Training
Training for winning work, together
Short, written, no video, nothing to install. Learn to partner with others, to apply for grants and funds, and how tenders and funding work in Ireland, the EU, the UK, Australia and the United States. When the last module of a course is marked complete, a certificate is issued automatically, with a number anyone can verify.
Partnering and applying
Working with others on bids and funding applications, from the first approach to the award.
4 modules · about 1.5 hours · from Lite
Partnering on grants, tenders and consortia
How to work with other people on a bid or a funding application: the three ways to team up, approaching a partner well, putting it in writing, and staying on the right side of competition law.
Included from Lite — €18 €9 a month, 12-month minimum.
4 modules · about 1.5 hours · from Lite
Grants and funds: from call to award
Reading a funding call properly, budgets and state aid, writing what evaluators score, and what you owe the funder after an award. Built on Horizon Europe and the main Irish schemes.
Included from Lite — €18 €9 a month, 12-month minimum.
Countries
How public tenders and funding work in each market: where calls are published, what you must hold, the rules that matter, and the funding routes.
Ireland · 4 modules · about 1.5 hours · from Lite
Ireland: tenders and funding
Where Irish public contracts are advertised, the thresholds, what you must hold, how small firms win, and the main Irish grants for small firms and researchers.
Included from Lite — €18 €9 a month, 12-month minimum.
European Union · 4 modules · about 1.5 hours · from Starter
European Union: EU-wide tenders and EU funding
TED and the EU procurement rules, bidding together across borders, the Funding and Tenders Portal and Horizon Europe, the EIC Accelerator, and what is proposed after 2027.
Included from Starter — €78 €39 a month, 12-month minimum.
United Kingdom · 4 modules · about 1.5 hours · from Starter
United Kingdom: tenders under the Procurement Act 2023
The UK rules since February 2025: where to find work, registering on the Central Digital Platform, thresholds, procedures and notices, the rules that help small firms, what they mean for Irish firms, and UK funding.
Included from Starter — €78 €39 a month, 12-month minimum.
Australia · 3 modules · about 1 hour · from Starter
Australia: tenders and grants
AusTender and the Commonwealth Procurement Rules as revised in November 2025, what a supplier needs, the policies bidders meet, state portals, grants, and why overseas firms usually partner locally.
Included from Starter — €78 €39 a month, 12-month minimum.
United States · 3 modules · about 1 hour · from Starter
United States: federal contracts and grants
SAM.gov registration, the thresholds raised in October 2025, the FAR overhaul, why small business programmes need US ownership, teaming with a US prime, grants and SBIR, and Virginia and Washington DC.
Included from Starter — €78 €39 a month, 12-month minimum.
Skills, by level
Bid writing and running a bid desk, growing with your level.
5 modules · about 2.5 hours · from Lite
Foundation: winning public work
Five modules on finding, judging, writing and submitting public sector work. Certificate at the end, yours to keep.
Included from Lite — €18 €9 a month, 12-month minimum.
5 modules · about 2 hours · from Lite
Useful AI at work, with a human in the loop
What these tools do well, how they fail, what a person must still do, and how to disclose their use honestly.
Included from Lite — €18 €9 a month, 12-month minimum.
4 modules · about 2 hours · from Starter
Writing to the evaluation criteria
How evaluators score a tender or an application, and how to write so every mark is easy to give. Four modules, with a criteria matrix you can reuse.
Included from Starter — €78 €39 a month, 12-month minimum.
3 modules · about 1 hour · from Pro
Verified evidence: credentials, references and proof
Make the evidence behind your bids checkable: credentials verified at source, references that hold up, and a proof page you control.
Included from Pro — €198 €99 a month, 12-month minimum.
3 modules · about 1 hour · from Business
Bidding across borders
Where public contracts are advertised in Ireland, the EU, the UK and Australia, what you must hold before you can bid, and how to team with partners abroad.
Included from Business — €498 €249 a month, 12-month minimum.
3 modules · about 1 hour · from Enterprise
Running a bid desk
For organisations that bid continuously: a pipeline with a real bid or no-bid gate, registers that keep every version and clarification, and review gates that hold.
Included from Enterprise — €3,000 €1,500 a month, 12-month minimum.
Training someone else pays for
Much good training is paid for by someone else, fully or in part, if you know where to look. These are the main routes in Ireland and the UK; eligibility depends on your situation, so check each one at source before you apply.
Skillnet Ireland
Business-led learning networks that subsidise training for people working in member companies, and run some programmes for jobseekers.
Springboard+
Higher education courses in skills-shortage areas, fully funded or heavily subsidised for many participants, including jobseekers and people returning to work.
Education and Training Boards
Further education and training courses across Ireland, many fully funded, listed on the national further-education course finder.
Intreo Training Support Grant
For jobseekers: help with short training that improves your chances of work and is not available through the funded routes. Ask your case officer.
Local Enterprise Offices
Subsidised management development and start-your-own-business courses for small firms and founders.
United Kingdom
In England, fully funded Skills Bootcamps for eligible adults; across the UK, employer-funded apprenticeships at many levels.
The funded-training finder
We match the role or certificate you are aiming for to the routes you actually qualify for. Included from Starter (€78 €39 a month, 12-month minimum), or as a one-off training route plan (€180 €90).