Grants and Opportunities

The Hospital Saturday Fund was founded in 1873, at a time when little help was available for those needing costly hospital care. The Hospital Saturday Fund has two grant categories: 1. Standard grants of up to £2,000 or €3,000 OR 2. Large grants to up to £10,000 or €13,500 (please note that this is the maximum sum that HSF will grant). The Hospital Saturday Fund will consider giving grants to registered medical health charities within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The Hospital Saturday Fund will also consider giving grants to individuals within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

The Music Capital Scheme, which is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, provides funding for the purchase of musical instruments and selected items of equipment to individual professional musicians and non-professional groups across the country. A total of €1,040,000 in funding is available through the following awards which are now open for applications: Award 1, for non-professional performing groups; Award 2, for individual, established professional-performing musicians; Award 3, for individual, emerging professional-performing musicians. An extensive range of applicant supports will be delivered between now and the application deadline.

Dead Centre is seeking a General Manager to work part-time with the company’s Artistic Directors and Producer to form a key part of the team, delivering world-class theatrical productions, both at home in Ireland and on tour. The General Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of Dead Centre, taking the lead on financial administration and company governance, working with the team on stakeholder management, and ensuring smooth and efficient systems are in place across all of the company’s activity.

The Linenhall is one of Ireland’s oldest arts centres and a vibrant cultural hub in the heart of Castlebar. We are passionate about connecting communities, sparking creativity, and celebrating culture. We believe the arts have the power to make people feel affirmed, valued, and healthy. We are currently looking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Marketing and Communications Officer to join our friendly, creative team. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of the Linenhall as we deliver on our new 2025–2030 strategy, and to help us reach and engage new audiences across the county and beyond.

There are six grants available under the Arts Funding: Community and Voluntary: Available to community and voluntary arts groups/organisations throughout Cork City Council's administrative area. Professional Arts Organisations: Available to professional arts organisations throughout Cork City Council's administrative area. Artist and the Community Award: Invites artistic proposals involving professional artists in non-professional arts contexts. Artist Bursary: Supports the professional development of artists . Project Scheme: Invites proposals from professional artists across all disciplines. Cow House Visual Artist Bursary: Supports the professional development of visual artists seeking a residency opportunity.

The Festivals Investment Scheme is a competitive scheme that offers funding to support the staging of festivals on a non-recurring basis. It is important to note that funding under this programme is offered on a once-off basis. Therefore, those offered awards in previous funding rounds of the Festival Investment Scheme should not assume that funding will be provided or provided at previous levels of support. Where eligible, applicants select the band most applicable to their festival model and funding request. The Festival Investment Scheme 2026 (Round 2) is for festivals that commence between 1 July and 31 December 2026

The Theatre Project Award supports specific artistic projects in theatre. It focuses on enabling individual artists and organisations to bring their ideas to fruition and create excellent artistic work. The objective of Strands 1 and 2 of the Theatre Project Award is to support the development, generation, and creation of theatre. The award is open to professional artists and organisations with a demonstrable track record in theatre practice, in collaboration with artists and/or in partnership with existing theatre organisations, arts centres, or festivals – where that partnership is additional to, and separate from, that organisation’s core activity.

DU Dance (Northern Ireland) invites applicants to join us at a significant moment in the company’s journey, as we look ahead to a new chapter of leadership. DU Dance is Northern Ireland’s only dedicated dance development company, and has been in operation for over 24 years. It has a legacy of working with communities across Northern Ireland, the island of Ireland, UK, and internationally. Our activities are recognised for their best practice and creative excellence. The primary focus of DU Dance’s work is young people, but programmes may involve people of all ages.

The Trustees of the Golden Fleece Award invite applications for the position of Administrator on a part-time contractual basis. The Golden Fleece Award is an independent artistic prize fund established as a charitable bequest by artist, researcher, and educator Lillias Mitchell (1915–2000). Its mission is to provide resources for practising visual artists and craftspeople/makers to innovate and develop their artistic vision at critical points in their career. The Golden Fleece Trust makes an award once a year to support artists working in all forms of visual, craft, and applied arts.

Dublin Theatre Festival seeks a dynamic individual who is passionate about theatre and communicating to existing and potential theatre audiences in equal measure. Under the direction of the Artistic Director/CEO, the Head of Marketing is responsible for strengthening Dublin Theatre Festival’s brand, deepening its relationship with a broad range of audiences, shaping festival experiences across both the real and digital worlds, and evaluating the festival’s impact. The Head of Marketing propels Dublin Theatre Festival’s brand through consistent messaging, and oversees all operations relating to media, audience engagement, and public relations.

Culture Ireland offers support to Irish professional artists, arts organisations, and international presenters to present work by Irish artists at significant international venues and festivals. In supporting an event, Culture Ireland traditionally offers grant funding towards costs which relate directly to the international presentation of the event, i.e. travel and travel-related costs such as transport, freight, accommodation, and subsistence. In order for an application to be considered, the applicant must have an international partner or be an international presenter who will provide a fee to the artist and assist with promotion and presentation costs.

The Hospital Saturday Fund was founded in 1873, at a time when little help was available for those needing costly hospital care. The Hospital Saturday Fund has two grant categories: 1. Standard grants of up to £2,000 or €3,000 OR 2. Large grants to up to £10,000 or €13,500 (please note that this is the maximum sum that HSF will grant). The Hospital Saturday Fund will consider giving grants to registered medical health charities within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The Hospital Saturday Fund will also consider giving grants to individuals within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

Create seeks applications for the role of Festivals Connect Coordinator, to work with us on the new four-year Connect project, supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). One of the three main work packages of the project is Festivals Connect – a programme aiming to engage with existing festivals of all forms and sizes, to learn about their different approaches to festival-making and place-making, and to provide a range of opportunities. The planned work will bring benefits to festivals, artists, and communities in Northern Ireland and border counties in particular.

In response to the organisation’s success and growth, University Concert Hall (UCH) is seeking a Deputy Director to expand the organisation’s operational and strategic leadership capacity. This new senior leadership position is a pivotal role. It will support the Director’s strategic focus while leading operational delivery and organisational development, ensuring UCH grows sustainably, continues to extend its reach, and remains artistically ambitious. The ideal candidate will be a confident, collaborative leader and an experienced manager. You will thrive working in a busy environment and comfortably balance operational oversight with external stakeholder engagement.

We are inviting proposals from individual artists or artist groups for sound-based art projects in Ballyogan, connected to the new Ballyogan Library at the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus. As the fastest growing area in the county, with a young and culturally diverse population, this is an exciting opportunity to connect with the area and its communities. Proposed projects should focus on one of the following audiences and themes: exploring memories and histories of Ballyogan over the years with older/retired people living locally; exploring future visions of Ballyogan and the library of the future with young people (aged 12–18).

Arts and Disability Connect includes mentoring, training, new work, and research and reflection awards for individual artists with disabilities. The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is designed to support artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice, and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in the Republic of Ireland. The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is funded by the Arts Council and managed by Arts & Disability Ireland.

The purpose of Partnership Funding is to invest in and support the essential infrastructure required to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland. In offering Partnership Funding, the Arts Council wishes to ensure the following: the delivery of excellent art and/or excellent arts activities, events, and services; a supportive environment for the development of the arts; excellent professional-development opportunities for practising artists and/or arts professionals; that more people will enjoy high-quality arts experiences, including more diverse audiences; increased engagement by the public with the arts, in particular by new communities, people for whom access to the arts is difficult, and by young people and children.