The 2026 Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Grants Call for Proposals is now open
October 13, 2025

The call for proposals can be found at this link . It also includes links to the Guidelines, FAQ documents, as well as information on DEAR co-funding.


Key dates include:

  • Tuesday 28 October, 5.00pm - Deadline for receipt of eligibility forms: Please note an important change to the eligibility process since the 2025 grants round: ALL organisations hoping to apply must complete an eligibility form. Eligibility forms can be requested by emailing the Global Citizenship Education Mailbox. Completed eligibility forms must be submitted to the Global Citizenship Education Mailbox. Organisations who fail to meet the eligibility deadline cannot be considered.
  • Friday 31 October 2025 - Organisations will be notified of their eligibility
  • Friday 28 November, 12.00noon - Deadline for applications:  The completed application form, signed by the legal representative of the organisation (e.g. the CEO or the Chair of the Board) should be e-mailed to the Global Citizenship Education Mailbox. Please note, applications which are received after this date will not be considered. The Global Citizenship Education Mailbox email address is provided in the 2026 Call for Proposals.
  • It is intended that the appraisal of applications will take place in Quarter 1 2026 and notification of funding decisions will issue in March 2026 .

 

IDEA Support for the Grants Round:

  • Grants Clinic for Irish Aid Global Citizenship Education Funding Applications: This  will take place on Thursday, 13 November, 09.30am – 11.30am, online. Find out more...
  • Improving your Results Framework Workshop: This will take place on Tuesday 18 November, 10am - 12.00pm, online. Find out more...
  • Results Frameworks for Beginners Workshop:  Instead of a live workshop, IDEA has recorded a session which goes through Results Frameworks for Beginners. This was published on IDEA’s YouTube channel in November 2024 and is available  here


 As in recent years, we are inviting any other actors who are not yet members of IDEA to these training events. All training events are free of charge. 

 

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