LEO’s business Priming Grant is available for businesses 0 - 18 months of start-up.

Grant Value

50% of the investment or €50,000 whichever is the lesser (1)

Grant Benefit

• Salary costs. The new employee may be the Promoter/founder. (2)
• Capital items
• Consultancy costs
• Innovation costs
• Marketing costs

 Full Eligibility criteria here

**For Priming and Business expansion grants you must be creating at least 1 new full-time paid job and have paying customers**

Next Steps / Our Process

1. Read the eligibility criteria fully. If you meet the criteria proceed to step 2.
2. Complete a Grant Eligibility Assessment Form.
3. A member of our team will be in touch within 10 working days to contact you to discuss which current LEO grant offerings you may be eligible for (depending on their individual criteria), if there are other LEO offerings / supports you may be suited for, and/or if there are steps required to be taken prior to eligibility.
   
   Please note this is a strictly preliminary assessment, designed to increase client success if they are deemed to be in a good position to progress on to make a separate application for a specified grant or otherwise equip them with an outline of what they'd need to prepare to be eligible (if applicable.)

Notes:

• (1) Grants over €50,000 shall be the exception and shall only apply in the case of projects that clearly demonstrate a potential to graduate to Enterprise Ireland and/or to export internationally.
• (2) Subject to the 50% limit, a maximum grant of €15,000 per full time job created shall apply in respect of any employment support granted.

Please note that Dublin City LEO financial supports are assessed through a competitive process.

Grant Eligibility Assessment Forms are strictly a preliminary assessment process, used to review relevant client eligibility and overall strength of a proposal as against existing funding supports. Only applications which are sufficiently developed, fully completed, and aligned with the objectives of the scheme will progress to the next stage, which carries a separate application process.