Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund

The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is a €500 million challenge-based fund established under Project Ireland 2040. It is one of four funds set up under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027. It is managed by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and administered by Enterprise Ireland.

To date, over €393 million in funding has been awarded to 107 projects. For a list of these projects and more, check out our dashboard.

More about DTIF and eligibility

DTIF is suitable for combinations of SMEs, MNCs and RPOs who are engaging in collaborative ‘industrial research’ and/or ‘experimental development’ towards a common objective.

Before submitting an application to DTIF, all applicants should ensure they meet the eligibility requirements.

You should apply to DTIF if your project will potentially:

• alter markets
• alter the way businesses operate
• involve the creation of new products or
• contribute to the emergence of new business models

Additional reasons to apply based on your partner type

Projects are assessed based on four criteria:

• strength of the disruptive technology dimension
• excellence of the overall proposal and approach
• economic impact and sustainability
• quality and efficiency of the collaboration

Breakdown of each evaluation criteria

Call status

DTIF Call 7 is now closed.

A further DTIF call will issue later this year, in line with the commitment under the Programme for Government.

Applications

All DTIF Call 7 applications that meet the eligibility criteria will be reviewed through the evaluation process, which is expected to be completed by August 2025. Incomplete applications will be deemed ineligible.

Eligible applicants are strongly advised to thoroughly review the project evaluation criteria, as each submission will be assessed on these standards

Guidance documents

Webinars

Enterprise Ireland hosted two webinars throughout the duration of Call 7.

The recordings of DTIF Call 7 webinar 23 May 2024 and DTIF Call 7 webinar 13 February 2025 are available to view. A DTIF Call 7 webinar presentation and DTIF Call 7 webinar Q&A document, setting out responses to questions frequently asked at these webinars, are also available for information.

For any further DTIF queries please contact Enterprise Ireland using the email address DTIF@enterprise-ireland.com

DTIF projects are nearing completion with exciting results accompanied by intriguing backstories. As each project concludes, these narratives will be available here, categorised according to the respective call which the funding was awarded.

Call 1

Mera project

Gene Transfection Cell Analysis and Sorting Platform (GTCASP)

Call 2

Video Intelligent Search Platform (VISP)

Nextgen Heat - Next Generation Heat Pump for Affordable Decarbonisation of Heating

Publications: Previous call documentation, webinar Q&A

Project directory: Directory of DTIF projects calls 1-6

News: Press releases and related news

Watch: Exergyn, DCU and Fort Wayne Metals DTIF project - YouTube

Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund #DTIF - YouTube

The DTIF Dashboard highlights key details of the successful projects that have been approved for funding and shows the regional spread of DTIF project partners involved in collaborative research across Ireland. The data is sourced from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Enterprise Ireland.

The data may be viewed at its source in Tableau Public at Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund - Tableau Public.