Opportunities

Invest NI – Ambition to Grow Funding

23 September 2026

Deadline: October 1, 2026

 

Is your business seeking to create new employment and grow into new markets? 

 

Through Invest NI’s Ambition to Grow programme, they are seeking applications from local innovative and ambitious micro, small, and medium enterprises with a determination to sell outside Northern Ireland to compete for up to £45,000 in funding to accelerate their business growth.

 

Invest NI designed the programme to help businesses like yours increase employment, innovate processes, and export. Participants will also have the chance to build valuable connections with other like-minded business owners.

 

The closing date for applications is Thursday 1 October 2026 at 12 noon.

 

Please note, due to essential maintenance, all Invest NI systems will be unavailable from the afternoon of Friday 18 September until the afternoon of Sunday 20 September. You will not be able to start, submit or work on applications during this time. 

 

Find out more here.

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