Application Form

There are a broad range of projects that are eligible for funding under the Club Development Fund.

The project must be able to demonstrate that it has the capacity to increase participation in motorsport (either or both junior & adult) & that the club has the capacity to carry out the project, including the club submitting a realistic & coherent budget to verify the club’s planning & investment in the project’s success.

If your club has an idea for funding & you are not sure as to whether it fits within the funding guidelines, you are best advised to speak with your local Motorsport Australia State Office.

 

There is a listing for each funding period where clubs are listed, as well as their project’s title.

If there is a particular club that you would like to get in contact with to discuss their project & application (regardless of their location), please contact your local Motorsport Australia State Office.

 

Applications can be made year round, however, there are some factors that need to be
considered when committing resources within your club to putting forward an application,
namely:

• Clubs must have been affiliated with Motorsport Australia in the current & previous calendar years
  to be eligible for funding.
• Should a club seek funding for a project to be held in the following calendar year
  (e.g. January / February), the club must also be affiliated for that calendar year for
  the application to be considered. For applications that are spread over two calendar
  years, the club must be affiliated for both calendar years in which the project is
  taking place.
• Applications are to be made at least eight (8) weeks prior to the event’s
  commencement. In the case of a series, eight (8) weeks prior to the first event of the
  series. Consideration for applications made within this timeframe is at the
  discretion of the Motorsport Australia Club Development Funding Committee.
• Clubs that have outstanding acquittals will not have any further applications
  considered until all acquittals have been completed.

 

Please contact your local Motorsport Australia State Office.

 

Please contact your local Motorsport Australia State Office.

 

At this point in time, the Motorsport Australia Club Development Fund is not able to offer clubs thousands of dollars to stage events in which they can grow their participant & officiating base. The Club Development Fund may never reach a position where significant amounts of funding are available.

If your club does not believe that the funding offered is suitable for the effort that is required in submitting an application, the club is not forced to submit an application.

Clubs are encouraged to seek out funding opportunities that are available in their own region, the CAMS Club Development Fund is not to be seen as a substitute for other funding sources (e.g. local government & state government, etc.), however, it is important that clubs are able to access funding for their own development initiatives, hence the reason for the fund’s creation.

Should your club wish to discuss what specific funding options are available outside the scope of the Club Development Fund, please contact your local Motorsport Australia State Office.

 

The Motorsport Australia Club Development Fund is not intended to be an ongoing source of funding for clubs, rather an incentive for clubs to implement an idea that has the capacity to be self-sufficient in the medium to long term, however, requires an initial provision of funding to get it up & running.

Did your club add something to the project in the subsequent application in a bid to make the project attract even more participants or did it offer an additional component this year that differentiates the project from last year’s edition?

 

As with all funding programs, there is only a finite amount of funding to offer to the Motorsport Australia-affiliated sporting car clubs during each funding period (calendar year), so in fairness to all the eligible clubs & in line with the other funding programs, clubs are limited to one (1) successful application per calendar year, regardless of the funding that is awarded to & accepted in that successful application.

 

It is true that clubs are required to contribute at least the amount that they are seeking from Motorsport Australia in the application, however, this does not necessarily mean that it has to take the form of cash.

The club’s contribution can be formed from the entry fees received from competitors & by using the officials (these volunteer hours can be broken down & specified in the application’s budget) the club provides in staging the event(s) that form the project.

 

A Motorsport Australia-affiliated sporting car club staged a Motorsport Australia permitted Come and Try day at a circuit. They were in contact with their jurisdiction’s Sport & Club Development Officer (SCDO) shortly after the conception of the idea to see whether the idea needed to be altered in order to be eligible for funding.

The event was scheduled six months after the application was submitted to give the club as much time as possible to make the necessary arrangements, should the event not have received any funding & the club could make a determination as to whether it would proceed.

A budget was devised, taking into account all the anticipated expenditure, including the Motorsport Australia permit. Based on the budget & the breakeven point, the club sought to have 100 Come & Try participants at the event.

The club had the necessary essential officials organised to run a compliant event under the terms of the Motorsport Australia permit it had applied for.

In order to promote the event, the club worked with the SCDO to obtain promotional material from the Motorsport Australia Communications Team, as well as promoting the event heavily on its own social media channels.

The end result was that the club had just over 100 participants for their Come & Try event.

This club was awarded $1,500 by the Motorsport Australia Club Development Funding Committee.

Once the event was complete, the club forwarded its acquittal to Motorsport Australia, in order to be eligible for funding in future rounds of the Club Development Fund.

A Motorsport Australia-affiliated sporting car club has strategically determined that they need to attract juniors in order to increase the number of younger participants in their club. They have been in contact with the Motorsport Australia Sport & Club Development Officer (SCDO) in their jurisdiction to discuss the idea & whether it was eligible for funding.

The club determined that the best way for the club to attract younger participants was to stage a series of events throughout the year, where participants would be able to participate & progress.

The events were scheduled throughout the year, so that participants were able to be exposed to a number of motor sport experiences, which would have the logical outcome that each of the participants’ skill levels would increase.

The club also provided the participant & one parent / legal guardian with membership of the club for the year.

Each event within the series was run under a Motorsport Australia permit, with all the requirements of the permit being met.

In order to promote the series, the club worked with the SCDO to obtain promotional material from the Motorsport Australia Communications Team, as well as promoting the event heavily on its own social media channels.

This club was awarded $1,500 by the Motorsport Australia Club Development Funding Committee.

Over the course of the four event series, the club was able to attract 15 junior participants, giving a total of 60 participation opportunities.

The club provided event photographs & write-ups to Motorsport Australia in order for Motorsport Australia to utilise for their social media channels.

Once the series was complete, the club forwarded its acquittal to Motorsport Australia in order to be eligible for future rounds of the Club Development Fund.