Deis Recording and Publication Award – Ireland

Deadline: 16-Feb-23

The Arts Council’s Deis Recording and Publication Award is now open for applications.

Objectives and Priorities

• The purpose of the Deis Recording and Publication Award is to provide support for traditional-arts recording projects, or recording projects involving collaboration between the traditional arts and other artforms and for projects centred on the publication of work, such as tutors, tune collections and critical writing.
• Priority will be given to projects that demonstrate:
  • Attention to artistic quality
  • Innovation
  • Significant benefit to the traditional-arts community.

Award Details

• The maximum amount that may be awarded to each successful applicant is: €10,000.

Eligible Projects

• The purpose of the Deis Recording and Publication Award is to provide support for recording or publishing projects in the traditional arts, or for recording or publication projects involving collaboration between the traditional arts and other artforms. Projects of the following nature will be considered:
  • Those that are of a significant archival nature or that pertain to the music of a specific region or a particular musical style
  • Those that help to make the music/song of an exceptional performer, composer or region available to a wider public
  • Those that have a particularly innovative theme or original artistic format
  • Those that form part of an individual’s career development.

What may you not apply for?

• Activities and costs that you may not apply for include the following:
  • Activities or costs that do not fit the purpose of the award
  • Activities that are more suited to another award funded by the Arts Council or operated by other state agencies, such as Culture Ireland
  • Activities that have already taken place or that will have commenced before a decision is made on your application
  • Activities undertaken for charity fundraising purposes, for participation in a competition, or for primarily profit-making purposes
  • Activities that have already been assessed by the Arts Council, unless you demonstrate that you have developed the proposal since previously applying or if the Council has specifically advised you to redirect your application to this award. Please bear in mind that such advice is not an indication of a successful outcome.
  • The purchase of musical instruments.
  • Activities that are an intrinsic part of ongoing formal education.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Deis Recording and Publication Award is open to individuals, groups, bands and organisations.
• Proposals are accepted from all areas in the traditional arts (traditional music, song, dance and oral artforms such as storytelling and agallamh beirte).
• The award is open to individuals and organisations who are resident in the Republic of Ireland. There are certain exceptions where the Arts Council may deem eligible applications made by those based outside the Republic of Ireland. However, before admitting as eligible any such application, the Arts Council would need to be satisfied that the outcomes of any such proposal would benefit the arts in the Republic of Ireland.
• Proposals received from applicants funded by Strategic Funding or Arts Grants Funding must provide evidence that the project is additional to activities already supported by the Arts Council.
• Recordings produced under this scheme must be of a high production quality, and applicants must provide evidence that they are working in conjunction with a recognised producer or demonstrate that they have a track record in quality sound production. Recordings must be accessible to the general public – e.g. through a released recording and/or accessible in a library or archive. Applicants should provide information detailing the online or hard-copy media platforms through which the recordings will be made available and subsequently distributed and promoted.
• Publications produced under this scheme must be made in conjunction with a recognised publisher or through an organisation or institution with a track record of producing publications to a high editorial and production standard, in order to ensure quality and best practice, and to support distribution/dissemination of the published work.

Ineligible

• You cannot apply for more than one Deis Recording and Publication Award in any one round of funding.
• Those who are not eligible to apply include the following:
  • Individuals who are currently in undergraduate or postgraduate education or who will be during the period for which this award is offered
  • Individuals who have received a previous Deis Recording Award which is still ongoing – any previously funded project must be completed and all monies drawn down before you can apply again
  • Applicants who have previously made an unsuccessful application under the Deis Recording and Publication Award for the same proposed project.

For more information, visit Arts Council.