Grant Application Form
Eligibility Requirements and Criteria
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 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, accommodation and subsistence.
Culture Ireland considers applications 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”.
Basic Eligibility Requirements:
1. Application must be in respect of a Irish professional artist/s or arts organisation
2. Application must be in respect of an
art form defined under the Arts Act 2003
3. Only international events are
supported (i.e., outside the island of Ireland)
4. The
event must be accessible to an open public audience and fees must be payable to
the artist/s or arts organisation
5. Funding support is limited to travel
and travel related costs
Applications deemed eligible are assessed in line with the following criteria:
1. Artistic quality of work and track record of artist/s or arts organisation
2. Financial
and operational viability of the event (including fees and level of support
from presenter/venue/other partners)
3. Profile
of international venue/festival
4. Proven
capacity of applicant, artist/s or arts organisation to present work
internationally
5. Wider promotional and media impact
What does Culture Ireland mean by
artistic quality? Artistic quality can be defined as work that is ambitious, excellent and
original, connects to audiences and has been presented nationally to critical
acclaim. It should be noted that the assessment of the artistic quality of the
proposed work is made using knowledge, experience and specialist advice.
Examples of eligible applications include:
Theatre, circus and dance performances by professional companies
Film-makers presenting films at key international film festivals
Performances by professional or professionally-led musicians and ensembles
Visual artists/galleries exhibiting at internationally recognised art fairs/galleries
Readings by writers/poets in English or Irish or otherwise at international literary festivals
Please note that because of the
competitive nature and context of each grant round, limited funding and a large
number of applicants, eligibility and compliance with criteria for assessment
alone does not guarantee that you will receive grant funding.
Examples of ineligible applications include:
Events which have already taken place
Research, opportunities, study or professional training
Production Costs
Residencies
Bursaries
Workshops/Conferences
Amateur events
Work by non-professional artists
Events of a competitive nature
Applications made outside the regular
grant rounds
1. Attendance could not have been anticipated at the time of the last regular grant round
2.
Event is high profile
and of key international significance (this includes film festivals at which a
film will be showcased or promoted)
3. Event
offers artist important career opportunity
4. Opportunity
cannot be availed of at a later date
Written evidence to support the above conditions is required for all out of round applications.