Research Funding
Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Partnerships Programme provides financial support to enable companies to undertake collaborative research projects with third level institutes. Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund supports the bringing to market of technology from a research environment.
InterTrade Ireland’s INNOVA programme supports R&D cooperation between firms, North and South, with the support of public research organisations. FUSION develops and supports 3-way partnerships between companies, third level institutes and graduates across the Island.
The BMW Regional Assembly’s Research Vouchers Scheme and Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Vouchers Scheme both support small businesses in accessing the research resources of third level institutes.
The EU 7th Framework Programme provides support for trans-European collaboration between SMEs and research providers. |
