Enterprise Ireland offers a number of categories of funding designed to help expand your business and grow exports:

• Funding to explore new ideas/new markets 
  Preliminary funding to explore new ideas/new markets, including feasibility studies (ordinary, CORD, environmentally superior products, EU 7th Framework), recruitment of a key manager, assistance towards hiring a business mentor, attendance at trade fairs, market research and consultancy (strategic and environmental management system  consultancy), and training which includes the supply chain management initative.
  
  
• Funding for Start Up companies
  Our High Potential Start Up package matches the financial needs of your new company, by providing finance as you get started and by sharing the risk dynamic with you.
  
  
• Funding for company expansion 
  Support for activities outlined in an expanding company’s business plan, e.g. investment in capital equipment, job creation, recruitment of key managers, training/management development and R&D.
  
  
• Growth Funding
  The Growth Fund is designed to assist our SME clients to achieve greater competitiveness by improving their export potential.  This will be achieved by increasing both their gross output and gross productivity, while also providing new employment or maintaining existing employment levels.  There are 3 components to the offer:
  
  
  • Stimulating Business Innovation
  • Growth Fund - Increasing the competitiveness of SMEs through business innovation
  • Growth Expertise
    
  
  
• Our R&D Offer
  Our R&D funding supports market-led innovation in manufacturing and services companies. The offer has four elements designed to support manufacturing and services companies;
  
  • Stimulating Research & Innovation
    Aimed at companies that are new to product, process and service development activities, these financial supports, including the R&D Stimulation Grant, allow companies to explore how research & innovation can drive their future development.
    
  • The R&D Fund
    Supporting innovation in services, products and processes.
    Companies that are ready to progress to larger projects or want to set their own research agenda can apply to Enterprise Ireland’s R&D fund which supports market-led innovation in manufacturing and services companies.
    
  • Collaboration
    Companies can also get funding for collaborative research projects with other companies.
    
  • Innovation Expertise
    In addition to the financial supports outlined above, companies can avail of the guidance and expertise of a team of professionals who are experts in building research projects, innovation management and creating value from intellectual property. (link to existing Expertise page)
    
    
• Strategic R&D projects
  Projects with expenditure greater than €3 million can be funded under a non-competitive research programme.
  
  
• Funding for company expansion
  Support for activities outlined in an expanding company’s business plan, e.g. investment in capital equipment, job creation, recruitment of key managers, training/management development and R&D.