Access & Equity Bursary for Leaps and Bounds: APAM x Honey Pot

TNA is offering a bursary of $850 for a CaPT practitioner, who is facing significant barrier/s of access & equity, to attend Leaps and Bounds at Adelaide Fringe.

This bursary is intended to support an individual and go toward costs associated with attending such as travel, accommodation, registration, per diems or access costs. Individuals can be attending as independent artists or as a representative of a small company; those from companies receiving ongoing funding are not eligible. 

About Leaps and Bounds

Leaps and Bounds: APAM x Honey Pot is a special platform event for Australian circus and physical theatre artists taking place 27-28 February, during Adelaide Fringe 2024. The gathering will include pitch sessions of tour-ready works, roundtable exchange sessions, formal and informal networking, and talks and ideas. Participant registrations for the program will open in mid January 2024.

Apply Now

To apply, complete an EOI here. Deadline Friday 26th January. 

All applications will be assessed for eligibility, then the recipient will be selected at random from the pool of eligible applicants. To be eligible, applicants must: 

• Be a CaPT-practitioner from outside of South Australia. 
• Not be attending as a representative of (or supported by) a company with ongoing funding. 
• Be facing significant barriers of access & equity, including members of TNA’s target communities (First Nations people, people of colour and culturally & linguistically diverse (CaLD) people, D/deaf and disabled people, and people living regionally) 

If you have questions or would like to discuss your application, please email Steph on steph@tna.org.au

Frequently Asked Questions

Registrations aren’t open yet for Leaps and Bounds, do I have to register before applying?
You can apply for this bursary before registering for Leaps and Bounds, but by applying for the bursary you are committing to registering and attending if you are the recipient.

If I have already booked and paid for my accommodation and/or flights, can I still apply?
Yes – the bursary can be used to reimburse you for expenses already incurred. 

I am attending as part of a pitching company; can I apply for a bursary?
If you meet the eligibility criteria above you are still welcome to apply, regardless of whether you will be pitching or attending as a delegate.  

I’ll be going to Adelaide anyway, am I still eligible?
The intention of this bursary is to support individuals who might otherwise not be able to attend, and to alleviate financial burdens on independents and small companies. If you are already going to Adelaide you are not necessarily ineligible, but if you are being supported to attend through a production, job or company, we ask you to use your honest judgement about whether your situation fits the spirit of this bursary. 

I’m going with another person – can we apply together and split it between us?
No, this bursary is only for one person.  

I’m facing other barriers, can I spend the money on those things instead?
This bursary is intended to reduce barriers associated with attending this industry event, so we allow the recipient to identify the access & equity barriers most relevant to them.  

Do I have to acquit the bursary?
The recipient will need to provide a testimonial including an account of how the bursary was used tp reduce access & equity barriers and attend this event. 

If you have any other questions, please email Steph on steph@tna.org.au