Arts and Disability Connect Awards Scheme Opportunity Two 2023

The Arts Council and Arts & Disability Ireland are delighted to have opened applications for the Arts and Disability Connect scheme Opportunity Two.

There are four different strands within the scheme:

• Mentoring
• Training
• New Work
• Research and Reflection (previously known as Research and Development).

This year these four strands are split across two opportunities:

The first opportunity includes Mentoring or Training awards. The deadline for this opportunity is now closed.

Opportunity Two opens on Monday 14 August

Deadline of Tuesday 10 October at 4pm

The second opportunity includes:

• New Work – €15,000
• Research and Reflection awards (previously known as Research and Development) – €5,000

The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is designed to support individual artists with disabilities to be ambitious, to develop their practice and to connect with arts organisations and arts professionals in Ireland.

Application forms and guidelines for Opportunity Two can be downloaded here.

ADC Come Ask Questions session

Join the ADI team and ask any questions you have about making an application to the Arts and Disability Connect scheme. This will be held on Tuesday 19 September at 12-1pm via Zoom. ISL interpreters will be provided by Bridge Interpreting and speech to text will be provided by MyClearText.

Click here to register for Come Ask Questions

Applicant support

Artists and people supporting them to apply can book in applicant support up until Thursday 5 October This is for up to one hour of support either on the phone, Zoom or by email. Click here to register for applicant support.

The Arts and Disability Connect scheme is funded by The Arts Council and managed by Arts & Disability Ireland.