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Application deadline 09 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 10 March 2020	Dance artist residency scheme The purpose of this scheme is to stabilise and support a network of dance artists in residence across the country.	Maximum award €25,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 09 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 10 March 2020	Theatre Artist Residency Scheme The purpose of this scheme is to offer theatre artists the opportunity to create a year-long work programme in partnership with venues and local authorities. The specific contents of the work programme will be designed by the theatre artist in collaboration with the venue and/or local authority.	Maximum award €30,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 16 April 2020 17:30	Arts Council COVID-19 Crisis Response Award The Arts Council is introducing a special fund to enable Irish-based professional artists to provide access for the public to new and original art during the period of COVID-19 isolation.	Maximum award €3,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 23 April 2020 17:30	Creative Schools Initiative The primary purpose of Creative Schools is to put the arts and creativity at the heart of children’s and young people’s lives. It is an initiative that will support schools to develop and begin to implement their own Creative Schools plan.	Maximum award €4,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 27 April 2020 17:00 Next round opens 21 September 2020	Artist in the community scheme The aim of the scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. It is essential that consultation take place between the artist and the community group, so that both parties are involved in deciding on the nature of the project realisation. Group ownership of the art should be maintained at every stage.	Maximum award €10,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 30 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 31 March 2020	Music Commissions Award The music commissions award is focused on partnerships. The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate partnerships between commissioners and artists that result in some form of creative output.	Maximum award €13,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 30 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 31 March 2020	Opera Commissions Award The opera commissions award is focused on partnerships. The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate partnerships between commissioners and artists that result in some form of creative output.	Maximum award €45,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 30 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 31 March 2020	Opera Projects and Production Award The Opera Projects and Production Award is intended to support individual opera development projects (both early and middle-stages of development) beginning on or after 1 January 2021, and the making and presentation of fully-staged productions of opera to be presented in 2021, in line with the Council's published policy and strategy for opera.	Maximum award €450,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline 30 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 31 March 2020	Touring and dissemination of work scheme This scheme is designed to support the touring and dissemination of work in certain arts disciplines for tours starting between January 2021 and June 2021.	Maximum award Unlimited Accepting applications
Application deadline 30 April 2020 17:30	Traditional arts commissions award The Traditional Arts Commissions Award is focused on partnerships. The primary purpose of this award is to facilitate partnerships between commissioners and artists that result in some form of creative output.	Maximum award €10,000 Accepting applications
Application deadline Ongoing	Writers in schools scheme The Writers in Schools Scheme part-funds visits by writers and storytellers to schools throughout the island of Ireland.	Maximum award €200 Accepting applications
Application deadline 14 May 2020 17:30	Next Generation artists award The purpose of the Next Generation Artists Award is to support a group of promising artists across all disciplines at an early but pivotal stage in their career. Recipients will receive €20,000 and will also take part in a collective week-long residential programme in early 2021.	Maximum award €20,000 Opens 14 April 2020
Application deadline 7 November 2019 17:30 Next round opens 08 October 2019	An Invitation to Collaboration scheme An Invitation to Collaboration Scheme supports initiatives in the field of local-authority-led arts development. The emphasis is placed on supporting partnerships that focus on developing projects, resources or services that are ambitious and are testing new ground.	Maximum award €75,000 Application closed
Application deadline 7 February 2019 17:30	Anthony Cronin Award The Anthony Cronin Award is an exceptional award offered in memory of former Aosdána Saoi Anthony Cronin (1928–2016). The primary purpose of the award is to support a mid-career writer of literary work and to enable him or her to develop further writing.	Maximum award €13,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Architecture bursary award The award supports professional individual architects in the development of their arts practice.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Architecture project award This award supports projects in the field of architecture.	Maximum award €50,000 Application closed
Application deadline 23 March 2020 12:00	Artist and Youth Work Residency scheme The Artist and Youth Work Residency scheme is designed to promote innovative partnerships between youth groups, artists and (where relevant) arts organisations. This scheme is managed by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) on behalf of the Arts Council and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.	Maximum award €5,000 Application closed
Application deadline 10 February 2020 16:00 Next round opens 19 December 2019	Artist in Residence in Technology and Innovation DCU in partnership with the Arts Council is offering an exciting and unique residency which will provide an artist with the environment and resources to explore innovative technologies through their practice.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 11 November 2019 17:00	Artist in the community scheme bursary award The Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award 2019: Collaborative Arts and Theatre aims to support individual professional artists working in collaborative socially engaged forms of theatre practice.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 19 September 2019 17:30 Next round opens 30 July 2019	Arts Centre Funding The purpose of Arts Centre Funding is to invest in and support the infrastructure of arts centres required to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline 19 March 2020 17:30	Arts Grant Funding Arts Grant Funding will be awarded to organisations and individuals to carry out a series of activities between either 1 January – 31 December 2021 or 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2022.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline 24 February 2020 16:00	Arts and Disability Connect Arts and Disability Connect (ADC) is a scheme open to artists with disabilities working in any artform.	Maximum award €8,000 Application closed
