Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund

The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is an Irish government grant program supporting collaborative R&D projects with minimum funding of €1.5 million over three years. Projects must include at least three independent partners, including one SME and one enterprise partner, with funding rates up to 50% for SMEs, 40% for large companies, and 100% for research organizations. The fund is administered by Enterprise Ireland to promote innovation in disruptive technologies.

The main eligibility criteria for DTIF Call 6 include:

all projects should be seeking minimum funding of €1.5 million over three years
each project to have at least three independent partners seeking funding from DTIF, including at least one SME and one other enterprise partner
SMEs can claim up to 50% of their eligible costs, whereas large companies can claim up to 40% of their eligible costs
research organisations (including colleges) can claim up to 100% of the eligible costs but can receive no more than 50% of the total DTIF grant aid per project
to draw down funding under DTIF, project partners:
must be a current client of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland or Údarás na Gaeltachta or an eligible Research Performing Organisation (RPO), and
must be based in Ireland
the type of eligible research to be carried out by all partners, must include “industrial research” and/or “experimental development”, that is, within Technology Readiness Levels 3-9
all company partners must provide financial information to demonstrate that they are not Undertakings in Difficulty (UiD)