary Guidelines
Travel bursaries of up to $1,500 are available to individuals and organisations to attend and
participate in the Heritage Leaders Workshop: Creating a legacy at State Library of Queensland
on 12 and 13 May 2016, with a small welcome reception to be held from 6pm to 8pm on 11 May.
Funding types
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Individual Bursaries for Volunteers
Individual Bursaries for Paid Staff
Organisational Bursaries
Eligibility criteria — Individual Bursaries
Individuals applying for travel bursaries can be either volunteers or paid staff in a regional library,
museum, gallery, historical society, university, or undertake work in a heritage/history related field
in regional Queensland. Individuals are required to attend all sessions on each day of the Heritage
Leaders Workshop. Attendance at evening functions is not mandatory but encouraged. Attendance
at the Symposium on 10 and 11 May 2016 is also encouraged.
Applications for Individual Bursaries must respond to the following selection criteria (all of equal
weighting):
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Selection Criteria 1: How will participation in the Heritage Leaders Workshop contribute to
your development as a heritage leader in Queensland?
Selection Criteria 2: How do you or your organisation encourage community use of
heritage collections and local stories within your community, and connection with the wider
Queensland First World War experience?
Selection Criteria 3: What plans do you have to implement knowledge gained from the
Heritage Leaders Workshop to the First World War and Anzac Centenary commemorations
in your local community and throughout Queensland?
Letters of support are also encouraged for Individual Bursary applications.
Eligibility criteria — Organisational Bursaries
Organisations applying for travel bursaries for volunteers or paid staff to attend the Heritage
Leaders Workshop can be a regional library, museum, gallery, historical society, university, or
other regionally-based organisation with the primary purpose of researching Queensland’s history
and heritage. Organisations must be incorporated or be a statutory body. Bursaries will be offered
to organisations as a contribution to travel expenses for volunteers and/or paid staff. Organisations
are eligible to send more than one representative to the Heritage Leaders Workshop. However,
only one application for a travel bursary will be considered to a maximum of $1,500. Applications
for more than one individual must include a curriculum vitae for each individual.
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Applications for Organisational Bursaries must respond to the following selection criteria (all of
equal weighting):
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Selection Criteria 1: How will participation in the workshop contribute to the development
of your organisation’s role as a leading heritage organisation in Queensland?
Selection Criteria 2: How does your organisation encourage community use of heritage
collections and local stories within your community, and connection with the wider
Queensland First World War experience?
Selection Criteria 3: As a leading memory organisation in Queensland, what plans do you
have to implement knowledge gained from the Workshop to First World War and Anzac
Centenary commemorations in your region and in other parts of Queensland in the coming
years?
Assessment process
All applications will be assessed by an expert panel of representatives from State Library and
M&G QLD. The panel will consider relevant experience, skills, activities, and responses to
selection criteria. The panel’s decision is final.
Send completed applications by the closing date either by email to information@magsq.com.au or
post to:
Museums & Galleries Queensland
Level 3, 381 Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006
Key dates
Applications close:
5pm Friday 26 February
Applications assessed:
Monday 7 March through to Thursday 24 March
Applicants notified:
Tuesday 29 March
Payment of bursary
Individual and organisational bursary applicants registered for GST will receive an additional 10%
funding to cover the GST component.
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Organisations will be asked to provide a tax invoice for the funding amount, to be returned
with your signed agreement. Organisations registered for GST must provide an itemised list
of costs detailing the GST component.
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Individuals can receive bursaries in two ways:
1. The bursary can be paid to your associated organisation (as per the procedure for
organisations outlined above), or
2. The bursary can be paid to individual applicants. The applicant will need to provide their
ABN. If the applicant does not have an ABN the bursary funds will be subject to 46.5%
withholding tax. If individual applicants are registered for GST, they must provide a
compliant tax invoice with an itemised list of costs detailing the GST component.
NOTE: Applications for Individual Bursaries must show on their application form which
payment option they prefer if their application is successful.
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Costs
Expenditure eligible for the travel bursaries include costs of travel (flights, bus, train, taxi, and fuel
reimbursement) and accommodation up to $1,500 in total.
Travel arrangements
Successful applicants are required to make their own travel arrangements.
