List of NI State aid and Subsidy Control Reference Numbers
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DfE Subsidy Control Advice Unit maintains a list of all current State aid and Subsidy Control Schemes operating in Northern Ireland.
Live State aid and Subsidy Control Reference Numbers
The table below provides you with a summary of the current Schemes and links to more detailed information about each of the schemes. If you would like to search for a scheme that is either State aid or a UK Subsidy please follow the links provided.
Expired State aid and UK Subsidy Control Reference Numbers
The table below provides you with a summary of expired Schemes and links to more detailed information about each of the schemes.
| Scheme title / type | Scheme code | Scheme administrator | Related aid reference numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| SME productivity booster - Pilot 2 | SC10978 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | |
| Operating aid to City of Derry Airport | SC10593 | Derry City and Strabane District Council (DC&SDC) | SA.54335 SA.57532 SC10198 SC14939 |
| Invest NI Rescue and Restructuring Scheme | SA.59932 SC10287 | Invest NI | SA.42847 SC10287 |
| Bus Operator Financial Assistance Scheme Northern Ireland 2022 | SC10601 | Department for Infrastructure (DfI) | |
| Bus Operator Financial Assistance Scheme Northern Ireland 2021 | SC10366 | Department for Infrastructure (DfI) | |
| Alchemy | SC10934 | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council (CC&GBC) | |
| Large Tourism and Hospitality Business Support Scheme | SC10282 | Invest NI | |
| COVID 19 Equity Investment Fund | SC10322 | Invest NI | |
| Northern Ireland Domestic Aviation Kickstart Scheme (NIDAKS) | SC10515 | Invest NI | |
| Renewables Obligation in Northern Ireland | SC10219 | Northern Ireland Executive (NIE) | N22/2009 N76/2010 SA.25762 SA.36084 |
| Covid Financial Support for Belfast International Airport and Belfast City Airport | SC10247 | Department of Finance Northern Ireland (DoF) | |
| Large NAV Business Grant | SC10390 | Department of Finance Northern Ireland (DoF) | |
| High Street Scheme | SC10500 | Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfE) | |
| Co-Innovate Programme | SA.51617 | IntertradeIreland | |
| Process & Organisational Improvement Grant | SA.62745 SC10286 | Invest NI | |
| Skills, Strategy and Innovation Programme | SA.61570 SC10288 | Invest NI | SA.40270 SA.112627 |
| Selective Financial Assistance | SA.61569 SC10289 | Invest NI | SA.39233 SA.49877 SA.112626 |
| Grant for Research and Development (Grant for R&D) Programme | SA.61545 SC10291 | Invest NI | SA.40154 SA.113027 |
| Urban Development Grant Scheme 2021-2023 | SA.61337 | Department for Communities (DfC) | SA.41911 SA.49735 SA.110541 SC10201 |
| Agri-Food Co-operation Scheme (Sub measures 16.3 and 16.4 Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2014 – 2020) (Prolongation) (2021-23) | SA.60382 | Department for Communities (DfC) | SA.49163 SA.52586 |
| Invest Northern Ireland Resource Efficiency Capital Grant | SA.43599 | Invest NI | |
| Invest NI Development Fund | SA.34142 | Invest NI | |
| TechstartNI | SA.39644 | Invest NI | SA.40270 SA.61570 SA.112628 SC10316 |
| FUSION | SA.61538 | InterTradeIreland | SA.41050 SA.55473 SA.110435 SC10199 |
| The Innova Programme | SA.61537 | InterTradeIreland | SA.55473 SA.110433 |
| Operating aid to City of Derry Airport | SA.57532 | Derry City & Strabane District Council (DC&SDC) | SA.54335 |
| Northern Ireland Screen Fund | SA.56871 | NI Screen | SA.45277 |
| The Innova Programme | SA.55473 | InterTradeIreland | SA.66537 SA.110433 |
| DC&SDC operating aid to City of Derry Airport | SA.54335 SC10198 | Derry City & Strabane District Council (DC&SDC) | SA.57532 SC10593 SC14939 |
| Tourism Industry Scheme | SA.52531 | Tourism NI | |
| Office Accommodation at Ebrington | SA.52107 | The Executive Office (TEO) | |
| Game of Thrones Touring Exhibition | SA.51127 | Tourism NI | |
| Selective Financial Assistance Scheme | SA.49877 | Invest NI | SA.39233 SA.61569 |
| Urban Development Grant Scheme 2017 revision | SA.49735 | Department for Communities (DfC) | SA.41911 SA.61337 |
| HMS Caroline - November 2016 revision | SA.46763 | Tourism NI | SA.41015 |
| Northern Ireland Screen Fund | SA.45277 | NI Screen | SA.56871 |
| Grant for Research and Development (Grant for R&D) Programme | SA.40154 | Invest NI | SA.61545 SA.113027 SC10291 |
| CHALLANGE (2015 - 2020) | SA.41051 | InterTradeIreland | |
| FUSION (2015 - 2020) | SA.41050 | InterTradeIreland | SA.61538 |
| SPIRE project | SA.40275 | Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) | SA.37243 |
| Techstart NI | SA.40270 | Invest NI | SA.61750 |
| Assured Skills (2014 - 2020) | SA.40225 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | |
| Urban Development Grant Scheme | SA.41911 | Department for Communities (DfC) | SA.49735 |
| HMS Caroline | SA.41015 | Tourism NI | SA.46735 |
| Selective Financial Assistance Scheme | SA.39233 | Invest NI | SA.49877 |
| Northern Ireland - 6 out of 10 project | SA.39918 | Department of Justice NI (DoJ) | |
| Design Manager Resource Scheme | SA.37145 | Invest NI | |
| Invest Northern Ireland Resource Efficiency Capital Grant | SA.35862 | Invest NI | |
| Invest NI Growth Loan Fund | SA.34997 | Invest NI | |
| Non Executive Director Programme | SA.34902 | Invest NI | |
| Leadership and Management Framework | SA.34900 | Invest NI | |