Application deadline 31 January 2019 17:30	Arts participation bursary award The award supports professional individual artists working in the area of arts participation to develop their arts practice.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30	Arts participation project award This award supports projects in the field of arts participation.	Maximum award €60,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30	Authored Works The purpose of Authored Works is to provide film artists with the creative and editorial freedom to make a feature-length authored cultural film work from a strong artistic point of view. Films must be artist-led.	Maximum award €185,000 Application closed
Application deadline 24 July 2019 18:00	Beyond Borders Beyond Borders is a co-commissioning and touring programme run in partnership with Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Circus bursary award The award supports individual professional artists at any stage of their career in the development of their arts practice.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30	Circus project award This award supports projects in the field of circus.	Maximum award €50,000 Application closed
Application deadline 9 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 10 March 2020	Creative Production Supports - A Theatre Resource Sharing Pilot Scheme The objective of this initiative is to provide high-quality, art-led production supports for the independent theatre sector, on a pilot basis over two years, optimising existing resources and networks in the development, presentation and touring of theatre.	Maximum award €250,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Dance bursary award The purpose of the award is to support professional artists in the field of dance to develop their art practice. It provides artists at any stage of their career with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Dance project award This award supports projects in the field of dance commencing on or after 1 January 2020.	Maximum award €60,000 Application closed
Application deadline 31 August 2017 17:30	Deis Deis is a scheme established under the Arts Councils Traditional Arts Initiative, 2005-2008. Deis is aimed at encouraging and facilitating the traditional arts community to seek funding from the Arts Council for a range of projects.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 2 April 2020 17:30 Next round opens 04 March 2020	Deis recording and publication award The purpose of the Deis Recording & Publication Award is to provide support for traditional arts projects, or projects involving collaboration between the traditional arts and other artforms, that focus on the recording or publication of work.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 13 June 2019 17:30	Dámhachtain sparánachta litríochta don ghaeilge Dámhachtain sparánachta litríochta don ghaeilge	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Engaging with architecture scheme The purpose of the Engaging with Architecture Scheme is to support ambitious, innovative and creative, high-quality projects – e.g. exhibitions, events, festivals and programmes. Its aim is specifically to enhance and extend the public’s experience of, and involvement with, architecture. The scheme also seeks to build a network of architects, curators, arts programmers, festivals and arts centres in this area of practice. Please note that successful applicants may be required to participate in an Arts Council research project seeking to gather data on the public’s engagement with architecture.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 14 November 2019 17:30	Festivals Investment Scheme The festival Investment scheme is open to multi-disciplinary festivals and single artform festivals taking place in 2020.	Maximum award €35,000 Application closed
Application deadline 27 June 2014	Film artist in residence Applications are invited from film artists of distinction for the role of Film Artist in Residence (1 September 2014 –31 August 2015), jointly funded by the Arts Council and University College Cork, in association with the Cork Film Festival.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Film bursary award The award supports professional individual artists at any stage of their career working in the field of experimental or non-narrative film making to develop their arts practice.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Film project award This award supports specific projects in the field of film commencing on or after 1 January 2020	Maximum award €70,000 Application closed
Application deadline 16 January 2020 17:30	Liam O'Flynn Award The Liam O’Flynn Award is a joint initiative of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the National Concert Hall/An Ceoláras Náisiúnta to provide a traditional artist with a period of artistic reflection, inspiration and creation in residence in the National Concert Hall.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Literature bursary award - English language The award supports professional individual writers (writing in the English language) in the development of their arts practice.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 September 2016 17:30	Local authority grant The purpose of the Local Authority Grant is to support the ongoing programme and strategic actions of the local authority arts services in developing the arts locally. This funding scheme is open to local authority arts services only.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline Closed	Local partnership scheme Scheme to encourage new, local authority-led partnerships to develop innovative collaborative arts projects in the area of Cultural Diversity and the Arts.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 6 February 2020 17:30 Next round opens 07 January 2020	Markievicz Award The Markievicz Award is administered by the Arts Council on behalf of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and is open via a public call to artists working in all arts genres supported by the Arts Council.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Music bursary award The award supports professional individual artists at any stage of their career in the field of music to develop their arts practice.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Music project award This award supports projects in the field of music commencing on or after 1 January 2020.	Maximum award €30,000 Application closed
