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Funding in Northern Ireland

Business funding schemes in Northern Ireland.

Every UK-wide programme plus the funding specific to Northern Ireland — each verified against its official source. Scan free to see which ones your business actually matches.

42 schemes for Northern Ireland.

DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund

Innovate UK / Advanced Propulsion Centre / Department for Business & Trade · Between rounds

up to £20,000,000

Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now

up to £10,000,000

Innovate UK Innovation Loans

Innovate UK (Innovate UK Loans Ltd) · Open now

up to £5,000,000

Google.org Impact Grants (Impact Challenges)

Google.org · Between rounds

up to £2,370,000

Horizon Europe — EIC Accelerator

European Commission (European Innovation Council) · Open now

up to £2,100,000

Growth Guarantee Scheme

British Business Bank (on behalf of the Department for Business & Trade) · Open now

up to £2,000,000

Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI)

British Business Bank (delivered by Whiterock Finance and Clarendon Fund Managers) · Open now

up to £2,000,000

Defence Innovation Loans (DASA)

DASA / Innovate UK Loans Ltd · Between rounds

up to £1,000,000

Innovate UK Smart Grants

Innovate UK / UKRI · Paused

up to £500,000

Architectural Heritage Fund — Loans

The Architectural Heritage Fund · Open now

up to £500,000

Innovation Support to Operations — UKDI themed competition (Cycle 8)

UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), Ministry of Defence · Open now

up to £350,000

Eurostars 3 — Call 11 (UK / Innovate UK)

Innovate UK (Eureka / Eurostars) · Open now

up to £300,000

Google for Startups Cloud Program

Google Cloud · Open now

up to £276,500

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now

up to £250,000

UK Games Fund — Content Fund

UK Games Fund (UK Games Talent and Finance CIC, DCMS-backed) · Open now

up to £250,000

AWS Activate (cloud credits)

Amazon Web Services · Open now

up to £200,000

Google Ad Grants (nonprofits)

Google for Nonprofits · Open now

up to £120,000

Microsoft for Startups (Founders Hub)

Microsoft · Open now

up to £118,500

UK Games Fund — Prototype Fund

UK Games Fund (UK Games Talent and Finance CIC) · Paused

up to £100,000

Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards

Innovate UK (UKRI) · Closed

up to £75,000

Access to Work

Department for Work & Pensions · Open now

up to £69,260

Enhanced R&D Intensive Support (ERIS)

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now

up to £60,000

BFI UK Global Screen Fund — Video Game Release

BFI (British Film Institute) / DCMS · Between rounds

up to £50,000

Techstart Proof of Concept Grant — Northern Ireland

Techstart Ventures / Invest Northern Ireland · Between rounds

up to £30,000

The King's Trust Enterprise Programme

The King's Trust · Open now

up to £30,000

Start Up Loan (British Business Bank)

British Business Bank / Start Up Loans · Open now

up to £25,000

Business Innovation Grant (BIG) — Northern Ireland

Invest Northern Ireland / Innovate NI · Between rounds

up to £20,000

Digital Transformation Flexible Fund (DTFF) — Northern Ireland

NI Councils (Newry, Mourne & Down lead) / UKSPF · Between rounds

up to £20,000

UK Games Fund — Starter Fund

UK Games Fund (UK Games Talent and Finance CIC, DCMS-backed) · Closed

up to £20,000

UnLtd — Awards for Social Entrepreneurs

UnLtd (Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs) · Between rounds

up to £18,000

Veterans' Employer NIC Relief (+ Op PROSPER)

HM Revenue & Customs / Office for Veterans' Affairs · Open now

up to £7,500

Rural Business Development Grant Scheme (RBDGS) — Northern Ireland

DAERA / TRPSI Programme · Closed

up to £7,500

Help to Grow: Management Course

Dept for Business & Trade / Small Business Charter · Open now

up to £6,750

JobStart Scheme (Northern Ireland)

Department for Communities · Closed

up to £1,000

The King's Trust — Development Awards

The King's Trust · Open now

up to £500

R&D Tax Relief (merged RDEC scheme)

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now

HubSpot for Startups

HubSpot · Open now

Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP)

Innovate UK (UKRI) · Open now

NVIDIA Inception

NVIDIA · Open now

Patent Box

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now

UK Space Agency — National GSTP (ESA) Funding

UK Space Agency · Between rounds

Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC)

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) · Between rounds

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