AI grants in Ireland
Explore AI grants for companies in Ireland. This list brings together funding for machine learning, foundation models, AI infrastructure and applied AI 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 AI in Ireland come first.
Showing 1-24 of 549 grants
European Digital Innovation Hubs Ireland — discounted services
🇮🇪Enterprise Ireland · Ireland
Funds Irish small businesses and public sector bodies with digital innovation services spanning AI cybersecurity and data systems.
IDA Ireland Business Development Programme
🇮🇪IDA Ireland · Ireland
Supports strategic digital transformation planning for multinational enterprises in Ireland through IDA-funded consultancy assistance.
IDA Ireland RD&I Feasibility Grant
🇮🇪IDA Ireland · Ireland
Funds Ireland-based firms with feasibility support before major innovation commitments.
Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future
🇮🇪Research Ireland · Ireland
Funds high-risk investigator-driven research in Ireland across frontier technology and translational discovery.
US-Ireland R&D Partnership
🇮🇪Research Ireland · Ireland
Funds tri jurisdiction collaboration between the United States, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland through a science and technology partnership.
IDA Ireland RD&I Grant
🇮🇪IDA Ireland · Ireland
Funds companies investing in Ireland with support for collaborative innovation.
Artificial Intelligence Kick-Start
🇮🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies that combine artificial intelligence with space data.
NovaUCD AI Ecosystem Accelerator
🇮🇪NovaUCD · Ireland
Supports Irish AI startups with mentorship, technical guidance, workspace, and investor showcase events.
Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) — Cycle 2
🇮🇪HRB (Health Research Board Ire · Ireland
Supports Irish research groups analysing existing health and social care data to answer policy-relevant questions and improve practice.
AI chip demonstrators for EU compute infrastructure
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Pays up to ten European chip companies between EUR 500,000 and EUR 1 million each to build working AI chip prototypes and get them tested on a shared EU evaluation platform.
AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure
🇪🇺Chips JU · European Union
Pays one consortium up to EUR 70 million to build a common EU platform for evaluating and deploying European AI chips and racks.
Digital Europe Programme
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds Europe-wide digital capability development in AI, cybersecurity, semiconductors, hardware, and IoT.
EIC Pathfinder Challenge: DeepRAP — Deep Reasoning, Abstraction and Planning towards trustworthy Cognitive AI
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports cognitive AI development focused on trustworthy deep reasoning, abstraction, and planning capabilities.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Funds breakthrough research teams tackling bold technology questions from concept through proof-of-concept under the European Innovation Council framework.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds European consortia developing breakthrough solutions across AI, climate, energy, materials, medical, and quantum fields.
BASS Kick-start
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds feasibility studies for space-enabled applications in agriculture, climate monitoring, and transport innovation.
Horizon Border Security: Accessible Travel Facilitation
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds two €4M border-crossing tech projects, run with Border or Coast Guard Authorities, built for travelers with disabilities or low digital skills.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Connects research teams and institutions for Interregional Innovation Investments Strand in manufacturing, materials science, and agriculture innovation.
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 2a
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Funds EISMEA Interregional Innovation Investments for small and medium-sized enterprises in developing European regions through cross-border transfer and capability building.
MSCA Doctoral Networks (HORIZON-MSCA-DN)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds European doctoral networks enabling multi-country training in life and engineering sciences.
RAISE Doctoral Networks for AI in Science (RAISE pilot)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds doctoral networks whose research depends on building new AI tools that push forward a specific scientific discipline, selected through the main MSCA Doctoral Networks call.
BASS — Wildfires
🇧🇪ESA · Global / Multinational
Funds space-enabled wildfire monitoring programs improving response, prediction, and ecosystem safety.
Horizon Energy: AI Foundation Models for Grid Data
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds three €10M projects that pool energy data and train AI foundation models on it, tested in lab demonstrators and real-life pilots.
Innowwide — Next
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Offers market-feasibility support for small companies exploring non-European markets through Europe-wide innovation networks.