IDA Ireland RD&I Feasibility Grant

IDA Ireland's RD&I Feasibility Grant supports exploratory work before a larger research and development programme in Ireland. It sits beside the main RD&I Grant and is designed for IDA client multinationals that are still shaping the case for a fuller investment. The programme follows the same GBER framework and the same bilateral route through an IDA Project Executive. Its claim pack uses feasibility-specific forms and reports, including a directors' statement, a feasibility study report, Form 4, a general declaration, a technical statement, a checklist, and EFT bank details. The public material does not set out a standard award cap or intensity rate, so the size of support is handled case by case. This route is best for companies that need to test technical or commercial assumptions before committing to a larger programme. Applicants usually succeed when the exploratory work is tightly defined, the Irish business case is credible, and the company already has an active IDA relationship. It is not an open-call competition; it functions as a small pre-R&D support step inside IDA's wider client-support process.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.