Reconciliation Fund Opening for Applications Soon
Reconciliation Fund’s Annual Funding Round (for 12-month funding) is opening on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at 11am.
Applications will only be accepted through our online application portal until the final closing date of Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at 12pm. No late applications will be accepted.
Due to the high volume of traffic on the online application portal, it may take some time to receive the email to register as a new user, or to reset your password, so please allow for this when planning the submission of your application.
Since 2023, the Reconciliation Fund has moved to one annual funding application round only. This means there is no longer an autumn application round for annual grants. Please ensure that if you are planning to apply for grant funds from the Reconciliation Fund in 2025, you are prepared to submit an application in this upcoming round.
As previously advised, the Strategy for 2021-2024 came into effect in March 2021. As a result of the November 2024 General Election, and pending the formation of a new Government, the current Reconciliation Fund Strategy has been extended to this upcoming round of funding.
This Strategy sets out the current funding criteria and priorities that guide how grants are awarded by the Reconciliation Fund. All applicants should therefore consult this document to ensure that their proposals align with the criteria and priority areas identified there. A copy of the text of the Strategy is available here (in pdf format).
Here is a short guide to registering on our online portal, which you may find useful.
In addition to project funding, the Reconciliation Fund will welcome applications for core operational as well as certain capital costs, where this will support organisations’ work within the framework of our strategy.
Full details on how to apply in this funding round can be found on our website: www.dfa.ie/reconciliation.
You may also wish to be aware that a formal public consultation process will take place over the coming months, providing organisations with an opportunity to contribute to the new Reconciliation Fund Strategy which will be launched later this year.
Details of the public consultation locations and dates will be published on the DFA website, and will also be communicated to partner organisations via email in due course. Organisations are encouraged to participate in this consultation process, and look forward to receiving your views and input.
If you have any questions arising from this email for which you cannot find answers in our webpage information, please feel free to contact us at reconciliation@dfa.ie.