Solutions · Research
Challenge and collaborative R&I fit before you draft.
Research Ireland challenges, ERC-style awards and Horizon topics assessed against readiness, team and entity — hard fails drop early so the group spends time on openable calls.
Challenge Funding: Water Futures
Challenge-based research funding for research teams tackling national water problems.
- Team award
- €250k
- Closes
- 22 Jan 2027
- Rules met
- 0/1
- Lead is an eligible research body
Readiness before drafting
Hard fails leave the shortlist
Scan matched vs ruled-out
Sections from the call guide
Close the gaps you can — skip the rest
TRL, lead and entity rules as met, gap or hard fail. Citations point at the challenge document, not a match score.
- One-click fixes for closable gaps
- Hard fails drop off the list
- Sources from the programme PDF
National Energy RD&D Funding
SEAI
Registered in Ireland
Tideline Water Ltd is registered in Ireland.
Technology readiness level 4–7
Profile TRL is 6.
Can co-fund the non-grant share
Co-funding confirmed on the profile.
- Close gap
Independent energy baselineD6
Commission a third-party baseline before claiming energy savings.
Innovate UK Smart Grants requires a UK registered organisation. That is a hard condition a document will not fix, so the call drops off your shortlist.
Source: SEAI, National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Funding Programme
Scan the landscape once
Matched, gaps and ruled-out in a single report — so PIs and research offices know what to open this round.
- Top calls ranked by fit
- Clear count of ruled-out programmes
- Jump straight into an application
Scan complete · 2026-10-20
Supports matched to Tideline Water
- Matched
- 3
- Gaps to close
- 2
- Ruled out
- 61
Top calls
- €150k
Agile Innovation Fund
Eligible
- €180k
Innovation Partnership Programme
Eligible
- €10k
Innovation Voucher
Eligible
A work plan the team can finish
Import the funder's sections, then draft with library evidence and citations — readiness tracked before internal review.
- Structure from the guidelines
- Limits on every section
- Cited drafts from your own content
- Sections
- Excellence: the innovation
- Problem and market opportunity
- Impact
- Implementation
- Team
- Risks
Impact
In a six-month pilot with a north Clare scheme, unaccounted-for water fell by 23%, with 41 leaks located and 34 repaired. EIC-G.12 Scaling to 120 rural schemes would save an estimated 1.8 million m³ per year. SEAI-3.4
The pathway is staged: LEO feasibility complete, Enterprise Ireland R&D next, then EIC for EU scale-up.