The Department of Education is pleased to announce the opening of a new round of Creative Clusters 2025 – 2027

 

Applications open online from 27th January

The deadline for receipt of applications is 10th April.

 

Creative Clusters 2025 Application 

 

Each Creative Cluster will receive grant funding of €3,000 per school over a two-year period to implement their project 2025–2027.

 

  • 3 schools would receive €9,000
  • 5 schools would receive €15,000

 

In addition to financial support above each cluster will also receive:

  • Creative Cluster Facilitator
  • Teacher Substitution to attend Workshops and Meetings
  • Room hire, travel & subsistence

 

Please see the following link for more details:

English: gov.ie – Creative Clusters 2025 – Call for Applications

Irish: gov.ie – Cnuasach Cruthaitheach 2025

Applications are to be completed online using the following link: Creative Clusters 2025 Application should you need assistance, please contact your local full-time Education Support Centre (list at this link Appendix 1 )

Any queries, please contact your local Education Support Centre ( for Drumcondra Education Support Centre catchment schools only contact: Ewa Grzybowska at ewag@ecdrumcondra.ie ), or email National Arts in Education Administration artsineducation@traleeesc.ie

 

Eligible Schools – The following schools are welcome to apply to participate in Creative Clusters:

  • Schools that have not yet participated in Creative Clusters.
  • Schools that have  not yet participated in Creative Schools and those who will complete Creative Schools Year 2 in the 2024/25 school year.
  • Schools that will complete Creative Clusters Year 2 in the 2025/25 school year. However, they must apply as part of a cluster who have not yet participated in the initiative. In this instance, it is required that this school applies to lead a cluster of schools that are new to the initiative.
  • The local Education Support Centre will have a key role in identifying and supporting a Creative Cluster for their local area.
  • 42 Creative Clusters will be selected nationally – 2 per Education Support Centre.

 

Creative Clusters is an initiative of the Department of Education, led by and in partnership with the 21 full-time Education Centres (Education Support Centres Ireland – ESCI) and funded through the Schools Excellence Fund.

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