Calling all early-stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland.
There is a new call for applications to the ACORNS programme.
ACORNS is a highly successful peer support initiative, supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
ACORNS is now open for applications until midnight on Monday, September 22nd 2025.
For eligibility criteria, please see below:
• To be considered for ACORNS 11, applicants must (i) have set up a new business (sales generated no earlier than the end of June 2022), or (ii) be actively planning a new venture and have made good progress towards getting the new venture off the ground. Indicators of actively planning a business would include organising the start-up team, sourcing equipment / facilities, money saved for the start-up, writing the business plan, etc.
• They must own or part-own the business which must be located in a rural area, that is in an area outside the administrative city boundaries of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.
• If selected, applicants must be available to attend the launch Forum and first round table session on October 20th and 21st, 2025.
• They must expect to become an employer within three years.
• There is no restriction on sectors.
• The deadline for application for this year’s ACORNS
programme is midnight on Monday, September 22nd 2025.
For more information go to www.acorns.ie
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