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, Galway
Creative Futures Slate Fund 2026-2028
Run by Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
Slate money for established Irish companies to develop several narrative projects at once over two years, with writers' fees, rights and script editors among the eligible costs. For a writer, the practical effect is that funded companies have paid development budgets to commission from. Closes in late November 2026.
Repayable, up to €250,000Open to writers in IrelandA production company
Closes Nov 20, 2026 (closes in 19 days)
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 €250,000Up to EUR 250,000 per slate for scripting and artistic development from a EUR 3,000,000 fund, as a loan recouped from the production budget if a project is made. Above EUR 75,000 per project, third-party match is required; up to 25 percent may be producer fees and overhead.
- What it is
- RepayableA loan, an advance on receipts or a conditionally repayable grant: it is paid back only out of what the film earns.
- To apply
- Free
Who can apply
- Applicant
- A production company
- Where you write
- In Ireland
- Rules
- Irish-registered production companies with an established office and staff, two years of filed accounts, no undelivered earlier slate award, and a track record as lead producer on two or more delivered features, series or documentaries.
- Stages
- Development
- Formats
- Feature, Series, Documentary
- Language of the application
- English
When to apply
The next closing date is Nov 20, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Closes at 5pm on November 20, 2026.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Closes | Nov 20, 2026 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
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 development funding elsewhere
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
Incubator Fund
ITVS, Independent Television Service
ITVS's development door, replacing its earlier diversity development fund: a small first payment to shape a nonfiction feature or web series for PBS streaming, with a few months of…
up to$10kGrantpaused
Public Media Content Fund
Latino Public Broadcasting
Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix.
range$100kInvestmentbetween rounds
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grants at Film Independent
Film Independent, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science on screen pays here: three cash grants a year for fiction projects about scientists or technology, awarded inside Film Independent's Episodic Lab, Producing Lab and Fast Track…
range$30kGrantbetween 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.