Research, Development & Innovation Fund
Provides Irish enterprises planning support for innovation programmes that strengthen global markets.
Enterprise Ireland's Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I) Fund is the agency's core mechanism for grant-funding innovation in Irish-based companies that trade internationally in manufacturing or eligible services. The programme operates on a rolling submission basis, with applications submitted through the Enterprise Ireland online portal at any time after prior discussion with an assigned Cl…
Research, development, and innovation projects developing new products or services that involve genuine technical challenge, are non-routine, and represent a capability step-up for Irish-based companies trading internationally.
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