Innovate NI

Helping businesses create value from ideas to increase market share, survive business shocks, improve competitiveness and become successful innovators.

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Business Innovation Grant

Do you have a great innovative idea or project, but need financial support to help commercialise it? If so, the Business Innovation Grant (BIG) could be for you!

BIG offers grants of up to £20,000 to support micro and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in Northern Ireland with innovation projects. 

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The Innovate NI Programme

Follow these steps to increase your business’s profitability and sustainability.

Innovation Accreditation Programme process diagram

Innovation is a process – a structured managed process; only the right idea, which has been tested and developed, and commercialised or implemented can create value.  We have developed our programme to help businesses understand this process. Find out what stage of the processes you are at, follow the guided pathway to creating value and get recognised along the way.

Innovation Assessment

It's easy to take part in the Innovate NI Programme. Simply complete the assessment to discover where you are on the Innovation Framework today.

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Get advice and support

The Northern Ireland business support finder is a searchable database that can help you find publicly-funded and not-for-profit sources of assistance.

Go to Support Finder