Deadline: 24 April 2025
The Arts Council is thrilled to invite applications for its Agility Award, a funding scheme for individual professional artists and arts practitioners who have not been previously funded by the organization.
Objectives
- You can apply for the Agility Award if you want to:
- Develop your practice
- Develop your work
- Develop your skills.
Focus Areas
- You can apply for Agility Award funding for the following art forms and art practices:
- Architecture
- Arts Participation
- Circus
- Dance
- Film
- Literature
- Multidisciplinary Arts
- Music
- Opera
- Street Performance and Spectacle
- Traditional Arts
- Theatre
- Visual Arts
- Children and Young People’s Arts
Funding Information
- You can apply for any amount between €1,500 and €5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Agility Award supports professional artists and arts practitioners.
- You can apply if:
- You have never received Arts Council funding as an individual
- You are resident in the Republic of Ireland.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They won’t be able to accept your application if you are:
- A person who has previously received funding from the Arts Council as an individual.
- A person who is not resident in the Republic of Ireland.
- An organisation.
- A full-time undergraduate student (including foundation courses).
- Looking for support towards fees for postgraduate/higher education or study (including unaccredited courses). For example, a QQI accredited course such as a FETAC certificate, a degree or a master’s degree.
- A person who wants support towards work they’re doing as part of a formal course of study, internship or volunteer work
- A non-professional artist or arts practitioner – in other words, someone who isn’t actively pursuing a career in the arts.
For more information, visit The Arts Council.
