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Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF)

Status

Status not published

Call 8 was announced on 9 June 2026 and will open for applications on 1 October 2026. Documentation is released closer to the opening date.

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Amount
Not published

A €500 million challenge-based fund established under Project Ireland 2040; over €530 million has been awarded across seven calls. Call 8 has a €40 million allocation. Per-project minimum and maximum award sizes are set in each call's documentation, which had not been released at the time of checking.

Funder

Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment (administered with Enterprise Ireland)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Call 8 was announced on 9 June 2026 and will open for applications on 1 October 2026. Documentation is released closer to the opening date.

Your odds
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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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Collaborative only: consortia of SMEs, multinationals and research performing organisations engaging in industrial research and/or experimental development towards a common objective.

How to apply

  1. Form a consortium — DTIF is suitable for combinations of SMEs, MNCs and research performing organisations (RPOs). — link
  2. Wait for the call documentation to be published ahead of the 1 October 2026 opening.
  3. Submit the collaborative proposal for industrial research and/or experimental development.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/innovation-research-development/disruptive-technologies-innovation-fund/

"The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is a €500 million challenge-based fund established under Project Ireland 2040 ... Call 8 was announced on 9 June 2026 and will open for applications on 1 October 2026."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: enterprise.gov.ie

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