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Grants

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.

Check with the funder

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: annual_call — 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

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

moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Sectors: deeptech, ai, health, climate, manufacturing
Stage: seed, series_a, growth
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

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

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

What you will need

Consortium proposal per call documentation

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/what-we-do/innovation-research-development/disruptive-technologies-innovation-fund/ — checked 2026-08-14

"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."