Agility Award
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)
A first-rung grant for artists the Arts Council has never funded as individuals, to develop their practice, work or skills.
up to€5kGrantbetween rounds
National fund Ireland, Dublin
Film Project Award
Run by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)
The Arts Council's project grant for film as an art form, open to an individual filmmaker as much as to a company, with a ceiling of ninety thousand euro. It sits apart from Screen Ireland's loans: nothing is repaid, and the test is artistic. The 2027 round's dates are not yet posted.
Grant up to €90,000Open to writers in IrelandA writer alone or a production company
Next dates not yet published
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The money
- Amount
- Up to €90,000Maximum award EUR 90,000.
- What it is
- Grant
- To apply
- Free
Who can apply
- Applicant
- A writer alone or a production company
- Where you write
- In Ireland
- Rules
- Individual artists and organizations with a specific artistic project in film. The page does not state a residency rule; the 2027 guidelines PDF holds the detail.
- Stages
- Writing, development and production
- Formats
- Feature, Short, Documentary, Animation
- Language of the application
- English
Its site names no past recipients or funded projects. It is listed because applying is free.
When to apply
The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. The 2027 Film Project Award is listed as closed, with no opening or closing date shown; guidelines appear about two weeks before a scheme opens.
Also open to writers in Ireland
Animation Development Loans
Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
Development loans for animated television series from Irish studios, applied for with a series bible, sample visuals and, if available, a full episode script.
up to€30kRepayablebetween rounds
Authored Works
The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon (Ireland)
The largest of the Arts Council's film awards, for a feature-length film driven by its author's vision rather than a market.
up to€230kGrantbetween rounds
Completion Funding
Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
Money to finish an Irish feature or feature documentary that was shot without Screen Ireland and has reached a rough cut.
up to€100kRepayablebetween rounds
More writing grants elsewhere
Arts Innovator Award
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
range$25kGrantbetween rounds
Creative Accelerator Fund
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois pays working artists USD 10,000 by lottery rather than by jury: show an active practice with two work samples and the state lottery draws the winners region by region.
range$10kGrantbetween rounds
Fellowship Awards
Artist Trust
Washington State's merit award for working artists: USD 10,000 with no strings, judged on the body of work rather than a project.
range$10kGrantcloses tomorrow
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP)
Artist Trust
Small, fast and plentiful: 65 Washington artists a year receive USD 2,500 toward a specific project, from research travel to a first draft.
range$2.5kGrantbetween rounds
Also useful
Where Creative Europe's development money goesEvery MEDIA development grant since 2014, by country, company and year.Fellowships and labsPrograms that pick a few writers and work with them for months, on the events pages.How to write a treatmentThe document a development application is built on, step by step.Screenwriting eventsContests, labs, festivals and conferences, with their deadlines.