Application deadline Closed	Music recording scheme The Music Recording Scheme has been suspended for 2014.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline Closed	Open Call Postponement Notification Due to continuing uncertainty with regard to the evolving Covid-19 situation it has been necessary to pause the application process of the Open Call Scheme until further notice.	Maximum award €400,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Opera bursary award The award supports professional individual artists at any stage of their career in the field of opera to develop their art practice.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 12 September 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Partnership Funding To provide funding on a competitive basis to support Local Authorities and Ealaín na Gaeltachta with ambitious and imaginative proposals to assist artists in developing their practice and their ideas, and/or deliver excellent arts experiences to the public.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline 9 May 2019 17:30 Next round opens 09 April 2019	Reel Art Important Notice: Reel Art 2020 – call for applications postponed until further notice. The purpose of Reel Art is to provide film artists with the opportunity to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an artistic theme for cinema exhibition.	Maximum award €90,000 Application closed
Application deadline 5 September 2019 17:30 Next round opens 09 July 2019	Strategic Funding To provide funding on a competitive basis to support arts organisations with ambitious and imaginative proposals to assist artists in developing their practice and their ideas, and/or deliver excellent arts experiences to the public.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Street arts and spectacle bursary award The award supports individual professional artists at any stage of their career in the development of their arts practice.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Street arts and spectacle project award This award supports projects in the fields of street arts and spectacle commencing on or after 1 January 2020.	Maximum award €50,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Theatre bursary award The award supports professional theatre artists in the development of their arts practice.	Maximum award €15,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Theatre project award This award supports projects in the field of theatre commencing on or after 1 January 2020.	Maximum award €150,000 Application closed
Application deadline 13 April 2017 17:30	Theatre resource-sharing support scheme The purpose of this award is to offer organisations the opportunity to share administrative and production resources with a number of individual theatre artists over a specified period of time.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 9 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 06 December 2019	Touring and dissemination of work scheme - advance planning This scheme is designed to support the touring and dissemination of work in certain arts disciplines for tours taking place in 2021, and is open to applicants who are resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. Tours may travel to both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.	Maximum award Unlimited Application closed
Application deadline 13 June 2019 17:30	Traditional arts bursary award This award supports professional artists to develop their art practice. It provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Traditional arts project award This award supports projects in the field of traditional arts commencing in 2020.	Maximum award €80,000 Application closed
Application deadline Closed	Travel and Training award Please note that the Travel and Training Award is closed until further notice.	Maximum award €3,000 Application closed
Application deadline Closed	Visual artists in prisons scheme The scheme allows artists to work with prisoners in prison/ detention centres for a period of 10 days and complements an existing arts and education programme in the Education Units within the prison system.	Maximum award €2,400 Application closed
Application deadline 6 June 2019 17:30 Next round opens 07 May 2019	Visual artists workspace scheme The scheme will award grants of up to €40,000 towards running costs such as light, heat, rent, artists development programmes, administration and/or appropriate salary costs (capital costs cannot be applied for through this scheme).	Maximum award €40,000 Application closed
Application deadline 30 January 2020 17:30 Next round opens 17 December 2019	Visual arts bursary award The award supports professional individual artists at any stage of their career in the development of their practice.	Maximum award €20,000 Application closed
Application deadline 15 August 2019 17:30 Next round opens 16 July 2019	Visual arts project award This award supports projects and initiatives in the field of visual arts commencing on or after 1 January 2020.	Maximum award €80,000 Application closed
Application deadline Closed	Writers in prisons scheme The scheme offers writers the opportunity to work with prisoners in prison/detention centres and complements an existing arts and education programme in the Education Units within the prison system.	Maximum award €1,000 Application closed
Application deadline 13 February 2020 17:30 Next round opens 14 January 2020	Young ensembles scheme The primary purpose of the Young Ensembles Scheme is to support groups of young people between the ages of ten and twenty-four to create or critically engage with ambitious and original work together in any artform (e.g. circus, street art, spectacle, dance, digital media, film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, architecture, or any combination of the above). Groups/ensembles must be made up of three or more members.	Maximum award €25,000 Application closed
Application deadline 13 June 2019 17:30	Young people, children, and education bursary award The Young People, Children, and Education Bursary Award supports individual professional artists working with, and producing work for, children and young people across a range of artforms. The purpose of the award is to support professional artists to develop their art practice.	Maximum award €10,000 Application closed
Application deadline 31 January 2020 17:00 Next round opens 21 November 2019	ilDÁNA ilDÁNA is designed to support the production of landmark creative documentary films on the arts in Irish.	Maximum award €120,000 Application closed

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