Heritage Council opens Heritage Stewardship Fund
27 November, 2025
For funding applicable to not for profit, non-governmental organisations working in the heritage sector see the press release on the Heritage Organisation Support Fund
The Heritage Stewardship Fund, which provides financial support for staff in local authorities, state agencies and educational institutions with responsibility for heritage programmes, is now open for applications. The scheme’s primacy target is staff working in public sector organisations whose core remit may not be fully focused on heritage, but whose work has an impact on heritage.
This includes local authority-based museum curators, archivists, archaeologists, and architectural conservation officers. It also includes employees of state agencies and educational institutions proposing heritage focused projects.
Funding under the scheme covers third party supplier costs, purchase of specialised
equipment and travel and subsistence costs for volunteers. Applicants can apply for funding between €5,000 and €30,000.
The variety of projects which secured funding in 2025 demonstrates the positive impact the scheme has across the heritage sector. Royal College of Surgeons, Crawford Art Gallery, City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Atlantic Technological University are among those whose projects benefited from funding in 2025. A full list of funded projects from last year is available below:
https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/content/files/Heritage-Stewardship-Fund-2025.pdf
A full overview of eligibility criteria and other relevant details are available from the Heritage Council’s website below:
https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/funding/heritage-stewardship-scheme-2
The Heritage Council will host a grants information webinar at 14.30 on Friday the 5 th of December 2025, with general application advice followed by a question and answers session. You can register for the webinar from the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pt919HnURrWU1szzImkRzQ#/registration
The closing date for applications is Monday, 19th of January 2026 at 5pm, and applications must be made via the Heritage Council’s online grants management system:
https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/funding/on-line-grants-system
The webinar will be recorded and available on our website for viewing afterwards.