Submit Applications for 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.

Eligibility Criteria

• 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. 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.
• 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.
• Recordings produced under this scheme must be of a high production quality, and applicants must provide evidence that they are working in conjunction with a recognised producer or demonstrate that they have a track record in quality sound production. Recordings must be accessible to the general public – e.g. through a released recording and/or accessible in a library or archive. Applicants should provide information detailing the online or hard-copy media platforms through which the recordings will be made available and subsequently distributed and promoted.
• Publications produced under this scheme must be made in conjunction with a recognised publisher or through an organisation or institution with a track record of producing publications to a high editorial and production standard, in order to ensure quality and best practice, and to support distribution/dissemination of the published work.

Ineligibility Criteria

• You cannot apply for more than one Deis Recording and Publication Award in any one round of funding.
• 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.