NEW FRONTIERS PHASE 1
New Frontiers is the national entrepreneurial development programme for ambitious early-stage entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas which have the potential to scale and provide employment. It provides the skills, support, and confidence needed to make the leap to starting a successful business.
New Frontiers is a nationwide Enterprise Ireland programme, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the national Structural and Investment Funds Programmes 2014-2020.
New Frontiers is delivered in the Midlands Mid-East region by Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) in partnership with Maynooth University (MU).
We are currently accepting applications to our 2023 New Frontiers Phase 1 Programme.
The Phase 1 programme will introduce you to relevant start-up strategies, challenge your business idea and encourage you to demonstrate market validation of your proposed product or service. The goal is to see if you have a viable idea worth taking forward and to learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
Deadline for applications: Friday, 26th May 2023 12:00pm
This is a competitive call with limited places on the Phase 1 programme.
Business concepts based on the following ARE NOT ELIGIBLE for support:
· Retail outlets and professional services, including consultancies that are not engaged in internationally traded services.
· Areas of enterprise which involve displacement of existing jobs or businesses including builders, hairdressers, cafes, pubs, hotels, general printers, construction, trades etc.
· Conferences and seminars.
· Businesses which are contrary to public policy, i.e. goods/services for military use, adult entertainment services, tobacco and related ventures, cannabis-based products.
· Activities that fall within gambling or “gaming” as defined in the Gaming & Lotteries Act 1956.