The number of awards usually depends on the quality of applicants.

You must spend any funds given on the project that won the award. The specific use of the funds will be agreed between you and Rethink Ireland.

Final decisions will be made by the Board of Rethink Ireland.

You will be informed by telephone or email about the outcome of the selection process.

You are welcome to apply to any of our funds if you meet all of the criteria outlined. 

We do not accept applications from the following projects:

• Projects seeking funds for scholarships
• Projects seeking funding for capital items, e.g., buildings or vans 
• Research projects
• Party political projects
• Projects that do not provide a benefit to people or the environment, e.g., projects that benefit animals only 
• Projects that discriminate beneficiaries on their faith or religious denomination
• Projects where the main impact is outside the Republic of Ireland
• Projects that are an idea in principle only and have not yet started

We also do not accept applications from the following applicants or organisations:

• Applicants under 18 years old
• Rethink Ireland staff, directors and their immediate family members*
• Organisations that do not have a non-profit legal form, e.g., a company limited by guarantee, school or charity 
• For-profit organisations 

* Immediate family member includes sibling, parent, spouse or civil partner, or child

Previous Rethink Ireland awardees can apply but must note that:

• The same project cannot take part in two Accelerator programmes at once.
• Previous projects who have already taken part in an Accelerator programme must be able to demonstrate how another programme will add value to them.
• Previous awardees must have spent their full grant before we can consider any further applications.