In brief:

• Applications for Audrey Fagan Enrichment Grants are open until 3 July.
• Young women and gender diverse people aged 12-18 living in ACT are encouraged to apply.
• Eligible recipients can apply for up to $2,000 to achieve their goals.

Young people in Canberra are chasing their dreams thanks to an ACT grant program.

The Audrey Fagan Enrichment Grant Program is open to young women and gender diverse people in the ACT. Applicants must be aged 12-18 and living in the ACT.

Eligible recipients can apply for a grant of up to $2,000 to help them achieve their goals.

This could be funding towards:

• tuition fees
• books
• specialist equipment
• registration, accommodation or travel costs
• raising awareness of issues close to you
• a creative or artistic goal
• a sporting goal.

Previous recipients

Former recipient Tallulah was in year 9 when she received a grant last year.

Tallulah wants to work in astrobiology and used the grant to attend the Australian Space Research Conference.

She said she ‘gained a lot of experience meeting and explaining her project to many people’.

Tallulah’s project involved testing if small neuromorphic cameras (as big as a ring box!) can detect and track meteorites and then charting trajectories to locate the meteorite on the ground. So far, she has proved they can.

‘The benefits of attending the conference were enormous, and it just would not have been possible without the Audrey Fagan grant,’ she said.

^{Recipient Julia (on the left) pictured with her friend.}

Former recipient Julia was 17 when she received her grant.

Julia used the grant to fund travel to Adelaide for an audition with the Adelaide College of the Arts to major in Dance.

The grant enabled Julia to spend extra time in Adelaide, seeing a dance rehearsal and connecting with the artistic director of the dance theatre.

Julia was accepted and offered a highly competitive place in the College’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) program.

'I’m currently studying a Certificate 4 in Aboriginal and Torres Strait’s Islander dance practices at NAISDA Dance College and plan to complete a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)) within the next few years in Adelaide. This grant has allowed me to make connections and plan for my future, and I am so grateful for it,’ Julia said.

How to apply

First check to see if you meet the eligibility criteria. You can apply if you:

• are a girl, young woman, non-binary or gender diverse young person
• aged between 12 and 18 years
• live in the ACT or go to school in the ACT
• can identify a mentor to help you with your project.

Then simply complete the form online.

Remember to submit your application by 3pm, Thursday 3 July.

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