1. Guidelines for Bursary:
a) The Creative Work Development Bursary is open to practitioners in all art-forms, living in, or from, Kerry.
b) This scheme is operated to support the artistic development and creative potential of the artist.
c) Kerry County Council will offer bursaries in respect of the professional development of individual artists practicing in any of the artistic disciplines.
d) Applicants must show significant achievement in their chosen field OR applicants must demonstrate a high degree of promise attested by references or other forms of support from established figures in the arts.
e) Each application must include a professional curriculum vitae and a reasonable sample of the artist's recent work: images / photographs from visual artists (jpeg), a book or 20 pages of work from writers (pdf), a recording or score from musicians, DVD of filmmaker’s work (mp3) and any other supporting material which might be relevant.
f) Applicants must complete all sections of the form.
g) Kerry County Council reserves the right not to make an award at their discretion.
h) An Individual who was awarded a bursary in previous years must allow a lapse of 1 year before being eligible to apply again (e.g. successful in 2023, apply again for 2025).
i) No cash alternative will be offered and the bursary cannot be passed on to a third party.
j) The successful applicant must complete the Bursary Drawdown Form and return it to the Arts Office in order to receive the funding.
2. General Tips for completing the Application Form:
a) Read all questions thoroughly before you answer them.
b) Remember that a number of people will be involved in the bursary decision-making, therefore make your application clear, concise and unambiguous.
c) Be selective with material submitted. It is better to submit less, than to include work you do not consider to be your best. Remember that you are trying to persuade a selection panel why your proposal should be funded.
d) Do not assume the selection panel knows you or your work – treat each application as if it were your first.
e) Remember your application is assessed on the basis of all information supplied. Assessments operate within a competitive context and are pooled with many other applications.
f) Provide a project timeline if appropriate.
g) Ensure that you enclose all requested documentation.
3. Criteria:
a) The clarity of your proposal.
b) Whether you have the capacity to complete and see this activity through to successful fruition.
c) Whether this activity will have a constructive and positive effect on your artistic practice / career.
d) Consideration of your track record in the arts.
e) The innovative nature of your proposal.
f) Consideration of your reasons for applying for this bursary.
g) The quality of your proposed activity.
h) The work in respect of which funding is sought must be artistic in nature.
i) The work in respect of which funding is sought must be carried out on a not-for-profit basis.
j) You must demonstrate efforts to secure income from other sources if the proposal costs significantly more than the bursary can provide.
4. Assessment of Applications received:
Applicants must take full responsibility for ensuring the application form is completed in full; the Arts Office will not enter into comm unication with regard to incomplete applications received.
Your application will be categorised by the Arts Office. Any applications that clearly fall outside the eligibility guidelines and criteria will be eliminated at this point. All applications will then be considered by a selection panel, appointed by Kerry County Council. The selection panel will meet to assess and make recommendations on all eligible applications.
5) Conditions applying to Arts Bursaries:
a) Bursaries may be withheld or divided among applicants at the County Council's discretion.
b) All Bursaries are offered subject to the availability of funds.
c) The funding offered must only be used for the purposes specified in your application.
d) The bursary must be used by 24th November 2025.
e) If the plan is altered, postponed or cancelled – in whole or in part – the Arts Office must be contacted in order to discuss the matter.
f) Kerry County Council must be acknowledged on all publicity, press and marketing material produced in connection with the undertaking or event.
g) Copies of all such material produced must be sent to the Arts Office.
h) Acceptance of these conditions is implied by submission of a completed Application Form.
i) Canvassing will disqualify the applicant.
5. APPLICATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED BY:
Online, by registered users of this website (consult.kerrycoco.ie)
or
by email to arts@kerrycoco.ie
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED “Creative Work Development Bursary 2025”
Your application will be invalid if you do not:
- Submit all requested documentation with your application form
- Submit your application by the deadline 1pm 15 January 2025
- Additional information cannot be accepted after the closing date.
6. Freedom of Information:
Kerry County Council proposes that the following information relating to this grant application competition will be made available on request:
- Name of the successful applicants.
- Reasons an applicant did not qualify for grant consideration.
Kerry County Council undertakes to use its best endeavours to hold confidential any information provided by applicants’ subject to its obligations under law, including the Freedom of Information Act 1998 and 2003. Applicants are requested to consider if any of the information supplied should not be disclosed because of its sensitivity. If this is the case, candidates should, when providing the information, identify same and specify the reasons for its sensitivity. If such information is not identified as sensitive and Kerry County Council upon consideration does not deem it sensitive, then such information is liable to be released in response to a Freedom of Information request without further consultation with the applicants. Kerry County Council will consult with any candidates about sensitive information before making a decision on any Freedom of Information Act request received.
7. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The purpose for processing your data is to process your application to the Arts Office of Kerry County Council for Arts funding. This information you provide will be assessed by a panel made up of staff from a Local Authority and external invited specialists. Your information will be retained for five years if you are granted a Bursary and for one year if your application is unsuccessful. If you do not furnish the personal data requested, KCC will not be able to process your application.
8. Deadline for the receipt of applications is 1pm 15th January 2025