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About our Innovation Funding Advisory Service
Are you developing an innovation to export to GB or Global markets?
Our Innovation Funding Advisors support Northern Ireland businesses to access innovation support from:
We help you to find the right innovation funding opportunities, provide you with guidance throughout the application process, and help to maximise your chance of being successful.
What support is available from the Innovation Funding Advisory Service?
To enable businesses in Northern Ireland to access UK and EU innovation funding, we can help you:
- Assess if your innovation project is at the right stage for competitive UK and EU innovation funding.
- Identify suitable UK and EU innovation funding calls for your business.
- Advise on finding project partners.
- Provide guidance on the UK and EU innovation funding application process.
- Critique draft applications for businesses via our Bid Review Service to improve chances of success.
- Introduce you to specialist advisors for example Horizon Europe National Contact Points.
Invest NI clients may also apply for financial assistance through Project Definition to support development of an innovation funding application to a UK and EU funder.
If you would like more information on becoming a client, see how we support business.
How can your business benefit from the Innovation Funding Advisory Service?
UK and EU Innovation Funding is awarded through an open competitive process. Our advisors can help you to save time and maximise your chances of a successful application.
Through our advice and support your business could secure UK or International Innovation Funding.
The benefits this unlocks for your business include:
- Building relationships with customers or develop supply-chain capability through funded collaborative projects.
- Ensuring your innovative solution aligns with the market need.
- Accessing funding for activities with a different scale or scope to local funding.
- Showcase your innovation on a UK or international stage to grow your network and investment opportunities.
- Gaining access to specialist expertise or infrastructure. Developing research skills and talent.
Who is eligible for the Innovation Funding Advisory Service?
Our Innovation Funding Advisory Service is available to all NI businesses.
To apply competitively for innovation funding, companies must be seeking funding for technical innovation and R&D projects, to develop products and services that are new to market.
The amount of grant funding required should be above £50,000. Typically, match-funding is required.
Contact us
If you are interested in the Innovation Funding Advisory Service, contact our Business Support Team on 0800 181 4422 or complete the enquiry form.