Research and development grant
In this section
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Offer
- 3. Eligibility
- 4. What you can use the grant for
- 5. What you cannot use the grant for
- 6. Second hand equipment
- 7. Application and Assessment
4. What you can use the grant for
The grant will apply to capital and/or revenue expenditure within an approved project and can include:
Capital Expenditure:
- Capital or specialist revenue costs associated to developing and testing new products and / services, including prototyping, design, manufacture, monitoring, evaluation, etc.
- Costs associated to market research and development / market analysis / mapping and scoping / competitor analysis, etc.
- Costs associated to feasibility and/or viability studies and reports for development of products, processes and/or services.
- Costs associated to patenting, including drafting and filing
- Costs associated with commercialisation of the product, process and/or service including marketing and promotion All marketing and promotional material must be produced bilingually.
- Specialist / technical training (not necessarily accredited)
- Specialist Software
- Quality Assurance Certification (assessed on a case-by-case basis)
