Irish World Grants Scheme
Overview
Grants available
Individual grants will be up to £500 for local publications and up to £200 for assistance with programmes of talks or lectures. No award will be made to the same group or organisation more than once in a three year period.
Who is eligible?
Examples of those eligible to apply are;
- local history and cultural societies;
- genealogy groups;
- community associations;
- archaeological groups
- sporting clubs.
Any such group must be properly constituted, with a constitution or articles of association, bank-account and list of directors. Please note that individuals will not be eligible.
What type of project is eligible?
Any publication dealing with local history and culture in the widest sense and also any programme of talks or lectures in a similar vein. Examples of topics include family-history, archaeology, placenames, parish and/or club history, local poetry and/or prose, past and current. The term 'Publication' can encompass numerous formats - traditional-type book, DVD, CD, or E-book. Applications will be particularly welcome for original publications, as opposed to periodicals/regular journals. However, it is possible that a case can be made for the re-publication, or a revised edition, of an existing publication. Where applicable, an application should acknowledge any existing research or extant previous works in this field. Unfortunately, Irish World is unable to help every group which applies for a grant, even though the application falls within acceptable criteria.
Applications are welcome from the counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh.
Note: Grants will be paid retrospectively - i.e. subsequent to publication or the talks/lectures - although grant-approvals will be notified earlier, typically three months after the closing date. Any grant approval will be dependent on receipts, accounts and invoices etc. being produced and completed. Irish World will need to be satisfied that all matters of costing and payment have been properly processed and are transparent. It will also need to be clear that all other required/projected funding is in place.
Sample Guidelines
Applicants should demonstrate how their publication or talks/lectures-:
1. contributes to the body of local knowledge
2. is accessible to the local community
3. celebrates local history and culture
4. enables the local community to reflect its own sense of worth and place
Further Information
For more information please see the guidelines