Smarter Travel Project Fund

Please note the date has now passed for application to Smarter Travel Project Fund. Details of successful applications and of future funding calls will be made available on this website.

To support the Governments Sustainable Travel Policy SmarterTravel, it was pledged that a fund to support innovative sustainable travel projects would be established.  The Minister of Transport has now set up the Smarter Travel Project Fund.

The objectives of the Smarter Travel Project Fund are:

• To assist the development of demonstration projects that can deliver sustainable transport initiatives at both a national and local level, achieving real and measurable changes in people’s travel choices and behaviour
• To assist the development of demonstration projects that aim to reduce the environmental impact of travel
• To increase the capability of organisations to help deliver sustainable travel
• To raise public awareness and acceptability of sustainable travel and transport issues

The SmarterTravel Project Fund differs from the SmarterTravel Areas Competition in that the former is seeking to support individual demonstration projects that can show the positive impacts of specific interventions. Applications can be made by a wide range of groups and also by individuals. The SmarterTravel Areas competition will support a wide range of projects to be delivered in one particular area - and a SmarterTravel Area bid could comprise multiple individual projects grouped together and delivered in a highly integrated manner to change the travel behaviour of a whole town or area. SmarterTravel Areas bids are to be co-ordinated by the relevant Local Authorities.

Download Criteria and guidelines for applicants

Download Application Form

Email any queries to demoprojects@transport.ie