Grants and Opportunities

Creative Places West Cork Islands is an ambitious three-year culture-based community development programme for and about the West Cork islands. Creative Places aims to connect with people, artists and places, to allow ideas to develop into creative actions that are inspired by and enrich the island communities. Creative Places is about harnessing the power of creativity, culture & the arts to support and sustain the Island communities of West Cork. Islander Artist / Maker Scheme – It is for artists, creatives, community groups and individuals who are residents of Oileán Chléire, Sherkin Island, Heir Island, Long Island, Whiddy Island, Bere Island and Dursey Islands. Expression of Interest – It is for artists, creatives, community groups and individuals who are residents of the islands and beyond to express an interest in the project and to propose their own creative projects. There is currently no application deadline for these awards.

Curated by IMMA (the Irish Museum of Modern Art). Dublin City Council, in collaboration with and curated by IMMA, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, invites submissions for a Visual Arts Exhibition Commission to be created for children, schools and families, which will be located in the exhibition room in Cabra Library for approximately 10 weeks April – June 2024. Important dates: The deadline for the submission 20 October 2023.

Public Art Management and Curation Services at Leitrim County Council Per Cent for Art Programme - Open Tender. Tenders are invited from suitably qualified and experienced individuals or companies to provide Public Art Management & Curation Services. The deadline is 15 October 2023.

Cork Theatre Collective are looking for a dynamic person to lead the first phase of work, devising and implementing theatre development projects and residencies. The deadline is 13 October 2023.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL), Ireland’s foremost civil liberties organisation with a long and successful track record of defending human rights, is recruiting a Head of Research and Policy. This role, reporting to the Executive Director, is responsible for planning and ensuring the delivery of an agreed policy and research agenda that supports ICCL’s strategic plan. The successful candidate will provide a timely flow of impactful, well researched and legally accurate policy outputs from within the policy team, with particular emphasis on the areas of Justice, Equality and Democratic Freedoms. The deadline is 6 October 2023.

The Arts Office of Fingal County Council supports and promotes access and participation in the arts through a range of innovation and practical support, allied with collaboration and strategic partnerships at local, regional and international level. Fingal County Council are now seeking applications for a suitably qualified Deputy County Arts Officer. The deadline is 6 October 2023.

Maternity Cover for Creative Learning and Youth Theatre Programme Director for Graffiti Theatre Company. Graffiti is looking to recruit a maternity cover for our Creative Learning and Activate Youth Theatre Programme Director. The role comprises two main areas: Creative Learning and Activate Youth Theatre. The deadline is 4 October 2023.

The CCA-Mellon Multidisciplinary Research Program seeks new and urgent modes of orientation that ask earthbound designers and their allies to ground and value land: lands held by others in care and lands that have been claimed, reclaimed, and not ceded. It is a call to undertake research and design projects that are site-specific, climate-dependent, historically attuned, and collaborative. As a collective and all-encompassing state, being “in the hurricane” calls for grounded, land-caring practices that match the intensity of the storm. The deadline is 2 October 2023.

The Arts Council announces round two of the Festivals Investment Scheme (FIS) for festivals that commence between 1st of July 2024 and 31st of December 2024. The deadline is 23 November 2023.

Applications for Project Awards, for projects commencing on or after 1 March 2024 through to 31 December 2024, will open on 10 October 2023 and close on 16 November 2023. Project Awards will be available in the following areas: Architecture; Arts Participation; Circus; Dance; Film; Literature; Music; Street Arts and Spectacle; Theatre; Traditional Arts; Visual Arts

National Disability Authority Research Promotion Scheme - Disability in Marginalized Groups and Communities. The 2023-24 funding call for the National Disability Authority’s (NDA) Research Promotion Scheme is now open. This year’s theme is ‘Disability in Marginalized Groups and Communities’. The deadline is 23 October 2023.

Foras na Gaeilge provides funding through the Colmcille Projects Scheme to help applicants foster a relationship between Scottish and Irish Gaelic language communities and to strengthen Scottish and Irish Gaelic through this relationship. The deadline is 20 October 2023.

The objectives of this initiative are to establish a new independent flagship dance company, which is committed to commissioning dance production across all scales, the employment of dancers, as well as national, North/South and international touring. The deadline is 19 October 2023.

