Arts Council Co-funding Award 2027 for EU Cooperation Projects

The Co-funding Award is designed to support Irish arts organisations towards their artistic activities under the European Cooperation Projects strand of the Creative Europe Programme 2021– 27.

Funding towards an Irish partner’s financial contribution to the project. This allows organisations to apply for funding to support the Irish arts activities in their project that align with the priorities of this award.

The deadline for submitting applications: 5.30pm (Irish time) on Thursday, 3 December 2026.

Co-funding Award Priorities

• Activities that recognise the value of international practice and relationships for both the applicant organisation and for individual artists.
• Activities that demonstrate the promotion and development of good practice in the area of audience development along with deepening and growing public engagement in Ireland.
• Activities that contribute to ensuring the arts sector is skilled, resourceful and committed to its own renewal.

Who Can Apply for Co-funding?

• Arts organisations based in Ireland.
• Organisations must have received an offer of funding from Creative Europe
  Cooperation Projects in 2026.
• This offer can be as lead coordinator or partner.
• Your application for this award must be in the same calendar year that you received an offer of funding from Creative Europe.
• You can only apply for one award per Creative Europe Cooperation
  Project.
• Non-arts organisations can apply if: they identify an Irish arts organisation as an active partner in the project; the funding from this award is used for that partner’s Irish arts activities.
• As part of the Arts Council's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Policy, they encourage applications from all areas of the community.
• Download the Co-funding Award 2027 guidelines.

Find out more about the Arts Council's Co-funding Award 2027.