Grants and Opportunities

FirstLight, an organisation dedicated to supporting bereaved parents and families across Ireland, is seeking to recruit a Charity Trustee and Board Member. Joining their dynamic Board offers an opportunity to provide strategic guidance and support to a charity that makes a profound difference in people’s lives. If you are interested in contributing your skills and expertise to a vital cause, apply by the deadline of Friday, 31 January, 2025

Rutland Youth Service (RYS) is seeking a committed and experienced individual to join their voluntary Board of Directors in the role of Treasurer. This position is critical in supporting RYS’s work with young people, ensuring financial accountability and strategic oversight. If you have a background in finance or accountancy and are passionate about making a positive impact, this could be the ideal opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause. The deadline is Wednesday, 22 January, 2025.

DIGNITY4PATIENTS is hiring an Advocacy and Research Officer to provide dedicated support to individuals who have experienced sexual abuse within healthcare services. The role requires empathy, strong communication skills, and a commitment to advocacy and justice. This is a vital position within a compassionate organisation working tirelessly to assist survivors and promote systemic change. The deadline is 5pm on Monday, 20 January, 2025.

The Jack and Jill Children's Foundation is currently seeking a talented and proactive Web Developer and Designer to join their team. This role involves delivering creative solutions and ensuring optimal performance across their digital platforms to enhance their online presence and support their important mission. If you are a skilled professional who is passionate about web design and development, this is an excellent opportunity to make a difference. The deadline is Friday, 17 January, 2025.

The National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama (NTAFT) and National Talent Academy for Animation (NTAA) alongside Screen Ireland have opened applications for two short film funding initiatives for both live-action and animation projects, which will run from Mid 2025 to January 2026. The first fund is the National Talent Academies Short Film Fund which is targeted at practitioners who wish to learn additional skills or move into a different role for those already working in the live action or animation industry. The second fund is the First Credits Short Film Scheme and is for a writer, director, or producer yet to make their mark in the live-action or animation industry. Not only will this scheme help you get a short film made, it is heavily focused on skills development and supporting you in kickstarting and establishing a career in film and TV. The deadline for both is Friday, 14 March, 2025.

Green Lit is a new Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland Drama Initiative for companies with a base in Northern Ireland. The films will be broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland in 2025 and carried on BBC iPlayer across the UK, and will act as a ‘proof of concept’ for a bigger television production. A variety of editorial proposals will be considered for the Green Lit scheme, including drama, comedy, and comedy-drama. Proposals must be submitted by companies with a base in Northern Ireland. Projects for which the writers and/or directors are resident in Northern Ireland will be favoured. The deadline is Friday, 21 February, 2025.

Proposals are invited from practicing artists, writers, and musicians whose work explores intersections between science and the arts. The Interface studio is located in premises shared with the Inagh Valley Trust, which drives a number of innovative scientific research projects. Interface offers artists an opportunity to engage with a unique environment and to be inspired by the exciting research taking place in a spectacular landscape. They offer access to a studio space, accommodation, and stipend for a 3/4 week long residency, from spring-autumn 2026 & 2027. The deadline is Thursday, 13 February, 2025.

The objective of the English Language Literature Bursary Award is to enable professional writers and picture book artists to spend more time on their creative work. The award seeks to provide writers and picture-book artists with dedicated time and resources to think, research, reflect, create, and write. It enables writers and picture-book artists to concentrate on their creative work for a period, usually by releasing them from their financial commitments. At both shortlisting and panel stage, emphasis is placed on the track record of the applicant, as demonstrated in the application form and CV. Promise and potential, as demonstrated in the application form and writing sample, are also considered. The deadline is 5.30pm on Thursday, 13 February, 2025.

The award aims to support professional artists, at any stage of their career, in advancing their art practice in the field of filmmaking. The Arts Council has identified the following as a strategic priority for support through this award: Film artists who wish to develop their practice in making artistically authored, experimental, and non-narrative cinematic work, and who would not ordinarily be supported to do so by other funding bodies or agencies in Ireland. The deadline is 5.30pm on Thursday, 13 February, 2025.

The Arts Council of Ireland’s Theatre Bursary Award aims to support professional artists, at any stage of their career, in advancing their art practice in the field of theatre. You will be able to apply for additional costs if you have access needs relating to your application. Applications will only be accepted through the Arts Council’s Online Services site. If you have not used Online Services before you must register for a login to be able to apply for funding. It is important that you register as early as possible as it may take up to five working days for your registration to be processed. The deadline is 5.30pm on Thursday, 13 February, 2025.

The Dance Bursary award is seeking to support professional artists at any stage of their career to develop their art practice, providing them with time and resources. The award emphasises the value and benefit that an extended process of engagement with their practice can bring to an artist’s development. For this reason, the award provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and engage with their arts practice. The deadline is 5.30pm on Thursday, 13 February, 2025.

