Enterprise Ireland, the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises, offers a range of services to help businesses grow and innovate.
We’ve created five simple sections to help you understand how Enterprise Ireland works and whether your business could be eligible for funding.
Enterprise Ireland, the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises, offers a range of services to help businesses grow and innovate.
Enterprise Ireland offers funding and support opportunities for many different types of businesses, from new start-ups to companies with more than 250 employees. For SMEs, Enterprise Ireland offers an online tool to help small businesses discover which of over 170 government supports could fit their business.
In general, the further away from commercialisation your project is, the more funding you can receive from Enterprise Ireland. Award-winning projects will have global opportunities that draw on unique strengths from Ireland.
You can apply for Enterprise Ireland grant funding if you want to:
Your Enterprise Ireland application is more likely to succeed if it:
Enterprise Ireland offers a range of support to suit your business at any stage of development including;
"With the help of Myriad, our application ranked #1 in Horizon 2020's Fast Track to Innovation across Europe....it opened doors to investors, potential business partners, physicians and much more"
Dr John Thompson
Co-founder, AuriGen Ltd
Applying for a grant is a time-consuming and resource-intensive process. With our grant bid writing service, we can work with you to prepare an application that gives your project the best chance of success.
Each grant competition has its own rules and requirements. You need to ensure that your innovation meets the competition scope and that you are eligible to apply. For further guidance, you can contact us to determine whether your applying for the right competition.
Grant applications are usually examined by independent experts in the area of innovation identified in the application. The number of experts scoring the application depend on the grant awarding body.
Award-winning projects will involve breakthrough technologies and disruptive innovations that draw on unique strengths from Europe and provide global opportunities to scale up.
Myriad Associates have an enviable track record with R&D grant applications. Using our grant application services can give you a significant competitive advantage over other grant applicants.
Our grant bid writers have secured over €100m for our clients in 2019/20 and have secured some of the highest scoring applications in Europe.
About Myriad AssociatesIf you are a business based in Ireland, you can apply for funding. All kinds of business are eligible, from startups and new companies to large multi-national corporations.
You can apply for Enterprise Ireland grant funding if you want to:
There are many different types of grants and support available from Enterprise Ireland, some of which have a streamlined application process, such as the Agile Innovation Fund, and some of which require between 150 to 300 hours of work.
You will need the right combination of people to cover the application’s key aspects: the technology, market knowledge, commercialisation plan, and financial details.
The evaluation process depends on the funding programme. For example, the Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) Fund considers applications for funding on a monthly call basis. Completed online applications, including the project costs, financial data, project plan, and supporting documents, are assessed technically and commercially.
Applicants are visited by the assessors, and both successful and unsuccessful applications will be informed by letter.
Your Enterprise Ireland application is more likely to succeed if it:
The assessors for an Enterprise Ireland grant application depend on the funding programme. For the RD&I Fund, the approval committee includes:
The decision time for an application depends on the funding programme.
The method of grant payment depends on the funding programme.
The “Bottom up” funding mechanism includes:
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