Funding
Green Start/Plus Programmes
Green Start and Green Plus are national Enterprise Ireland funded programmes that aim to enable companies to develop sustainable business models.
Objectives: Improving companies’ efficiency while guiding them towards green best practice.
Target Audience(s): SMEs and larger companies
Total Funding: €6,300 per company
Availability: All year
Green Enterprise Fund
This EPA national fund aims to promote the uptake of circular economy solutions in Irish industries for example; Construction & Demolition, Plastics, Food, Textiles etc.
Objectives: Enhance Ireland’s competitiveness and resilience and inform policy innovation.
Target Audience(s): Research organisations, SMEs, multinationals.
Total Funding: up to €100,000 per project
Availability: Annually circa May-June
Climate Action Fund
The Climate Action Fund was set up under Ireland’s National Development Plan (2018-2027) and is administered by DECC. €500m is available for projects over 10 years.
Objectives: Support innovation and capacity building for climate change mitigation.
Target Audience(s): Research organisations, SMEs, multinationals.
Total Funding: up to €10m per project
Availability: Annually circa March/April.
Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund
The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund was set up under Ireland’s National Development Plan (2018-2027) and is administered by DBEI. €500m is available for projects over 10 years.
Objectives: Inspire enterprise participation in the development of disruptive technologies.
Target Audience(s): Research organisations, SMEs, multinationals.
Total Funding: Between €5m – €10m.
Availability: July-September
Just Transition Fund
The Just Transition Fund (JTF) is part of the Government of Ireland’s just transition plan for the Midlands region and focuses on upskilling and employment projects in green enterprise.
Objectives: Support sustainable employment in green enterprise in the Midlands regions.
Target Audience(s): Private, public, and community and voluntary organisations.
Total Funding: €11m
Availability: July
EU LIFE Programme
LIFE funding is the European fund for Environment Nature Conservation and Climate Action. LIFE funds close-to market projects providing up to 55% co-funding of project costs.
Objectives: Support the transition towards a resource efficient society.
Target Audience(s): Research organisations, SMEs, multinationals.
Total Funding: up to €5m per project
Availability: April-September
Horizon Europe
The EU’s Horizon Europe programme funds large scale international research projects on a variety of topics including the circular economy and sustainability.
Objectives: Improving European competitiveness through innovation.
Target Audience(s): Research organisations, SMEs, multinationals
Total Funding: up to €10m
Availability: All year.
Bio-Based Industry Joint Undertaking
The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBIJU) is a €3.7 billion partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.
Objectives: Develop new technologies to transform renewable natural resources into bio-based products.
Target audience(s): Research organisations, SMEs, multinationals.
Total Funding: up to €20m per project
Availability: April-September
C-VOUCHER
C-VoUCHER is a European funding programme that uses design thinking to develop new cross-sectoral and cross-border circular value chains demonstrating circularity.
Objectives: Develop circular economy competencies in SMEs.
Target Audience(s): SMEs.
Total Funding: up to €60k per project.
Availability: July-October