In 2025, Roscommon Arts Centre (RAC) will offer four unique residency opportunities under its AIR Programme through an Open Call. Residency 1: New Voice, designed for an artist or collective with an idea or project in its early stages, provides support to further develop their vision. Residency 2: Seed offers an artist the opportunity to initiate or develop a new idea, project, or body of work, benefitting from studio or workshop space, mentored support, and additional resources. Residency 3: Next Steps: Tailored, for an established artist or collective, helps progress an existing idea, project, or body of work. It includes access to studio/workshop space, mentoring, and resources, with the potential to apply for a Project Award or similar Arts Council funding. Residency 4: Show Development is an exciting new residency which, in partnership with Motion Chapel, combines resources from Roscommon Arts Centre and Roscommon County Council Arts Office to support the development of performance projects. The deadline is Friday, 31 January, 2025

This programme is open to properly-constituted community groups and voluntary organisations who seek to deliver good relations projects. To be eligible for funding, your organisation must be legally able to operate in Northern Ireland and be independent, not for profit, and have a constitution or set of rules defining your aims, objectives, and operational procedures. Projects with a strong good relations focus can use a wide range of activities such as sport, music, arts, personal development, leadership, educational attainment, and peace and reconciliation to engage with and make a difference in local communities. The deadline is 4pm on Monday, 27 January, 2025

The Touring of Work Scheme invites applications for proposals seeking funding to support the touring of work across all artform and arts practice areas taking place in the Republic of Ireland. The objective of the Touring of Work Scheme is to make great art – of different kinds – available to more people throughout the country. When selecting tours to fund, they consider artistic excellence in the work itself and clear consideration of public engagement. In many cases the work to be toured will have already been produced and well received by audiences and critics. Successful applicants will also show how their tour will create – or make use of – a network of venues and/or other partners and collaborators. The deadline is 5.30pm on Thursday, 23 January, 2025

EU4Health is currently seeking proposals to support a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to mental health in the European Union. Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities). The requested budget (maximum grant amount) per project is expected to be €500,000. The deadline is 4pm on Wednesday, 22 January, 2025.

Applications are now open for groups who wish to run a camp under the T:BUC Camps Programme 2025/26. Completed applications must be returned to the Education Authority. The T:BUC Camps Programme is a headline action described in the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) strategy which was announced by the Northern Ireland Executive in 2013. The Programme is about building positive relations and long-lasting friendships among young people across all parts of the Northern Ireland community. Camps must therefore bring diverse groups together to get to know each other, try new experiences, and help build longer-term relationships between young people. The deadline is 4pm on Friday, 17 January, 2025.

The EURORESO Award 2024 invites submissions of innovative and sustainable projects on the theme of 'Fostering the Green Economy Through Education and Training'. The deadline is Friday, 14 March, 2025.

CLAY CLG Youth Project is currently inviting applications for the position of a Full Time Youth Diversion Youth Worker. CLAY Youth Diversion Project is a community-based specialist project. The deadline is 5pm on Friday, 10 January, 2025

Helium Arts invites applications from professional Creative Producers who work across art-forms to join a newly created Helium Arts Creative Producer Panel. The deadline is 2pm on Friday, 3 January, 2025.

Northside Partnership/Preparing for Life seeks applications from consultants on an innovative project designed to co-explore and co-create leadership dynamics that support best practices in early years education. The deadline is 5pm on Monday, 16 December, 2024.

Mayo, Sligo, and Leitrim Education & Training Board (MSLETB), as Lead Partner for Music Generation Mayo, wishes to recruit a Music Development Officer. The deadline is 12 noon on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024.

Youth Theatre Ireland in Tipperary is recruiting a part-time workability programme coach to support young people from Co Tipperary with a diagnosis of a disability. The deadline is 5pm on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024.

West Limerick Resources is looking for a Graduate Placement Project  Officer. The role will entail providing support to the LEADER coordinator and project officers to ensure the effective delivery of the Limerick Local Development Strategy. The deadline is 5pm on Monday, 9 December, 2024.

The Writers in Schools Scheme, co-funded by the Arts Council but administered by Poetry Ireland, part-funds visits by writers and storytellers to schools throughout the island of Ireland. The deadline is ongoing.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 edition of the international Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, which recognises outstanding contributions to climate action that inspire hope. The deadline is 5pm on Friday, 31 January, 2025

The Touring of Work Scheme 2025 invites applications for proposals seeking funding to support the touring of work across all artform and arts practice areas for tours taking place in the Republic of Ireland from July–December 2025. The deadline is 5:30pm on Thursday, 23 January, 2025.

The SSE Airtricity Generation Green Community Fund has been established to support communities across the island of Ireland in their journey towards sustainability. The deadline is Friday, 10 January, 2025.

The fully-funded Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity is an innovative programme that brings together mid-age social change leaders, policymakers, activists, practitioners, artists, and researchers from around the world to explore and challenge the root causes of inequality. The deadline is Friday, 10 January, 2025.

The Breaking Barriers Fund aims to support awardees that tackle discrimination and inequality in the Irish labour market and education system. The deadline is 1pm on Friday, 10 January, 2025, at 1pm.

This award is designed to assist individual artists living and working in Cork County to develop international performing or exhibition opportunities for their work. The deadline is Thursday, 9 January, 2025.

Local authorities, in collaboration with communities, will be funded to develop projects that will deliver long-term benefits to those living in the areas selected. The deadline is Wednesday, 1 January, 2025.

The Seven Mills Community Fund is structured to empower successful local group applicants that are working to make a positive impact in Dublin 22 through their volunteering efforts. The deadline is Friday, 20 December, 2024.

Movement for Good is an annual programme by the Benefact Group which donates over £1 million to charities and good causes nominated by you. Any charity from Ireland is eligible for nomination. The deadline is Thursday, 19 December, 2024.

The overarching goal of the Impact Fund for Munster 2024–25 is to foster a sustainable and inclusive future for the Munster region by investing in innovative projects that address interconnected social and environmental challenges. The deadline is 1pm on Friday, 13 December, 2024.