Community Foundation Ireland: Support Available for Communities Taking Biodiversity Action. Communities are being invited to apply for support to take steps to protect local plants and wildlife. The Community Foundation Ireland is inviting applications from groups ready to develop or implement action plans which are targeted at promoting wildlife by protecting natural green areas and other habitats. The deadline is 13 October 2023.

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 Ireland. There are four different strands within the scheme: Mentoring (€3,000), Training (€1,000), New Work (€15,000), and Research and Development (€5,000). The deadline is 10 October 2023.

The purpose of Partnership Funding is to invest in and support local authorities /statutory bodies to sustain and develop the arts in Ireland. Partnership Funding is open to local authority and statutory organisations only. The deadline is 5 October 2023.

Waterford Arts Practice Grants include Rural Arts Grants and Specialist Arts Grants (Screenwriter/Producer and Playwright/Producer), as well as Council supported Arts Venue Grants. These grants are a key part of the support from Waterford City and County Council to artists, arts creators and for professional community arts services. The deadline is 4 October 2023.

Dublin Theatre Festival is looking for a Development Manager to join their team. The deadline is 12 noon on 15 September 2023.

The post holder will lead out on the strategic ambitions as outlined in UCC’s Arts and Culture Plan. The deadline is 12 September 2023.

Roscommon County Council are looking for Artist-Researchers who can work creatively with a local community group to develop a vision for Creative Places Ballaghaderreen, establishing local interests and needs from the community’s perspective. This call out is open to artists from any arts background or medium, but experience in socially engaged arts practice and community facilitation and engagement is required. The deadline is 4pm on 11 September 2023.

The Board of Directors invites applications for the role of Artistic Director at Ormston House. The deadline is 5pm on 8 September 2023.

Galway Community Circus is seeking to appoint an Executive Director to lead their organisation in the next phase of their journey as they deliver inclusive and boundary-breaking circus arts participation and education. The deadline is 5pm on 4 September 2023.

Gaisce are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced, and professional candidate to drive Gaisce’s communication activities in accordance with our strategic plan, identifying and implementing communications opportunities supporting the Head of Communications and Engagement. The deadline is 4 September 2023.

In Your Space Circus (IYSC) is seeking an exceptional candidate for the new role of Heritage Project Manager, supporting the Cathedral School development project. The deadline is 4 September 2023.

Aemi is currently looking to hire for the key role of Projects and Engagement Coordinator to provide support across Aemi’s activities in dialogue with Aemi’s co-directors Alice Butler and Daniel Fitzpatrick. The deadline is 1 September 2023.

The Artist in the Community Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards to enable artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together on projects. The deadline is 25 September 2023.

The scheme will award grants of up to €50,000 towards workspace costs – i.e. the running costs of the workspace such as light, heat, rent, administration and/or appropriate management costs and artist development costs. A proportion of support up to a maximum of 20% of the total request may be directed towards essential repair and maintenance. The deadline is 14 September 2023.

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. Arts centres are defined as full-time, public-facing, professionally managed, building-based arts organisations. They support the creation, presentation and mediation of the arts across a range of artforms and arts practices. They support professional, collaborative, voluntary and amateur arts practice. The deadline is 14 September 2023.

An Invitation to Collaboration is open to local authorities to apply for projects or initiatives that they identify as being of strategic significance to arts development locally, regionally and nationally. The deadline is 14 September 2023.

The Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing objective will support additional, non-formal provision activity involving cross-community and cross-border multi-partner collaborative approaches, which will lead to improved understanding of youth mental health and wellbeing issues and the sharing of best practice across the Programme Area to improve service delivery. It will result in an increase in the percentage of the youth population in receipt of best practice mental health supports developed and delivered on a collaborative, cross-border basis; which enhance emotional resilience and make a contribution to peace and reconciliation across the Programme Area. The deadline is 12 September 2023.

The purpose of Strategic Funding is to invest in and support the organisations needed to lead, sustain and develop the arts in Ireland. Organisations that receive Strategic Funding must play a critical part in delivering the policy priorities of Making Great Art Work, the Arts Council’s ten-year strategy. The deadline is 7 September 2023.

This Investment Area will create a more cohesive society through an increased provision of shared spaces and services, which will benefit and embed peace and reconciliation. It will result in an increase in the number of individuals and groups regularly accessing new or reimaged shared spaces, which have been co-designed on a cross-community basis; and spending recreational time or accessing serves therein. The deadline is 7 September 2023.

