The second funding round of the 2024/25 financial year opened on Thursday 22 August.
This round will be accepting applications across Scripted and Non-Fiction production and Scripted and Non-Fiction Content development. They will also be accepting applications for Capability (Industry skills and training initiatives) and Discoverability (Industry events and awards). Allocations for this round are:
Approximately $9m for Non-Fiction projects
Includes documentaries, general factual, comedy panel shows, and unscripted comedy shows, journalism, and partial financing of documentary feature films. Approximately $5m is available for journalism projects but read the Information for applicants to understand the priorities.
Approximately $6m for Scripted projects
We will prioritise applications seeking $1m to ~$3m per project. We will accept applications seeking under $1m but will likely preference those with a finance plan that includes third-party funding as their business case will be stronger.
Approximately $5m for Tamariki content
We welcome both Scripted and Non-Fiction children's projects. We will not accept games applications in this round.
The full guidelines for Round Rua are available on the Funding page of their website.
12 September 2024, 4pm Application deadline. Round closes. Late applications will not be considered. In very exceptional circumstances, for time-sensitive projects agreed prior by the Head of Funding, we may consider an out-of-time application.
22 November 2024 Decisions confirmed, applicants notified. This date may be extended at NZ On Air’s sole discretion.
Find more information, here.