2026 is starting strong with a series of new funding calls and opportunities.
Creative Youth Nurture Fund: Under the Creative Youth Plan 2023–2027, new initiatives were developed to reach children and young people from many different backgrounds delivering creative projects in which they had a central role. Learn more here >>
Creative Communities on a Shared Island: The Government’s Shared Island initiative aims to harness the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement to enhance cooperation, connection and mutual understanding on the island and engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future. Learn more here >>
Creative Health and Wellbeing in the Community: Healthy Ireland is the national Framework for
action to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone living in Ireland. It is also an all-of government initiative that aims to create an Irish society where everyone can enjoy good physical and mental health, and where wellbeing is valued and supported at every level of society. Learn more here >>
BIM FLAG Coastal Communities Development Scheme: This scheme is a community-led approach to local development implemented under the Seafood Development Programme, and jointly funded by the Irish Government and the EU under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) and aligned with Union Priority 3 (UP3) of the EMFAF Regulation. Explore more here >>
Heritage Organisations Support Fund: This grant scheme provides Core funding to non-profit organisations working in Ireland’s heritage sector. More details here >>
Heritage Stewardship Scheme: The scheme is designed to assist staff whose core remit may not be fully focused on heritage but whose work has a significant impact on heritage. This includes employees of state agencies and educational institutions proposing heritage-focused projects, as well as local authority-based museum curators, archivists, archaeologists, and architectural conservation officers. Explore more here >>
TASC-RestoreMed Open Call: Through its Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP), the TASC-RestoreMed project invites visionary stakeholders to co-develop, demonstrate, and replicate innovative solutions that restore and sustainably manage our seas and waters, in alignment with the EU Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters.” A total of EUR 9,000,000 in grants will be made available across two distinct Open Calls to support impactful initiatives. Explore more here >>
BlueActionBANOS BlueAction: BANOS offers targeted financial assistance, technical guidance, and strategic knowledge-sharing to support the scale-up and deployment of Mission Ocean and Waters solutions within the Baltic and North Sea Lighthouse Area. Explore more here >>
BlueActionAA – Empowering Community-Led Action in the Atlantic & Arctic: BlueActionAA Community-Led Pilot Action Call (BAAC-01) is focussed on community-led actions. Community-led actions are defined as regional and local communities, engaged in collective collaboration for innovation and uptake, acting as agents of change and long-term impact. Explore more here >>
The SoS2LearnDBS CLed (Community-led Actions): The SoS2LearnDBS CLed (Community-led Actions) Open Call is designed to support community-led actions that contribute to the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters” objectives in the Danube River Basin and Black Sea regions. The Call will fund projects that empower local communities to take an active role in addressing environmental and societal challenges through the implementation of grassroots solutions by small consortia of regional partners. We are looking for innovative projects that can drive sustainable development through solutions that go beyond the state of the art and address Mission Ocean 2030 objectives and targets. Explore more here >>
