Arts Council Agility Award 2025

The Arts Council’s Agility Award is a funding scheme for individual professional artists, freelance artists and arts practitioners at any stage of their careers who have not previously been funded as an individual by the Arts Council. It is available across all art forms and art practice areas supported by the Arts Council.

You can apply if you want to:

• Develop your practice
• Develop your work
• Develop your skills.

The maximum award is €5,000.

Deadline for applications
Thursday 24 April by 5.30pm

Guidelines and application process:
https://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Agility-Award/

Information clinics
In advance of the deadline, The Arts Council is hosting a number of information clinics to talk through the guidelines and answer questions:

• Wednesday 19 March, 1pm. Register here.
• Tuesday 25 March, 10am. Register here.
• Thursday 3 April, 3pm. Register here.
• Thursday 10 April, 1pm. Register here.
• Friday 18 April, 10am. Register here.
• Tuesday 22 April, 3pm. Register here.