Project Arts Grants 2026
Applications are now open. The closing date for applications is 12 noon, on Tuesday 4 November 2025
Click here to download the full Project Award 2026 Grant Guidelines
Project Grants support arts organisations and individuals to realise public presentation of new work for the Dublin City Council administrative area.
Awards are available for a minimum of €5,000.00 to a maximum of €10,000.00 for projects taking place during 2026.
The project grant may only make up a maximum of 70% of the overall budget for the project, you will be asked to provide details of the other 30% funding.
QUALITY AND ARTISTIC AMBITION OF THE PROJECT PROPOSED (40%) SECTION 3
a. Short description of your project. This should be stated in less than 50 words.
b. Here is where you outline your project in more detail, your clear concept, and personnel. You should also attach CVs and biographies, of the artistic and other personel involved, the timeframe and planned dates for presentation and planned methods for review and evaluation of work.
c. Please describe the practice and skills in more detail of the people involved in your project. In particular, let us know the role and responsibilities of the team. Please include track record of artists, producers, communications, tech people and whether the project team have worked together on a previous work or how they will be supported to work as a new team. Please note: If you are using the names of third parties in your application please ensure that you have their consent to do so.
DIVERSITY, ACCESSIBILITY & INCLUSION (20%) SECTION 4
Dublin City Council through all of its programmes wants to engage with all of the residents and visitors to Dublin. We know that some may feel excluded for physical, cultural, economic, racial, gender or other reasons and as a Local Authority we want to address this exclusion and celebrate the diversity of Dublin. As an applicant for an Arts Grant please let us know how you address diversity whether by including and encouraging diverse practitioners or participants in your programme or through catering to diverse audiences.
a. Identify your target audience or audiences. Pay particular attention to diverse audiences. Show how your marketing/communication materials, online marketing etc. will lead to participation, attendance and/or engagement with your Project or Programme. Don’t forget to upload your document(s) in supporting material at the end of the application.
FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT IN KNOWN AND REALISABLE RESOURCES (40%) SECTION 5
a. As this is Dublin City Council funding, the public presentation of your project must happen within the Dublin City Council administrative areas. See map for guidance on the administrative areas of the Council.
b. Please upload your Marketing or Audience Development plan.
c. Please identify your partners and the role of partnership and collaboration in your project. Tell us about the role of your partners and how they make your project more feasible to deliver for example a partner bring could expertise in a particular field and/or additional resources. Please upload letters of support where feasible.
d. The more evidence and detail of financial support already in place the better. Please be as clear as you can about cash or in-kind funding that is already in place. Please be as clear as you can about intended cash or in-kind funding/support that may be generated should your project be successful with a Dublin City Council Award.
Applicants must provide accurate financial details.
Projected Income: How much funding will you need to secure in order to complete this project
Projected Expenditure: How much will your project cost to complete.
Amount sought from Dublin City Council: How much funding are you requesting from this grant.
Amount from other sources: How much funding are you seeking or have you secured from other sources.
e. Please clearly indicate all artist fees. Dublin City Council is committed to the fair and equitable payment of artists and applications that do not honor this commitment will not be eligible.
f. Please download, complete and then upload our Income and Expenditure form providing accurate financial details. Include all projected sources of income/funding and indicate where they are as yet unconfirmed. Income and expenditure breakdown must be clear and must specifically reference the project you are applying for/the focus of your programme. The headings provided are intended as a guide, but if you need to edit and replace items in expenditure please do so.
g. Please upload your Income and Expenditure form here. This is mandatory.
Download our Project Award 2026 Submittable Guidance Document which explains the application questions in greater detail. We recommend printing this and keeping it beside you through the process.
Download the Project Guidance Document here PDF Version
Our team of Arts Officers offer information sessions ahead of the Arts Grants deadline each year.
The aim of our information sessions is to provide help and guidance with all aspects of the online application process. The information session will be led by the Arts Officer Team. The session consists of a 25-minute walk-through of the application form, followed by 20 minutes of questions and answers.
The Project Arts Grants information session took place on Wednesday 24 September at 11am and is now available to watch by clicking the link below:
No applications will be accepted later than the official deadline.
Your application will be processed by members of the Arts Office Administrative team. Any applications that clearly fall outside the eligibility guidelines and criteria may be eliminated at this point. Dublin City Council reserves the right to redirect applications for consideration to appropriate categories other than those applied for, should it be deemed beneficial to the applicant to so do.
All applications will be considered by the Arts Officer Team reporting to the City Arts Officer. Independent assessors with relevant experience and expertise support the Art Officer Team who will make recommendations on all eligible applications.
Assessment of Neighbourhood, Voluntary & Community Mentoring Applications will be supported by the Area Offices of Dublin City Council through their Community Development section. All applications will then be assessed by a sub-committee of Elected Members of Dublin City Council from the Strategic Policy Committee.
An external assessor reviews the application process before the applications are submitted to the elected members. When approved by the sub-committee of elected members, final approval is sought from full meetings of the elected members of Dublin City Council.
The public presentation, or parts thereof, of your application must take place in the Dublin City Council Administrative Area. Click here for Map
The company, artist or team shall ensure that there is compliance with all statutory requirements and local authority bye laws including adherence to Child Protection Policy.
Recipients of grants of €5,000 or more will have to comply with the 5 key principles of the Governance Code for Community, Voluntary and Charitable organisations. For an outline of the 5 key principles see governancecode.ie
Recipients of grants of €10,000 or more will have to supply a current tax clearance certificate or tax clearance access number prior to first instalment and for subsequent payments of the Arts Grant.
Dublin City Council is subject to provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 1997, 2003. If you consider that any information supplied by you is either commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for sensitivity specified. In such cases, the relevant material will, in response to an FOI request, be examined in the light of the exemptions provided for in the Acts.
For feedback, please email artsoffice@dublincity.ie
Requests must be made no later than 20 days subsequent to the City Council meeting approving Arts Grants.
All applications must be made through Submittable.
