Advanced Manufacturing grants in Ireland
Explore Advanced Manufacturing grants for companies in Ireland. This list brings together funding for additive manufacturing, automation, digital factories and industrial innovation from Irish innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, EU and international programs open to applicants in Ireland, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Advanced Manufacturing in Ireland come first.
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Research, Development & Innovation Fund
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Provides Irish enterprises planning support for innovation programmes that strengthen global markets.
New Frontiers
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Offers founders over €40,000 in equity-free support, plus a €15,000 stipend in phase two.
Innovation Voucher
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Supports Irish small businesses with innovation vouchers for feasibility studies prototypes audits or new product and service development.
Ireland R&D Tax Credit
🇮🇪Revenue · Ireland
Administers Ireland innovation tax credit, allowing qualifying companies to claim expanded relief for innovation activity.
New Markets Validation Grant
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Grants Irish businesses up to €150,000 to develop and test new market entry strategies.
Standard Mentor Assignment
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Pays for up to €1,750 toward ten sessions with an experienced business mentor.
Strategic Consultancy Assignment Grant
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Grants Irish SMEs up to €35,000 to hire an external strategy consultant.
VentureLaunch Accelerator
🇮🇪NovaUCD · Ireland
Supports UCD researchers launching commercial ventures based on university intellectual property.
Seed & Venture Capital Scheme
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Funds venture managers for Irish-focused seed and later-stage funds through Enterprise Ireland-backed capital commitments.
Cyber Security Review Grant
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Covers 80% of a €3,000 cyber security review for Irish businesses.
Proof of Concept Funding
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Funds third-level researchers up to €100,000 to move research toward market readiness.
EIT Digital Open Innovation Factory
28DIGITAL · European Union
Funds European digital startups at TRL 4-5 seeking co-development with industry partners through EIT Digital's open innovation matching platform.
Start Up Energy Transition Award 2027
dena · Germany
Awards €10,000 to the winning start-up in each of five energy-transition categories.
Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
NIST · United States
Funds NIST partnership research across metrology, nanotechnology, AI and advanced manufacturing, open to almost any non-federal organisation except individuals.
Minnesota Angel Tax Credit
🇺🇸MN DEED · United States
Funds Minnesota angel investors through a refundable credit for investments in high-technology startups.
SPIE Startup Challenge
SPIE · United States
Pays up to $10,000 to photonics startups pitching at Photonics West 2027.
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)/27 Cohort
Creative Destruction Lab · Canada
Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.
ACHEMA Start-up Award
DECHEMA · Germany
Awards 15,000 Euro plus exhibition space and mentoring to the winning early-stage company at the ACHEMA Start-up Award 2027, for new ventures in chemistry, process engineering or biotechnology.
AI for Industry Challenge
Intrinsic · United States
Pays $180,000 in cash prizes to developer and robotics teams that train an AI model to solve a real electronics-assembly cable-handling problem on Intrinsic's platform.
AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026
XTC · United States
Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.
Construction Startup Competition
CEMEX Ventures · Mexico
Awards equity-free cash prizes and strategic investment access to ConTech startups pitching to a consortium of ten construction-industry corporate venture arms.
Grand Challenges — Ultralow-Cost Diagnostics and Screening for Low-Income Countries
Gates Foundation · United States
Funds global teams developing diagnostic devices and screening tools that cost approximately $1 per test or near-zero incremental cost per person screened for deployment in low-income countries.
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge (9th Edition)
Hello Tomorrow · Global / Multinational
Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.
JST GSC Initiative: International Research Program
JST · Japan
Funds researchers at companies including startups doing R&D aimed at commercialization under JST's Global Startup Campus initiative.