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Funding available – Applications are now open for the Music Network Music Capital Scheme

Music Capital Scheme 2024 which we hope will be of interest to your organisation, contacts and followers.  

The scheme supports funding for the purchase of musical instruments and equipment to individual professional musicians and non-professional groups nationwide.The three awards which are now available are outlined below;  

  • Music Capital Scheme Award 1 supports the purchase of musical instruments by non-professional performing groups 
  • Music Capital Scheme Award 2 supports the purchase of musical instruments by individual established professional performing musicians 
  • Music Capital Scheme Award 3 supports the purchase of musical instruments by individual emerging professional performing musicians 

This year there is a total of €542,000 in funding available through these three awards. The Scheme is now open for applications and the deadline for applications is 2pm, Tuesday 25 June 2024.  

You can find further details of the scheme on the Music Network website at https://www.musicnetwork.ie/whats-on/music-capital-scheme 

This is our biggest award fund to date and we would really appreciate it if you could help us to spread the word far and wide by sharing the information with any relevant contacts and through your social media. Our social media pack is available on Dropbox here and includes graphics for the different social media platforms and some sample social media post text, which you may find helpful. Download our social media pack here. 

We will also be providing an extensive range of applicant supports to both organisations and individuals, with a particular focus on supporting first time and previously unsuccessful applicants. These include two Information Sessions on Facebook live, six Zoom seminars on key topics including recording creation, strategic and artistic planning, and application writing skills, along with a limited number of one-to-one consultation sessions with each seminar presenter. All supports are provided free of charge to applicants and you can find out more about them at https://www.musicnetwork.ie/whats-on/workshops