This Investment Area will provide direct, sustained contact between children from all backgrounds through collaboration between and within schools and in pre-school settings, to promote good relations and enhance children’s skills to contribute to a cohesive society. It will result in an increase in the number of children (pre-school, primary and post primary), teachers, principals, practitioners engaged in sustained partnerships with those from different community, socio-economic, cultural and political backgrounds in a manner which will contribute to the attitudinal and behavioural change within schools and the wider community required to build a more peaceful, prosperous and cohesive Programme Area. The deadline is 7 September 2023.

The purpose of this call is to appoint a Quality and Impact Body that will perform a quality assurance and impact support role to the range of actions undertaken by projects tasked with directly working with young people for the primary delivery of the PEACEPLUS Youth Programme. This Body will be independent from the projects but will work closely with all of them, as well as with SEUPB whilst also assisting in the general delivery of the theme. Cross-border co-operation will be encouraged through the development of appropriate partnerships and implementation arrangements where these add value to the delivery of the Programme.  There will only be one successful application under this call. The deadline is 7 September 2023.

This call aims to support projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens. These projects will gather a diverse range of people from different backgrounds in activities directly linked to EU policies, giving them an opportunity to actively participate in the EU policymaking process and thus contribute to the democratic and civic life of the Union. The projects will encourage citizens’, including young persons, understanding of the policymaking process, showing in practice how to engage in the democratic life of the EU and enabling them to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action. The deadline is 5 September 2023.

For the purposes of this funding programme, “creative production” is described as a process that turns artistic ideas into reality. It supports artist development alongside resourcing, presentation and public-engagement needs and opportunities. The objective of the initiative is to provide high-quality, art-led production supports for the independent arts sector for up to two years, developing an articulation of best practice and optimising existing resources and networks in the development, production, co-production, presentation, co-presentation and touring. The deadline is 31 August 2023.

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. Applications are accepted from the artist/arts organisation or international presenting partner. Culture Ireland considers applications involving contemporary Irish artists for all forms of the arts as defined in the Arts Act 2003: “arts means any creative or interpretative expression (whether traditional or contemporary) in whatever form, and includes, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture, and includes any medium when used for those purposes”. The deadline is 31 August 2023.

The Late-Night Events (Pilot Programme) 2023 intends to further extend and diversify the offering for late-night activity and provide opportunities for new and exciting work, encouraging new audiences to explore existing cultural facilities. It will also seek to identify and address any challenges venues may associate with staying open late. The deadline for applications is 24 August, 2023.

Applications are invited 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 January to December 2024. The deadline for applications is 10 August, 2023

The Head of Voice will be responsible for delivering all aspects of vocal training for both years of the school’s Full Time Actor Training Programme and across various aspects of vocal training within the school’s full programme of activity. The closing date is 7 July, 2023 at 12 noon.

Drogheda Arts Festival is looking for an ambitious, inspirational, and creative Festival Director to lead the Arts Festival into a new phase artistically, strategically and operationally. The closing date is 7 July, 2023 at 5pm.

The objective of the Touring of Work Scheme is to deliver outcomes that ensure more people will enjoy high-quality arts experiences throughout the country. The artist and public engagement are core priorities of the Arts Council’s ten-year strategy plan. In supporting a strategic approach to touring, the Arts Council aims to deliver on these core policy priorities. We will prioritise tours of artistically excellent work, that aim to maximise public engagement, and have already been successfully produced in terms of critical and audience response. Some artform exceptions may apply. The deadline is 10 August, 2023.

The objectives of this initiative are to establish a new independent flagship dance company, which is committed to commissioning dance production across all scales, the employment of dancers, as well as national, North/South, and international touring. This call for proposals is an initiative of the Arts Council and an outcome of the Arts Council’s Dance Policy: Advancing Dance 2022-2025. The deadline is 27 July, 2023.

Culture Ireland promotes Irish arts worldwide. They create and support opportunities for Irish artists and companies to present and promote their work at strategic international festivals and venues. In supporting an event, Culture Ireland offers grant funding towards costs which relate directly to the international presentation of the event, as in travel and travel-related costs such as transport, accommodation, and subsistence. The deadline is 1 July, 2023.