Considering the Enterprise Ireland Build Capability Grant?
Enterprise Ireland companies can access up to €70,000 in funding to build the skills, knowledge and capabilities needed to drive growth, innovation and business transformation.
Whether you’re looking to strengthen your digital marketing, adopt AI, improve operational performance or develop leadership capability, the Build Capability Grant can help fund the training needed to get there.
Build the capabilities that drive growth.
The Build Capability Grant is designed to help Enterprise Ireland companies invest in strategic training that improves business performance, productivity and competitiveness.
Replacing the previous Digital Marketing Capability Grant, the programme provides funding for capability development across digital marketing, AI, leadership, operational excellence and innovation.
Core Optimisation helps companies identify capability gaps, design impactful training programmes and deliver practical learning that creates measurable business outcomes.
What the grant can support
The Build Capability Grant can be used for training in areas such as:
• Strategic digital marketing
• Search engine optimisation (SEO)
• Social media and campaign management
• Customer and competitor analysis
• AI adoption and automation
• Leadership and organisational development
• Sales, marketing and business strategy
• Process improvement and operational excellence
Why the right partner matters
Enterprise Ireland is investing in capability development that delivers long-term value.
Successful programmes should:
• Build internal capability and confidence
• Create measurable business improvement
• Support international growth and competitiveness
• Deliver practical, actionable learning
• Drive sustainable business transformation
How Core Optimisation helps
We design and deliver capability-building programmes that turn funding into real commercial impact.
Our expertise includes:
• Digital marketing strategy and training
• SEO and search visibility
• PPC and paid media capability development
• Analytics and measurement
• AI adoption and automation
• Leadership and growth planning
We are an Enterprise Ireland client company with extensive experience supporting ambitious businesses to scale. In 2026, we were recognised as a Google Premier Partner for the tenth time, placing us among the top 3% of Google Ads partners in Ireland.