Grant acquittal
Successful individual and organisational applicants will be required to submit a brief report within
six weeks of attending the Heritage Leaders Workshop. This acquittal report should include a
financial report detailing the expenses covered by the grant, and a report (one to two pages)
written by the applicant that outlines the professional development opportunity and describes the
learning for the applicant and benefits to their organisation. Photographs and media clippings
should be included in the acquittal report where available.
Recipients of Organisational Bursaries are required to contribute at least one blog story as a guest
blogger to State Library of Queensland’s Word War 1 Centenary blog. Recipients of Individual
Bursaries are also encouraged to contribute blog posts.
Recipients grant permission for SLQ and M&G QLD to use application information and
photographs for the purposes of reporting and promotion as appropriate.
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Application form — Individual Bursary
PART A
I am applying for (tick one only):
Volunteer Individual Bursary
Paid Staff Individual Bursary
AMOUNT REQUESTED:
$
(For applicants registered for GST, this amount should be GST exclusive.)
APPLICANT’S NAME:
Your organisation’s name:
Your position/role:
Your contact number/s:
(w)
(h)
(m)
Your contact email address:
Your postal address:
Postcode
If successful, the bursary will be paid to (tick one only):
Your organisation
Australian Business Number (ABN):
Is the organisation registered for GST?
YES
NO (please choose one)
YES
NO (please choose one)
You
Australian Business Number (ABN):
Are you registered for GST?
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Application form — Organisational Bursary
PART A
AMOUNT REQUESTED:
$
(For applicants registered for GST, this amount should be GST exclusive.)
ORGANISATION’S NAME:
Primary Contact:
Position/role:
Contact number/s:
(w)
(h)
(m)
Contact email address:
Postal address:
Postcode
Travel bursary to cover costs of the following organisation’s representatives:
Representative 1:
Position/role:
Mobile:
Email address:
Representative 2:
Position/role:
Mobile:
Email address:
NOTE: If more than two representatives are included in the travel bursary application, please
provide additional information.
If successful, the bursary will be paid to your organisation:
Australian Business Number (ABN):
Is the organisation registered for
GST?
YES
NO (please choose one)
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Application form — Individual Bursary
PART B
Selection Criteria 1: How will participation in the Heritage Leaders Workshop contribute to
your development as a heritage leader in Queensland? (max. 150 words)
Selection Criteria 2: How do you or your organisation encourage engagement with and use
of heritage collections and local stories in your community? (max. 150 words)
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Selection Criteria 3: What plans do you have to implement knowledge gained from the
Heritage Leaders Workshop to the First World War and Anzac Centenary commemorations
in your local community and throughout Queensland? (max. 150 words)
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Application form — Organisational Bursary
PART B
Selection Criteria 1: How will participation in the workshop contribute to the development of
your organisation’s role as a leading heritage organisation in Queensland? (max. 150 words)
Selection Criteria 2: How does your organisation encourage engagement with and use of
heritage collections and local history in the local community and/or region? (max. 150 words)
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Selection Criteria 3: As a leading memory organisation in Queensland, what plans do you
have to implement knowledge gained from the Workshop to First World War and Anzac
Centenary commemorations in your region and in other parts of Queensland in the coming
years? (max. 150 words)
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Costs breakdown
PART C
If you are registered for GST, amounts should exclude GST.
If you are not registered for GST, amounts should include GST.
Please ensure that Total Income and Total Expenditure amounts below are equal.
Source of income
Amount
Bursary amount requested:
Grants or subsidies (please detail):
Other income (please detail):
Individual contribution / organisational contribution (please detail):
Cash:
In-kind:
TOTAL:
Expenditure
Amount
TOTAL:
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Checklist
For Individual Bursaries
Completed application form (Part A)
Responses to three (3) selection criteria for Individual Bursaries (Part B)
Completed cost breakdown (Part C)
Two-page curriculum vitae (maximum) or summary of experience
Letter of support (optional)
For Organisational Bursaries
Completed application form (Part A)
Responses to three (3) selection criteria for Organisational Bursaries (Part B)
Completed cost breakdown (Part C)
Two-page curriculum vitae (for each individual attending if more than one)
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