Culture and Creativity Project Awards
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The annual Donegal Culture & Creativity Project Awards typically offer awards of €2,000 each to 25 projects selected through an open call process.
These awards are offered by Donegal County Council’s Culture & Creativity Team as part of the Creative Communities Programme, funded by Creative Ireland and the Dept. of Culture, Communications and Sport.
The awards are intended to support new initiatives that foster engagement between communities and arts, culture, creativity, or heritage professionals, which focus on engaging, exploring, sharing, preserving, or promoting culture, heritage, creativity, arts or technology in creative and imaginative ways, such as through performances, workshops, exhibitions, training, conservation actions or research.
2026
For projects that will take place in 2026, the online portal will open for applications on Monday 1st December 2025, and the closing date is Friday 9th January 2026 at 4pm. No late applications can be accepted. Applications are welcome in either English or Irish.
Applications will only be accepted online through submit.com at the following link
Please read the guidelines carefully, they will assist you in making the application.
There will be an online information session by the Creative Communities Engagement Officer, Daithí Ramsay, on Thursday 11th December at 7pm. To register for it email creativeireland@donegalcoco.ie
Culture & Creativity Project Awards Previous Years
In 2025 there were 106 applications for the Culture & Creativity Project Awards. The selection panel is drawn from members of the Creative Ireland Team.
You can see a list of the successful projects by clicking on the links below: