Call for Submissions: Deis Recording and Publication Award (Ireland)

Priorities

• Priority will be given to projects that demonstrate
  • Attention to artistic quality
  • Innovation
  • Significant benefit to the traditional-arts community.

Funding Information

• The maximum amount that may be awarded to each successful applicant is €10,000

Eligible Projects

• Projects of the following nature will be considered:
  • Those that are of a significant archival nature or that pertain to the music of a specific region or a particular musical style
  • Those that help to make the music/song of an exceptional performer, composer or region available to a wider public
  • Those that have a particularly innovative theme or original artistic format
  • Those that form part of an individual’s career development.

Who can apply?

• The Deis Recording and Publication Award is open to individuals, groups, bands and organisations.
• Proposals are accepted from all areas in the traditional arts (traditional music, song, dance and oral artforms such as storytelling and agallamh beirte).
• The award is open to individuals and organisations who are resident in the Republic of Ireland.
• Proposals received from applicants funded by Strategic Funding or Arts Grants Funding must provide evidence that the project is additional to activities already supported by the Arts Council.

Ineligible

• Those who are not eligible to apply include the following:
  • Individuals who are currently in undergraduate or postgraduate education or who will be during the period for which this award is offered.
  • Individuals who have received a previous Deis Recording Award which is still ongoing – any previously funded project must be completed and all monies drawn down before you can apply again.
  • Applicants who have previously made an unsuccessful application under the Deis Recording and Publication Award for the same proposed project.

For more information, visit The Arts Council.