Warning Applications for Round 3 Business Grants will close on Sunday 17 November 2024. Applications submitted after this date will not be accepted.
Businesses can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £20,000, towards:
- digital technology and innovation
- research and development
- business growth and exports
Such as:
- grants for the purchase of:
- new equipment
- software development and implementation
- adaptations
- automation
- robotics
- grants to provide support with:
- Intellectual Property (IP)
- patents
- trademarks
- designs
- copyrights or other options for protecting IP
- capital funding for new machinery for new products
- development of new services or products
- grants to facilitate growth, promote innovation and increase productivity
- grants to facilitate and support businesses that either wish to start exporting or are already doing so
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After you apply
This is a competitive grants process. Grant applications will be assessed by a panel made up of Dorset Council Officers and independent reviewers. The Grants Panel will meet at the end of October and twice in November. Applicants will receive a decision no later than 2 weeks after their respective panel meeting.
These grants must be spent and finalised in this financial year (2024/2025), with projects completed, payments undertaken and return submissions completed by 16 February 2025.