The Honeypot

Introduction to The Honeypot

The Honeypot is now closed and we will not be taking any further applications.

The Honeypot is the dedicated seed fund for Honeycomb – Creative Works.

Please Note: Award recipients must be located within the eligible INTERREG IVA Region:

  • NI, excluding Belfast and the Outer Belfast area. The Outer Belfast area (per the NI planning service) comprises 5 council areas, namely: Castlereagh, Newtownabbey, Lisburn, North Down and Carrickfergus.
  • Six border counties of the Republic of Ireland - Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo.
  • Western seaboard of Scotland – Lochaber; Skye & Lochalsh; Arran & Cumbrae; Argyll & Bute; East Ayshire & North Ayrshire Mainland; South Ayrshire; Dumfries & Galloway and the Western Isles.

Create Award

The Create Award is targeted at existing ideas/projects that require additional support to take them to the next level (Proof of Concept). Create is designed to help digital content freelancers/companies to further establish the commercial potential of a concept and more fully develop and test their ideas. Eligible projects will have funding requirements of up to £5,000.

The closing date for applications is Monday 17 November 2014 at 4pm.


Captivate Award

The Captivate Award will apply digital content knowledge, skills and technologies for innovation in another business sector.

Applications are now invited from digital content freelancers/companies involved in at least one of the following categories:

  • film and broadcast
  • animation
  • games development
  • interactive media
  • music technologies

to collaborate with another business sector, other than the digital content sector e.g., Health, Tourism, Big Data.

Applications representing cross-border, cross-regional collaborations from within the eligible INTERREG IVA Region are particularly welcome.

Eligible projects will have funding requirements of no more than £20,000

The closing date for applications is Monday 17 November 2014 at 4pm.