Introduction

• Grants normally ranging up to €250,000 per year for up to four years, with higher awards to exceptional recipients
  
  
• Funding such items as research equipment and salaries for support staff
  
  
• Focusing on supporting great researchers in Ireland

Results of the Calls for Proposals

• Applicants will be contacted directly as soon as results are known
  
  
• Interested parties can subscribe to email Alerts for result announcements

How to apply

Download the following three documents to make your application:

1. Call for Proposals

• Call for Proposals (MS Word Format, 112 KB)
• Call for Proposals (PDF Format, 136 KB)
  

2. Application Form and Support Notes

• Application Form, Support Notes (MS Word Format, 227 KB)
• Application Form, Support Notes (PDF Format, 257 KB)

3. Nominated Reviewers Form

• Nominated Reviewers Form (MS Word Format, 22 KB)
• Nominated Reviewers Form (PDF Format, 56 KB)

For regular updates, we recommend that you sign up for SFI eAlerts.

Questions relating to Grants and Awards are answered on the FAQ pages

Please read 'Before Applying' for important notes regarding your application.

Please download and read 'SFI Terms and Conditions of Research Grants '. These govern the administration of SFI grants and awards.

Deadlines

Applications will be received under a rolling call in 2003. To be eligible, applications must be received at SFI’s office by email and signed hard copy. For notification of when deadlines are made available, we recommend that you sign up for SFI eAlerts. Also see Grants & Awards FAQ no.23 "Does SFI have deadlines for its Investigator programme and is there information available on the types of programmes (titles/names of researchers) on the SFI web page?".