College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences

European Commission Culture Programme 

The European Commission, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, has launched calls for proposals under the Culture Programme, the EU’s main funding Programme for cultural activities.

The Programme has three specific objectives:

• promotion of the trans-national mobility of people working in the cultural sector
• support for the trans-national circulation of cultural and artistic works and products
• promotion of inter-cultural dialogue.

Support for Cultural Projects (Strand 1)

Strand 1.1 – Multi annual cooperation projects**

Strand 1.2.1- Cooperation measures**

Strand 1.3.6 – Support to European cultural Festivals***

Support for Organisations active at European level in the field of Culture (Strand 2)

Strand 2 - Annual (18/09/2012)

Annual operating grant for organisations active at European level in the field of Culture:

a) Ambassadors

b) Advocacy Networks

c) Platforms

Strand 3: Support for policy analysis an dissemination activities*

 Strand 3.2 - Cooperation projects between organisations involved in cultural policy analysis

*01 October

**03 October

***15 Nov

COST

COST was the first and is the widest European network for the coordination of nationally funded research activities.

COST brings together researchers and experts in different countries working on specific topics. COST does NOT fund research itself, but supports networking activities such as meetings, conferences, short term scientific exchanges and outreach activities. COST Actions are networks centred around nationally funded research projects in a particular field. Approximately 250 Actions are currently supported by COST. These are a good starting point for the development of consortia for FP7 projects, for instance.

The programme is divided into 9 Scientific Domains:

   • Biomedicine and molecular biosciences

   • Chemistry and molecular sciences and technologies

   • Earth system science and environmental management

   • Food and agriculture

   • Forest, their products and services

   • Individuals, societies, cultures and health

   • Information and communication technologies

   • Materials, physical and nanosciences

   • Transport and urban development

Proposals should include researchers from a minimum of five COST countries. On average, grants are worth around €100,000 annually over four years.

Proposals are submitted on-line and are assessed in two stages. Preliminary Proposals (maximum 1 500 words/3 pages), should provide a brief overview of the proposal and its intended impact (for template go to http://www.cost.eu/opencall). Eligible Proposals will be assessed by the relevant Domain Committees and applicants of selected Preliminary Proposals will be invited to submit a Full Proposal. Full Proposals will be peer reviewed (for assessment criteria go to, http://www.cost.eu/opencall). The decision will normally be taken within six months of the collection date and the Actions should expect to start within three months thereafter. 

Collection dates for Preliminary Proposals are usually the last Friday in March and September. Up to 80 applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, of these up to 30 new Actions will be selected, subject to available budget.

Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Marie Curie International Incoming (IIF)

Incoming Fellowships aim to reinforce the research excellence of the Member States and the associated countries through knowledge sharing with incoming top-class researchers active in a third country to work on research projects in Europe, with the view to developing mutually beneficial research co-operation between Europe and the third country.

Note: third countries are countries which are neither EU Member States nor third countries associated to FP7

Marie Curie Outgoing (IOF) Fellowships

Outgoing Fellowships aim to reinforce the international dimension of the career of European researchers by giving them the opportunity to be trained and acquire new knowledge in a high-level organisation active in research, established in a third country (outgoing phase). Subsequently, these researchers will return with the acquired knowledge and experience to an organisation in a Member State or associated country

Note: third countries are countries which are neither EU Member States nor third countries associated to FP7

Creative Encounters

Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe is an initiative that aims to support collaborative artistic and networking projects in the framework of the Asia-Europe dialogue. Art and culture organisations and networks of Asia and Europe are invited to apply.

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), in partnership with Trans Europe Halles (TEH) and Arts Network Asia (ANA), has launched the call for applications for the second edition of the programme Creative Encounters: Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe 2012-2013.

Creative Encounters is an initiative that aims to support collaborative artistic and networking projects in the framework of the Asia-Europe dialogue.

ASEF, ANA and TEH have maintained active roles in fostering connectivity and engagement across cultures through artistic collaborations, exchanges and dialogues. Through this programme they aim to reinforce Asia-Europe exchanges with the objective of deepening mutual understanding between cultural communities in the two regions.

NUI Grants Towards Scholarly Publications

Offered for 2012 (up to €3,000)
The Publications Committee meets in June and December to consider applications made under the scheme. Applications should be submitted to the Registrar, National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 by 1 June for consideration at the June meeting, and by 1 December for the December meeting.

1 June

1 December

IRCHSS RDI Pre-Call

The Research Council will shortly launch a call for the Research Development Initiative (RDI) 2012. This scheme is supported by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in partnership with the Family Support Agency, and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.