Closing date: 11/07/2013

Maximum awarded: €10000

Artform & practices: Traditional arts

Applicant type: Individual artist

Collaborative application possible? No

Telephone: 01 618 02 00

Email: awards@artscouncil.ie

Purpose of the award

The purpose of the award is to support professional artists to develop their art practice. It provides artists with the time and resources to think, research, reflect and critically engage with their art.

Download award guidelines

Online services

The Arts Council has an online services website. All applications must be submitted through the online services website. You can upload a wide range of support materials in electronic format (up to 20 MB in total) along with your application form.

The window for making an online application opens on 11 June 2013.

Before you will be able to make an online application you will have toregister with the site. It may take up to five working days for your registrations to be confirmed so it is very important that you register as early as possible. To register now click here.

For information on how to make an online application please go to the following links.

• Online services FAQs: a listing of frequently asked questions about making an online application.
• Youtube: A step-by-step video guide on how to download, complete and upload an application form for funding.
• Twitter: a listing of funding-related tweets.