Dr Ailbhe Murphy Research Residency 2025
The Dr Ailbhe Murphy Research Residency is in honour and remembrance of our former Director, Dr. Ailbhe Murphy, who sadly passed away in May 2024. Ailbhe’s commitment to supporting collaborative arts practitioners and to deep and rigorous research have inspired this award.
The Research Residency is designed to support an established collaborative arts practitioner with a research-focused practice. The successful artist will be awarded €12,000 and a suite of supports over one year to develop their thinking and delve deeply into the wider context in which their collaborative practice takes place. They will be hosted within Create’s new Reading Room & Archive and offered access to materials within these collections, as well as being provided with one-to-one advisory sessions with members of the Create staff team and external partners. This Residency will begin in September 2025.
The successful artist will receive further support of other organisations aligned with the values and practice that were so strongly evident in the work of Dr. Ailbhe Murphy. Our partners at IMMA and NCAD will provide practical supports such as one-to-one advisory sessions, as well as access to research material and archives related to collaborative arts.
Who is the Research Residency for?
This award is designed to support an established collaborative arts practitioner with a strong track record in research-focused practice. The successful artist will be at a stage of their career where they can identify suitable research pathways and articulate how the residency will help to elevate their practice through an intensive period of deep research and exploration. Applicants are invited to give an overview of their practice to date, and describe how they would aim to use this award, and the time and resources it affords, to develop their practice further.
Making an Application
All applications must be made using the online application form linked on this page. Please read the FAQ document and prepare your application materials in advance of completing the online form. The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday the 5th June 2025.
Please upload:
a) A short expression of interest (1500 words max).
In your Expression of Interest, we want you to tell us about your collaborative practice to date, the relevance of research to your practice, and specifically how you would aim to use this time and the supports available to further the development of your practice over the 12 months of the award.
b) Your CV or Biography to give a sense of your work and previous projects
c) Supporting material: A Word or PDF document which includes up to 5 images or examples of recent projects with short descriptions. Links to relevant videos or audio hosted on platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Soundcloud should be included in this document. Please ensure that these links are not password protected or private. Links to file-sharing programmes such as Google Drive are not accepted.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview with a panel involving Create representatives and external panellists, after which the Research Residency will be awarded.
How can we support you?
We aim to make the application process accessible to all. We provide supports to remove barriers for artist applicants to this Residency. These may include translation from other languages or transcription of audio and video files. We will do everything we reasonably can to assist applicants who are eligible to apply to the Residency. To find out more, please contact Create (info[at]create-ireland.ie) at least 2 weeks in advance of the closing date. If you feel your needs are not outlined here, please contact us and we will do our best to support you.