Enterprise Ireland
32 schemes tracked
- Access Advice: Digital DiscoveryThis Enterprise Ireland grant funds the hire of an external Digital or AI expert for 3 to 7 days, typically over 8-12 weeks, to give a company practical hands-on guidance on adopting digital technologies or AI into its operations. It provides grant funding of up to 80% of the project cost to a maximum of €5,000, with eligible costs capped at €900 per day, inclusive of travel, subsistence and all out-of-pocket expenses.Up to €5,000
- Access Advice: GreenStartThis Enterprise Ireland grant funds the cost of hiring a sustainability consultant to help a business introduce environmental best-practice systems and structures, improving environmental performance through greater resource efficiency, competitive advantage and cost reduction. It provides funding support of up to 80% of eligible costs to a maximum grant of €5,000, against a typical assignment cost of €6,300.Up to €5,000
- Access Advice: IP StartThis Enterprise Ireland grant funds external expert IP advisory and support services to address immediate IP issues, such as prior-art research for an RD&I Technical Feasibility study, an IP Audit, or drafting/filing a patent or registering a trademark. It provides funding support of up to 80% of eligible costs capped at €6,250, i.e. a maximum grant of €5,000.Up to €5,000
- Access Advice: LeanStartThis Enterprise Ireland grant funds the hire of an external Lean coach, typically over 8-12 weeks, to give a company a short, focused introduction to Lean thinking and help it identify waste and embed continuous improvement. It provides grant funding of 80% of the project cost to a maximum of €5,000, based on 7 days of training/advisory services with eligible costs capped at €900 per day inclusive of travel, subsistence and all out-of-pocket expenses.Up to €5,000
- Access Advice: Small Strategic ConsultancyThis Enterprise Ireland grant funds the hiring of an external strategy consultant to provide unbiased insight that helps eligible companies adapt to change, uncover new opportunities and build a competitive advantage. It provides grant funding of up to 80% to a maximum of €5,000, with eligible advisory costs capped at €900 per day inclusive of travel, subsistence and all out-of-pocket expenses.Up to €5,000
- Capital Funding SupportThis Enterprise Ireland grant helps eligible client companies improve productivity and competitiveness by acquiring new capital equipment and technology, including support for a digitalisation journey involving newer technologies and increased automation. The grant provides funding up to a maximum of €250,000.Up to €250,000
- Climate Action VoucherThis Enterprise Ireland voucher funds up to 2 days of independent training or advisory services to help a business plan a 'green transformation' by developing an initial sustainability, decarbonisation or circular economy action plan. It provides a maximum award of €1,800, with a maximum daily rate of €900 or maximum course fees of €1,800.Up to €1,800
- Commercialisation Fund: AwardThis Enterprise Ireland award provides third-level researchers with access to a range of funding and supports to help them develop, build and validate their technology, both technically and commercially, using a tailored development plan. It supports translating research into innovative and commercially viable products, services and companies.Funding varies based on supports
- Commercialisation Fund: Feasibility GrantThis Enterprise Ireland grant supports third-level researchers to engage an independent industry expert consultant to conduct a market opportunity assessment and explore potential routes to commercialisation for their technology. It provides researchers with €15,000 in funding to help validate the potential market opportunity before development.€15,000
- Commercialisation Fund: Proof of Concept FundingThis Enterprise Ireland funding helps third-level researchers de-risk their technology and prove concept of commercial need, as part of the wider Commercialisation Fund. It provides an intermediate level of funding, up to €100,000, to demonstrate proof of concept.Up to €100,000
- Cyber Security Review GrantThis Enterprise Ireland grant, delivered in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), funds an independent cyber security expert to review a company's cyber security status, identify vulnerabilities, and develop a clear roadmap to enhance security measures, including a review, structured report and training workshop. It provides an 80% grant for a clearly defined €3,000 security review, covering all project costs including consultant time, travel and other expenses.€2,400
- Digital Process InnovationThis Enterprise Ireland grant incentivises and supports companies to invest in implementing new or significantly improved production methods, digital service delivery, or organisational methods that increase operational effectiveness, productivity and competitiveness. It provides a maximum grant rate of 50% of eligible costs (Large Companies on a de minimis basis) up to a maximum grant of €150,000, with grant applications below €20,000 not accepted.€20,000 - €150,000
- Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF)The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is a €500 million challenge-based fund under Project Ireland 2040/the National Development Plan 2018-2027, supporting collaborative industrial research and experimental development between Irish enterprises (SMEs and large companies) and research performing organisations to commercialise disruptive technologies. It is managed by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and administered by Enterprise Ireland; over €530 million has been awarded to 131 projects across seven calls to date, with €40 million available under the current Call 8.Minium of €1,500,000 expected
- Employment Funding SupportThis Enterprise Ireland grant helps client companies advancing projects with the potential to increase international trade to achieve growth by recruiting a minimum of 3 new employees over and above the company's base employment position. Support is provided per job, up to a maximum grant of €15,000 per employee, at a percentage rate of eligible costs that varies by company size and Regional Aid Area, with a minimum grant approval of €20,000.Minimum of €20,000 with up to €15,000 per employee
- Energy and Environmental AidThis Enterprise Ireland fund provides a capital grant to facilitate the development of Irish economic activities that improve environmental protection, supporting transformative decarbonisation and environmental projects such as significant emissions reduction, energy efficiency, low carbon production methods and resource efficiency. It is a limited fund, so due to the limited amount of funding available it may not be possible to award aid to all eligible projects.Varies by applicant
- Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund: Energy Monitoring and Tracking Systems (EM&T)This grant, funded under Enterprise Ireland's Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund, supports manufacturing clients of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta to put in place energy monitoring and tracking systems and begin accounting for the carbon footprint of their activities. It provides up to €50,000, covering 50% of eligible costs (up to €100,000 in eligible expenditure).€5,000 - €50,000
- Eureka - EurostarsEurostars, EUREKA's flagship international programme for SMEs, lets an SME-led consortium (which may include large companies and research-performing organisations) collaborate on international R&D projects to create innovative products, processes or services for commercialisation; EUREKA itself only labels approved projects and does not provide funding. In Ireland, Enterprise Ireland client companies can access national funding through the Research & Development Fund, at rates reaching a maximum of 60% of eligible costs, while participating research-performing organisations (RPOs) can receive 100% funding up to a maximum of €250,000.Up to €250,000
- Eureka - InnowwideInnowwide is a market feasibility programme, supported by the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs, that helps innovative SMEs based in Ireland test the technical, commercial, legal and socio-economic feasibility of their commercial ambitions in international markets over a six-month period, working with a local counterpart in a target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania. It provides a grant of €60,000 (a 70% grant rate) based on a minimum project spend of €86,000.€60,000
- Exploring Innovation GrantThis Enterprise Ireland grant supports better planning of R&D, innovation or international collaboration projects by helping companies do strategic thinking around disruptive technologies, identify research partners, develop prototypes, and conduct feasibility studies before committing to a larger investment project. It provides funding of up to 50% of eligible expenditure, to a maximum grant of €35,000.Up to €35,000
- GradStartGradStart offers Enterprise Ireland, Local Enterprise Office (LEO) or Údarás na Gaeltachta client companies financial and practical support to hire up to 3 graduates at any one time, on 24-month full-time contracts, to work on a project linked to the company's growth plan (excluding sales and marketing roles). It provides financial support of €30,000 (€15,000/year) or 50% of individual graduate salary costs, whichever is less, rising to €42,000 (€21,000/year, on a maximum allowable salary of €30,000/year) or 70% of salary costs for graduates with language proficiency.Up to €42,000
- GreenPlusGreenPlus helps Enterprise Ireland client companies increase environmental management and staff capabilities, funding training to build environmental management skills, hiring an external environmental service provider, external training courses, e-learning licence costs, and part of the salary cost for up to 10 staff on a company 'green team', over a typically 12-month project. It provides grant funding of 50% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum of €100,000 in eligible costs (a maximum grant of €50,000).Up to €50,000
- HPSU Feasibility Study GrantThis Enterprise Ireland grant helps High Potential Startups (HPSUs) preparing to raise investment cover the costs of a feasibility study, so they can prepare an investor-ready business plan for bringing their innovative product or service to an international market. Maximum grant funding available is 70% of eligible expenditure, or €30,000, whichever is less.Up to €30,000
- Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP)The Innovation Partnership Programme funds Irish-based manufacturing or internationally traded services companies to collaborate with Irish research institutes, giving companies access to expertise and resources to develop new or improved products, processes, services, or generate new knowledge and know-how. It provides up to 80% of the cost of the research work, with up to 100% capital funding potentially available for large capital equipment purchases needed to complete a project (subject to conditions).Up to €200,000
- Innovation VoucherInnovation Vouchers help SMEs build connections with publicly funded Knowledge Providers (higher education institutes, public research bodies) in Ireland or Northern Ireland to explore business problems and uncover opportunities, covering activities like new product/process/service/business model development, new service delivery, feasibility studies, and innovation/technology audits. A Standard Voucher provides €10,000 worth of expert time; a Co-Funded Voucher covers project costs of up to €20,000, with the company contributing 50% in cash.Up to €20,000
- IP PlusIP Plus supports companies to obtain external expert IP advisory support services and build in-company IP capability needed to implement a detailed IP Strategy, aligned with the company's RD&I and business development strategies, with an external Advisor and an internal IP Champion collaborating to transfer IP knowledge to the company. It provides funding to support a maximum grant of €35,000, up to 50% of eligible project costs of €70,000.Up to €35,000
- Key Manager SupportKey Manager Support helps a business attract senior leadership talent by contributing to the salary cost of a 'Key Manager' (e.g. CFO, CTO, R&D Manager, Production Manager) whose skills are critical to business growth and who will drive significant, measurable improvements in productivity or output. It covers salary costs up to a maximum annual salary of €150,000 for a full-time role, or up to a maximum annual salary of between €75,000 and €150,000 for a part-time role.Value based on salary
- Market Research GrantThe Market Research Grant helps companies undertake market research to address knowledge gaps about a market and its trading conditions, including assessing the impact of tariffs, supply chains and other trade measures, or scoping new market opportunities before Market Validation and Market Entry. It provides 50% of eligible project costs, up to a maximum of €70,000 (a €35,000 grant), and can cover up to four countries/markets in a single application.Up to €35,000
- New Markets Validation GrantThe New Markets Validation Grant incentivises Enterprise Ireland client companies to validate business opportunities in selected new geographic markets (or a new product/service in an existing market), covering internal and external costs of market research over a project of up to 12 months (232 working days). It provides 50% of eligible expenditure up to a maximum grant of €150,000.Up to €150,000
- Operational Excellence OfferThe Operational Excellence Offer helps SMEs and Large Companies invest in a large-scale transformation project (minimum expenditure €100,000) redesigning their business model to increase international competitiveness, combining capital equipment investment, Digital Process Innovation, and Lean/leadership/digitalisation/sustainability training. It combines three funding streams: a 10%-35% grant rate on capital assets (Regional Aid Map based), up to 50% (max €300,000 expenditure) for Digital Process Innovation, and 50%-70% (by company size) for training and development.Up to €20,000 Capital Grant / €150,000 Digital Process Innovation Grant / €3 million Training Grant
- PhDStartPhDStart, a new strand within Enterprise Ireland's GradStart programme, offers Enterprise Ireland or Údarás na Gaeltachta client companies financial and practical support to recruit high-calibre PhD graduates on a 24-month full-time contract to drive company RD&I, including EI match-making support to connect companies with suitable PhD candidates. Enterprise Ireland co-funds 50% of the PhD graduate's salary costs, up to a maximum of €62,000 over the 2 years (based on Irish Universities Association Post-Doctoral Researcher pay scales).Up to €62,000
- Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) FundThe RD&I Fund supports companies to develop new or significantly improved products, processes or services, where the project involves resolving a technical challenge, is non-routine, or represents a 'step-up' in the company's RD&I capability, spanning industrial research and experimental development. Grant rates range from 25% (Large enterprises) to 45% (Small enterprises) for standalone projects, rising to 40%-60% with an effective collaboration bonus, plus a further 5-percentage-point bonus for projects in an assisted region.No maximum grant stated
- Strategic Consultancy Assignment GrantThe Strategic Consultancy Grant helps improve the strategic capability of Enterprise Ireland client companies by funding an external strategy consultant to assist with the development and/or implementation of specific strategic or tactical initiatives, acting as coach, mentor, counsellor, facilitator, analyst or negotiator. It provides up to 50% of the costs of hiring a consultant, to a maximum grant of €35,000.Up to €35,000