Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and promotion of the indigenous business sector. Our mission is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.

Through our extensive network of Irish and international offices, we work with our clients to assist them to compete and to grow.

Our key focus, for Irish companies is covered under the following five areas of activity:

• • Achieving export sales
  • Investing in research and innovation
  • Competing through productivity
  • Starting up & scaling up
  • Driving regional enterprise

Enterprise Ireland offers a wide range of financial and technical supports to help both companies and researchers based in third level institutions to engage in research. Our aim is to facilitate collaborative links between enterprise and the research community that lead to the practical application of research in business, yielding benefits to both groups.