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IDA Ireland RD&I and capital grants

Status

Status not published

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Amount
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IDA offers RD&I grants plus a 25% tax credit on eligible RD&I activity (the page describes this tax credit; the current statutory Irish R&D credit rate is 30% - see Revenue). Award sizes are negotiated per project and are not published.

Funder

IDA Ireland

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

IDA supports foreign direct investment into Ireland. Irish-owned startups go to Enterprise Ireland or their LEO instead. IDA can be relevant to an overseas startup opening an Irish operation.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.idaireland.com/scale-with-ida/funding-programmes-incentives

"RD&I is the largest proportion of IDA's grant funding programme. We offer a wide range of supports, including tax incentives and collaborative funding"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.idaireland.com

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