{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260101095"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260101095","attributes":{"code":"DE260101095","administering-organisation":"The University of Melbourne","announcement-administering-organisation":"The University of Melbourne","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"Children as cultural agents: New frameworks for creative arts practice . Currently under-researched, there are limited opportunities for children and young people from marginalised backgrounds to assume artistic decision-making responsibilities within the creative industries. This has resulted in systemic exclusion from cultural citizenship and artistic leadership. This project aims to utilise co-design methodologies to design inclusive, culturally safe spaces for children and young people to exercise creative agency and leadership in arts participation contexts. Expected outcomes of this project include developing evidence-based replicable frameworks for cultural leadership, thus providing significant benefit and re-establishing Australia as a world-leader in arts participation for children and young people. ","funding-current":534115.00,"funding-at-announcement":529879,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Sarah","familyName":"Austin","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-3887-9757 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Sarah","familyName":"Austin","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0002-3887-9757 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The University of Melbourne","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The University of Melbourne","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":true,"code":"3604","name":"Performing Arts","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"360401","name":"Applied Theatre","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"360403","name":"Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"130103","name":"The Creative Arts","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"130104","name":"The Performing Arts","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Canada","England","Singapore","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Australia is facing a crisis in youth arts after over a decade of decimated investment from across government and philanthropic sectors. This has resulted in an alarming erosion of expertise, capacity, infrastructure, and organisations who prioritise and specialise in working with children and young people. Currently, Australia has no strategy or specific policy to determine how we invest in the future of Australia's Youth Arts sector. Drawing on findings developed in previous pilot studies, this project will utilise world leading practice in inclusive co-design to build replicable frameworks for creative practice that address systemic inequities in arts participation. Working closely with established industry partners, the project aims to generate new knowledge that will support the development of a youth arts strategy that centres the creative and cultural leadership of children and young people. The innovative research design will include the perspectives of children as co-researchers and support the national sector to strengthen and expand the communities they work with. The social and emotional benefits of arts participation are well documented and at a time when the mental health of young people is rapidly declining, equitable models of arts and cultural participation are vital. In addition to academic forums, the outcomes for this project will be disseminated via a festival and symposia for industry, specifically practitioners in arts, health and education contexts."}}}