Open Call: Young People, Children and Education Bursary Award (Ireland)

Aim

• The bursary aims to support artists at all stages of their careers.
• Potential proposals could be those that:
  • Enable a professional artist with significant experience in their art form but with limited experience in developing work with or for young people to develop their knowledge and capacity in this area
  • Enable a young artist (aged 18–24) who has demonstrated artistic leadership and innovation in their artistic endeavors as a young person to develop their professional capacity to engage other young participants or audiences in the arts
  • Enable an emerging, mid-career or established artist to explore new ideas, skills or ways of working that will improve their capacity to create high quality work with or for young people.

Priorities

• The Arts Council has identified the following as priorities for support through this award:
  • Proposals that demonstrate the benefits to the development of the artist’s practice and how this will in turn benefit children and young people during or following the bursary (i.e. there is clarity regarding the context in which the artist’s learning will be applied)
  • Proposals that demonstrate how an artist will document, share and disseminate with their peers any findings that emerge from the bursary period
  • Proposals that enable the artist to work with a mentor who is well placed to support them to develop their practice
  • Proposals that enable artists to reflect on and develop their practice in partnership with key stakeholders, such as potential audiences, participants, professional colleagues, youth workers, carers and educators.

Funding Information

• The maximum amount that may be awarded to each successful applicant is: €20,000
• The minimum amount that can be applied for is: €5,000

Eligibility Criteria

• The award is open to artists working in all genres and at all stages in their professional careers. To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
  • Be resident in the Republic of Ireland. However, they may accept applications from outside the Republic of Ireland. In this case, you must detail in your application form how your proposal would benefit the arts in the Republic of Ireland.
  • Be professional practicing artists. Although they might not earn income continuously or exclusively from their arts practice, applicants must identify themselves, and be recognised by their peers, as professional practicing artists.

Ineligibility Criteria

• People not eligible to apply include the following:
  • Individuals currently in undergraduate education (including those undertaking foundation courses)
  • Individuals seeking support towards fees for postgraduate (including unaccredited)/higher education or study
  • Individuals seeking support towards work undertaken as part of a formal course of study
  • Individuals seeking support towards the costs of undertaking an internship
  • If you are in full-time employment, you must be seeking time away from employment to work on your practice, and how you plan to approach this should be outlined in your application
  • Aosdána members in receipt of a Cnuas.

For more information, visit The Arts Council.