InterTradeIreland offers €11m to SMEs to help graduates gain skills

InterTradeIreland is making available €11m to SMEs on both sides of the border to take on graduates in an effort to boost innovation and skills.

The fund will be invested in 135 cross-border projects through the agency’s all island technology transfer programme known as Fusion.

The aim of the programme is to enable SMEs to hire graduates from a science, engineering, and technology background. The graduates gain access to industry skills in return for helping develop technologically innovative and commercially viable projects and services.