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R&D grants can provide an essential source of match funding for your innovative project. These projects must seek to resolve a technical uncertainty by undertaking risky or innovative research and development. R&D grants are often awarded to projects considered too risky for private sector investment. Proposed R&D projects and costs must also be realistic, with a clear commercial opportunity, and have the aim of creating new or exploiting significant growth within the market.
Irish Enterprises can apply for a number of Irish-based government grants and European grant funding. The main source of Irish R&D grant funding is from Enterprise Ireland, the government’s innovation agency. Enterprise Ireland runs funding competitions which can help you:-
For SMEs, Enterprise Ireland offers an online tool to help small businesses discover which of over 170 government supports could fit their business.
European grant funding for Irish enterprises includes Horizon 2020, with nearly €80 billion of grant funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) and EUREKA Eurostars, for innovative SMEs wanting to take part in collaborative research with partners across Europe and associated countries.
Horizon 2020 has many funding opportunities across multiple areas, including the dedicated SME Instrument, which has several topics and cut-off dates throughout the year.
External funding – whether from public or private sources – can help start-up companies, and other innovative businesses, set themselves up for success. Investment can help companies to speed up innovation, do things they couldn’t do alone, and access market opportunities, including additional funding.
You’ll need the right combination of people to cover the grant application’s key aspects: the technology, market knowledge, commercialisation plan, and financial details. Preparation of a grant application can take over 200 hours of work, so it’s best to make sure you have everything in place before you start the application process.
Once you’ve made your application, it will be evaluated by the grant funding organisation. This process varies by competition, with some competitions subject to a ‘portfolio’ approach to ensure that funds are allocated across all the strategic areas in the competition scope. Successful applications must usually meet a quality threshold.
It will generally take up to 3 months (although it can be longer) after you make your submission to be notified of the funding decision.
Your R&D grant funding application is more likely to succeed if it:
This post was written by Lauren Olson who is Senior Technical Consultant at Myriad Associates. Click here to read more about Lauren and the Myriad team.
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