| Collaborative Networks Programme | SA.34899 | Invest NI | |
| Northern Ireland Agri-Food Investment Scheme (AFIS) | SA.60330 | Invest NI | SA.104023 SA.53381 |
| Northern Ireland Agri-Food Investment Scheme (AFIS) | SA.53381 | Invest NI | SA.60330 SA.104023 |
| UK Rescue Aid to Wrights Group Ltd | SA.54766 | Invest NI | |
| Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive scheme 2018-19 | SA.49865 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | SA.34140 SA.47501 |
| Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme 2017-2018 | SA.47501 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | SA.34140 SA.49865 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh District Council SME Infrastructure Scheme | SA.44739 | Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (F&ODC) | |
| Invest NI Rescue and Restructuring Scheme 2016-2020 | SA.42847 SC10287 | Invest NI | SA.59932 SC10287 |
| Prolongation of All-Island Collaborative R&D Scheme (Innova) (N 765/2007) | SA.37908 | InterTradeIreland | N765/2007 |
| Prolongation of R&D&I scheme for Northern Ireland (N 215/2008) | SA.37855 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | N215/2008 N92/2003 |
| SPIRE Project | SA.37243 | The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) | |
| Regional Stadia Development in Northern Ireland | SA.37342 | Department for Communities (DfC) | |
| Renewable Heat Initiative (Northern Ireland) 2012 - 2020 | SA.34140 | Department for the Economy (DoF) | SA.47501 |
| Northern Ireland Screen Fund (2012 to 2016) | SA.33920 | NI Screen | N70/2009 |
| Northern Ireland Screen Fund (''the screen fund'') | SA.31810 | Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission (NIF&TC) | SA.27717 SA.25654 SA.21649 SA.21464 SA.18297 SA.15176 |
| Amendments to the Renewables Obligation Northern Ireland 2011 | SA.31537 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | N504/2000 |
| Assured Skills | SA.31525 | Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment. (DETI) | |
| Derry City Council, owner and operator of City of Derry Airport, that has no seperate legal personality | SA.29984 | Derry City Council (DCC) | |
| The renewables obligation Northern Ireland - small scale generators | SA.29920 | Department for the Economy (DoF) | |
| Fusion - Phase III | SA.29189 | InterTradeIreland | SA.17802 |
| Acumen Programme | SA.29185 | InterTradeIreland | SA.15339 |
| Northern Ireland - Next Generation Broadband | SA.29001 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | |
| Management Information Systems eBusiness Programme | SA.28343 | Invest NI | SA.26045 |
| Pig meat processors hardship assistance (Northern Ireland) | SA.28036 | Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Northern Ireland (DETI) | |
| The Renewables Obligation - Northern Ireland | SA.27425 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | SA.27003 SA.25762 |
| Provision of Remote Broadband Services in Northern Ireland | SA.26413 | Northern Ireland | |
| NI Broadband Fund | SA.26422 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | |
| R&D&I Scheme for Northern Ireland | SA.25672 | Invest NI | SA.14924 |
| All-Island Collaborative R&D Scheme (Innova) - UK | SA.24768 | InterTradeIreland | N218/2004 N722/2007 |
| Northern Ireland R&D Challenge Fund | SA.24759 | Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland (DETI) | SA.22017 SA.12831 |
| Northern Ireland Spinouts (NISPO) - Risk Capital | SA.24455 | Invest NI | N373/2007 |
| Direct International Communications Link into the North West of Ireland | SA.23921 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | N282/2008 |
| Selective Financial Assistance (SFA) for Northern Ireland | SA.22426 | Invest NI | |
| Northern Ireland Spinouts (NISPO): the Young Innovative Enterprise (YIE) Scheme | SA.22919 | Invest NI | C72/2003, N481/2001 N620/2002 |
| City of Derry Airport | SA.20739 | Derry City Council (DCC) | |
| Organic Farming Scheme (Northern Ireland) | SA.19326 | Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland (DoA) | SA.10998 |
| Relief from Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland | SA.18859 | Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DoF) | |
| Aggregates Levy | SA.13834 | Department of Environment Northern Ireland (DoF) | |
| Northern Ireland Gas Pipeline Proposal | SA.13590 | Department for the Economy (DfE) | |
| FUSION | SA.13417 | InterTradeIreland | |
| FOCUS | SA.13415 | InterTradeIreland | |
| RESTRUCTURING (NORTHERN IRELAND) | SA.13096 | Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) |
Further Information
State aid
- State aid and subsidy control after EU Exit
- State aid Regulations and Guidance
- UK Subsidy Control/State aid flow chart
- Four Key Questions - Is it State aid?
- What do i do if its State aid?
- De Minimis aid
- Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI)
- General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
- Full Notification
UK Subsidy Control Act 2022
- State aid and subsidy control after EU Exit
- UK Subsidy Control/State aid flow chart
- Four limb test - is it a subsidy?
- Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA)
- Services of Public Economic Interest - (SPEI)
- Streamlined Route
- Principles Route
- The Subsidy Control Act 2022
If you are an aid provider, and would like DfE Subsidy Control Advice Unit to update the tables above, please email: subsidycontrol@economy-ni.gov.uk