Co-Innovate programme
Innovation support programme offering free workshops tailored to individual businesses, audits, funding and one-to-one expert mentoring.
Participating companies must be:
- a manufacturing or tradable services company
- located in Northern Ireland or the border counties of Ireland (Monaghan, Leitrim, Cavan, Louth, Sligo and Donegal)
- financially viable
- capable of innovation
- able to demonstrate the capacity and commitment to support Co-Innovate programme activity at senior management level
Priority sectors include, but are not limited to:
- renewables
- life and health sciences
- agri-food
A half-day workshop provides a one-to-one business assessment that will create a tailored innovation delivery plan. Following a business assessment, selected companies will progress to access advanced programme support.
Advanced programme support includes:
- Funding to receive 10 days of bespoke consultancy advice that will deliver a targeted innovation action plan.
- Up to 50 per cent funding for a dedicated 12-month project manager post to deliver product or process innovation.
- Up to 50 per cent funding for a business-to-business, collaborative R&D or product/service development project, with partners drawn from a different jurisdiction (for example, a NI company to collaborate with business in the Republic of Ireland).
- Participation in a sector-specific research and innovation network, which will connect businesses with organisations or academic institutions from across Co-Innovate’s eligible regions (50 per cent funding available).
Additional support
Business to Business Opportunity
Co-Innovate is looking for ambitious businesses that have a cutting edge idea with strong commercial potential to join forces with a strategic business partner to jointly develop innovative products and services. Companies that take part in Co-Innovate can benefit from pooling their expertise and resources and bring their innovations to market faster than if working alone.
Cluster Opportunity
Co-Innovate would like to develop a number of Cluster Partnerships. Each Cluster will be involved in conducting cutting edge research in a specific area with the aim of developing and commercialising a product or service. If you're a business or academic institute that has a specific project in mind.
- InterTradeIreland