About the Funding Finder
BIM administers 28 funding schemes across six sectors — inshore fishing, offshore fishing, aquaculture, seafood processing, coastal communities, and marine research. Previously, these schemes were listed separately in each sector area of bim.ie, making it difficult to find cross-sector supports or compare deadlines at a glance.
The Funding Finder consolidates all schemes into a single, searchable, filterable page. It is the single source of truth for BIM grant and support programmes — updated each time a scheme opens, closes, or changes its terms.
How the filters work
Five filter groups help you narrow down the list:
- Status — Open schemes are accepting applications now. Closing-soon schemes have a deadline within 21 days. Rolling schemes accept applications year-round. Closed schemes are visible but cannot be applied for.
- Sector — Schemes can cover more than one sector. Selecting Aquaculture and Research returns all schemes tagged with either.
- Value range — Based on the scheme's maximum grant amount. Cross-sector schemes that span multiple ranges will appear in all matching bands.
- Deadline — Single-select radio. "Within 7 days" is the most urgent window and is highlighted in amber on scheme cards.
- Search by name — Filters by scheme title as you type. Use keywords like "aquaculture", "vessel", or "Brexit".
Every time you apply a filter, the page URL updates automatically — for example,
/funding/?status=closing-soon§or=aquaculture.
You can copy and share this URL with colleagues or bookmark it to return to the
same filtered view later.
Countdown badges
Scheme cards for closing-soon schemes display a live countdown showing days, hours, and minutes remaining until the deadline. The countdown updates every minute in your browser. When a deadline passes, the badge automatically flips to "Closed" — no page refresh needed.
My scheme isn't here
The Funding Finder currently lists 28 sample schemes for demonstration purposes. BIM staff will populate the full scheme catalogue ahead of the production launch. If you know of a scheme that should be listed, or if a scheme's details have changed, please contact the BIM funding team:
- Email: funding@bim.ie
- Phone: +353 1 765 1900
- Post: BIM, Crofton Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 E4P5
Accessibility
The Funding Finder is keyboard-navigable — Tab to each filter, Space or Enter to select. Filter changes are announced to screen readers via a live region. All status badges contain real text, not colour alone. The page works without JavaScript: all 6 active schemes are visible in the server-rendered HTML before any script runs.