Market discovery claim

Review your Letter of Offer. This will confirm the Title of the Grant that you were approved, the Project Number of the Grant, the expenditure types and amounts that were approved and the Final Claim Date (i.e. the last date by which all expenditure must be incurred, and a valid claim submitted to Enterprise Ireland).

Please note that you can make a maximum of 2 claims against this Grant.

The Market Discovery Fund Claim Checklist, Claim Form, Director Statement and Progress Report template are all in the one Excel workbook below. 

Only the Director Statement needs to be printed, signed and returned as a PDF. 

Please Do Not Convert the Excel claim worksheets to PDF before submitting to Enterprise Ireland as they will be returned. 

The Checklist provides a detailed description of all relevant forms and supporting documentation required to submit a valid claim. Please review the checklist before preparing your claim to ensure that you have all the relevant documentation to hand when completing the claim.

Market Discovery Fund Claim Form and Director Statement [.xlsx]

Submit Claim Forms in Word®, Excel® format only by email to IndustryGrantClaims@enterprise-ireland.com

Claim forms not submitted in this format will be returned.

Please save supporting documentation (invoices, payslips etc) in separate PDF files referencing the document in question in the title.

Remember, when emailing, to include your company name and project number in the Subject Line.

Use your client number (CES ID) when encrypting files. Your CES ID number can be found in “Schedule A” of your company’s Letter of Offer.

* Please note claims are not accepted by post. 

• The claim will be assigned to a Payment Officer, who will review the documentation to ensure that all required forms and documentation is included. If any required information is missing the Payment Officer will: 1) suspend the claim and request outstanding information or 2) if significant documentation is missing or the Final Claim Date has expired, the claim may be returned as invalid.
• If all is in order, the claimed expenditure and associated supporting documentation will be desk inspected.
• For each claim, your Development Advisor will review the progress report and instruct the Payment Officer to pay or disallow the claim depending on their findings.
• The Payment Officer completes the authorisation of the claim and submits a payment request to our Finance Department.
• A letter will issue via email from Grant Payments - Industry with details of the approved payment and advising that payment will follow shortly to the Grantee Company’s bank account.