Sponsorship
Coimisiún na Meán understands the importance of recognising and promoting the range of talent and creativity across Ireland’s media sector. We sponsor a range of media related events and activities each year that increases the prominence and visibility of culturally relevant content for Irish audiences. We look forward to engaging with a diverse range of groups to promote their work and our role within the media sector.
We operate a sponsorship round each year, calling for applications to support a range of media events and activities taking place across the country that align with our Strategy Statement and promote our work within the media sector.
Coimisiún na Meán defines sponsorship as:
“a contribution in money offered to an organisation, or individual, for the purposes of supporting the staging an event, providing a service or undertaking an activity which is in keeping with Coimisiún na Meán’s objectives, with the expectation of a specific outcome.”
What can be sponsored under the Scheme?
Examples of sponsored events and activities include media festivals, award ceremonies, and media conferences and seminars.
What cannot be sponsored: The production of films, television or radio programmes, or the recording of podcasts, and/or mentorship or training programmes. For opportunities in these areas our other funding programmes may be of interest.
Successful funding recipients for 2025
| Applicant | Event / Activity |
|---|---|
| Royal Television Society | The Gay Byrne Memorial Lecture |
| Virgin Media Television | RTE Television Awards |
| The Irish Animation Awards CLG | The Irish Animation Awards |
| UCC | Broadcast to Podcast conference |
| David Reid | Choice Music Prize |
| Dublin Business Innovation Centre | Culture Crush 2025 |
| Belong to | Better Out Than In campaign |
| Dingle Animation Festival Ltd | Animation Dingle |
| Dublin International Film Festival | DIFF |
| Fresh Film | IYFTY’s Regional Finals | Fresh International Film Festival |
| Galway Film Fleadh CLG | Galway Film Fleadh & Fair |
| Galway Film Resource Centre | FÍS TV Summit |
| Gay Community News | The Galas |
| Gorm Media DAC | The GORM Gathering |
| Harp Media | Harp Short School Training & Film Competition |
| Irish Film Institute | IFI Spotlight & Irish Focus |
| IFTA Academy CLG | IFTA Awards Ceremony |
| IBI | IMRO Radio Awards |
| Kilkenny Animated Festival | Kilkenny Animated Festival |
| Her Sport Media Sport Ltd | Her Sport Awards |
| NUJ | NUJ Freelance Forum |
| Beta Festival Company | Beta Festival |
| Catalyst International Film Festival CLG | Catalyst International Film Festival |
| IAPI | IAPI conference |
| Celtic Media festival Ltd | Celtic media festival |
| The Writers Guild of Ireland | Zebbie Awards 2025 |
| Athlone Community Radio | Training Workshop on media literacy |
| Headline Shine | Mental Health Media Awards |
| Fastnet Film festival CLG | Fastnet Film festival |
| Local Ireland | Local Ireland Media Awards |
| IBI | Radiodays Ireland |
| UCD/Athena Media | Telling Climate Stories seminar series |
| GAZE | GAZE Film Festival |
Interested in applying?
Applications for 2026 funding are now open.