About the Open Call

The Travel Awards Scheme is a rolling programme. Applications must be received at least 4 weeks before the intended date of travel. All applications must relate to travel with a departure date within 6 months of the date of an application. The return date of travel must be within 12 months of the date of your application.

What is Offered

Grant funding for arts and culture projects via the Creative Island Programme and Shared Island funding strand.

Requirements

Who can apply? Artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice. Emerging Artists: The Arts Council particularly welcomes applications from emerging artists - an emerging artist is someone who is in the early stage of their career as a professional artist. They are developing their artist ‘voice’ and are in the process of establishing a reputation and recognition among critics, galleries, producers etc, and will have practised as a professional artist for less than 5 years. Individual artists, established music groups (up to 2 members) and arts administrators Established music groups applying to the scheme should submit a single application. Within the contact details section of the form, they should state the name of the group as well as the name of the primary contact to whom all correspondence will be addressed. Names of all band members should be stated in Artistic CV submitted with the application, which should be the artistic CV for the group as a whole. Individual technical staff/curators/art administrators of professional artistic companies must provide a detailed CV in lieu of an Artistic CV and do not have to provide Artform Support Material (i.e. examples of artistic practice) Practicing artists who are also undergraduates, postgraduates and academics employed at 3rd level educational institutions are eligible to apply but - where their project proposal lies within the same artform area as their study or work - they must prove that the funds which they are seeking are for costs which are not properly the concern of their employer and/or are not related to their work or academic study. They must submit evidence of this in the form of a letter on headed paper from their Head of Department. Further detail is provided on page 16 of the guidance notes. In the case of post-graduate students, the letter must clearly state the title of the student’s PhD thesis and include a declaration by the Head of Department that “The project for which funds are being sought does not form part of any academic work undertaken in relation to the above-titled PhD nor will it be assessed as part of any academic course”. Applicants undertaking a Masters or a PhD must also include a separate statement which provides information on how the project applied for differs from their Masters or PhD work. Further detail is provided on page 16 of the guidance notes.