The number of grants categories will be slashed from about 150 to no more than 12 under the vision of the new Australian Council CEO.
Newly appointed CEO Tony Grybowski said the massive streamlining effort was designed to make the application process for funding much easier for artists. ‘We have 150 categories and about 300 criteria that have evolved over time. I think we can do a lot better to streamline that so that when an artist sends in an idea we don’t say “Does it fit in the box?” we say “Who is the best peer expert to assess this?” and get on with it.’
