| Innovation Voucher | 1- Standard Voucher:€10k, 2- Co-funded Voucher:€20k (50% company contribution) | SMEs seeking fresh innovative thinking around business challenges. SMEs must be limited companies registered in Ireland, with fewer than 250 employees and not exceeding an annual turnover of €50m.Ireland and Northern Ireland’s publicly funded Knowledge Providers (i.e. higher education institutes, public research bodies) | Rolling Deadline, Evaluation process normally takes 4 weeks | Innovation Vouchers are EXCLUSIVE OF VAT. You will be charged VAT by the knowledge provider and this cost MUST be settled separately by the company. A company may make use of a maximum of four Innovation vouchers, one of which must be a co-funded voucher. |
| Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership: Feasibility | €9,000 | Registered clients of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Local Enterprise Office, Údarás na Gaeltachta. A manufacturing or internationally traded services company with an operating base in the Republic of Ireland that wishes to collaborate with one or more research institutes, also based in the Republic of Ireland, is eligible to participate. | | Phase 1/Option 2 of application process for full proposal stage. Phase 1 is not necessary to apply for full proposal of IPP |
| Construct Innovate Seed Fund | €50,000+30% overhead | Must be a member of Construct Innovate, €15,000 from industry (mix of cash and in-kind) | Open 1st April 2025. Submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Project collaborators must include at least one RPO member (Research Performing Organisation) and one Associate/Patron Member. Maximum 2 applications accepted by a collaborative partnership. |
| Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership | Enterprise Ireland's Innovation Partnership Programme provides grants of up to 80% towards eligible costs of the research project (€100k)+All Innovation Partnership projects require the company partner to provide minimum cash contribution of 20% of the total project cost | Registered clients of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Local Enterprise Office, Údarás na Gaeltachta. A manufacturing or internationally traded services company with an operating base in the Republic of Ireland that wishes to collaborate with one or more research institutes, also based in the Republic of Ireland, is eligible to participate. | Now Open-Different Deadlines (please check the call website) | Phase 2: A Full Innovation Partnership Proposal Application will be accepted following the approval of an Outline Proposal or following the submission of an Innovation Partnership Feasibility Study report. Projects normally run for 12-18 months. The funding of Masters and/or PhD students is not a reasonable justification for a proposal submission as other sources of funding are available for this purpose. |
| Research Ireland Strategic Partnership Programme | The SFI budget for the Strategic Partnership must be a minimum of €400,000 meaning the total award size (SFI and co-funding partner budget) is a minimum of €800,000 (direct costs). There is no maximum request level. | Be a member of the academic staff (permanent or with a contract that covers the period of the grant), or A contract researcher with a contract that covers the period of the grant, research should align with one of the 6 Refreshed Priority Themes for 2018-2023(opens in a new tab) or with any other area where there is convincing evidence that there will be significant potential for economic and/or societal impact in Ireland. | Now Open-Rolling | Duration: 1-5 years, Applications are by invitation only, following the submission and evaluation of an Expression of Interest. |
| DTIF | Minimum funding of €1.5 million over three years | Each project to have at least three independent partners seeking funding from DTIF, including at least one SME and one other enterprise partner. | Rolling-deadline for Call 7: 30 April 2025 | SMEs can claim no more than 50% of their eligible costs, whereas large companies can claim no more than 40% of their eligible costs. Research organisations (including colleges) can claim up to 100% of their eligible costs but can receive no more than 50% of the total DTIF grant aid per project |
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