Project Definition
Ref: GRT-G656TZCF
Funding Available
Up to £100,000
Northern Ireland
All Sectors
Rolling applications
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
A Research & Development (R&D) grant that aims to support high-risk, technically ambitious projects. It provides support to conduct feasibility studies and supports activities that have a commercial endpoint, helping businesses reduce project risks, identify costs, and identify potential benefits.
What Can It Fund?
- Investigate or plan your idea
- develop build and test a prototype
- undertake a scientific and/or technical literature review
- define the market opportunity and / or the technical objectives / risks
- define the costs of the R&D and understanding the financial implications
- apply for R&D grant funding from other organisations such as Innovate UK
Eligible Costs
- -Costs associated with conducting feasibility studies
- -planning and defining an R&D project
- -scoping out collaborative R&D projects
Funding Source
Invest Northern Ireland
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