Heritage Council Scheme
A scheme to support staff in local authorities, state agencies and third level institutions with responsibilities for heritage programmes.
€500,000 (5,000 to max of 30,000 across approx. 20 projects)
A scheme to support staff in local authorities, state agencies and third level institutions with responsibilities for heritage programmes, e.g., stewardship of and access to collections, archives, buildings, monuments, habitats.
Applications usually open in November and close in mid January.
This scheme is open to employees who play a key role in the heritage infrastructure in public sector bodies of the state, such as:
- local authorities
- state agencies
- educational institutions
Local authority-based museum curators, archivists, archaeologists, architectural and conservation officers. This scheme is also open to employees of state agencies and educational institutions proposing heritage focused projects, i.e., public sector bodies of the state that have a statutory obligation to perform specific tasks on behalf of the government.
The process is comprised of three stages
a) An internal review and shortlisting.
b) An external review panel to assess all shortlisted applications using the scoring system below. Applications must score at least 10 marks under each heading to pass.
c) Heritage Council Board approval of recommended applications under the following criteria:
- Quality and structure of the project: 25 marks
- Benefit to the community or other expected outcomes: 25 marks
- Feasibility of plan with timeframe of the scheme: 25 marks
- Value for money: 25 marks
Apply through the Heritage Council's Online Grants system.
View the most up-to-date information on the schemeAll information is accurate at the time of writing; however, we recommend visiting the individual websites of the funding organisations for the most current and up-to-date information on their specified schemes.