Arts & Disability Forum: iDA Grant Scheme
Overview
Through the ADF’s support, disabled artists have developed unique artwork of extremely high artistic quality, some progressing to a level where international recognition is won.
The iDA scheme’s purpose is to identify, encourage and nurture individual talent amongst disabled practitioners. It is open to disabled/deaf artists living in Northern Ireland. Artists can apply for up to £5,000. It is managed on behalf of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Criteria
Decisions are based on:
- artistic excellence;
- innovation and originality of ideas;
- furthering the development of disabled artists who are on a personal career path;
- feasibility and quality of planning – realistic and achievable aims and budget;
- overall quality of application.
Who can apply?
The scheme is open to applications from individual disabled/deaf artists or a partnership of individual disabled/deaf artists working together on one project. You must be domiciled (permanent home) in Northern Ireland. This means you must have lived in Northern Ireland for a continuous period of 12 months prior to making the application.
What type of request will be considered?
- materials;
- part-time/short-term training course fees (20 hours per week maximum);
- individual tuition and ‘shadowing’;
- equipment purchase or hire;
- arts project related travel and accommodation;
- arts project related subsistence;
- personal assistance to support carrying out an arts projects
- disability access requirements that are linked to artistic activity; and/or
- ‘buying time’ offers are made at the panel’s discretion.
How much can you apply for?
- The maximum grant is £5,000 (in practice most grants are lower than this – in 2015/16 the average grant was £1,300 and the largest grant was £1,600). The total amount of money for grants in 2018 is £17,000.
- You can add funding or gifts in kind from elsewhere if you wish.