SFI provides grants for researchers from around the world who wish to relocate to Ireland and those already based in Ireland, for outstanding investigators, for conferences and symposia, and for collaboration with industry. The majority of SFI awards are in the fields of science and engineering underpinning three Government-prioritised industrial sectors: biotechnology (Bio), information and communications technology (ICT) and sustainable energy and energy-efficient technologies. At a smaller scale SFI also supports a broad range of disciplines in Science, Mathematics and Engineering via its Research Frontiers Programme. Proposals are evaluated in open competitions via a combination of international peer review and strategic fit with SFI’s mission. In addition to the principles espoused by SFI’s core values, SFI uses the following principles in reaching its funding decisions: value for money, strategic impact, efficient use of the peer review system, internationalisation, critical mass, cohesion with other funding streams, and availability of funding.”

SFI Principal Investigator (PI) Programme (Call open)
The SFI Principal Investigator (PI) Programme supports those fields of science and engineering that underpin biotechnology, information and communications technology, and sustainable energy and energy-efficient technologies. PI grants may range from €100,000 to €500,000 direct costs per year and may be 3-5 years in duration.

SFI Principal Investigator Career Advancement Award (PICA) (Call open)
The SFI Principal Investigator Career Advancement (PICA) Programme supports outstanding researchers returning to active research after either a prolonged absence, or those within the early consolidating stages of their independent research career. PICA has been integrated into the Principal Investigator programme. PICA applicants must be eligible under all of the standard PI criteria (with the exception of the publication number requirement in Category 3). In addition, applicants need to be eligible under the PICA-specific criteria. PI awards, and hence PICA awards, may range from €100,000 to €500,000 direct costs per year and may be 3-5 years in duration.

HRB-SFI Translational Research Award (Call Open)
The Translational Research Award (TRA) joint initiative aims to support the research funding strategy of both the HRB and SFI (HRB-SFI). The initiative will focus resources in areas which offer the greatest potential for translation into impacts and benefits for health and long term economic development, as well as for more efficient and effective collaboration between academics and healthcare professionals engaged in translational research.  These awards will fund investigator-driven research projects with clear milestones and realistic deliverables.

President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) Deadline: Rolling Call
PIYRA Awards recognize outstanding engineers and scientists who, early in their careers, have already demonstrated or shown exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of knowledge. Awards are normally up to €1 million over five years.

US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme Deadline: Rolling Call
The US-Ireland R&D Partnership links scientists and engineers in partnerships across academia and industry to address crucial research questions; fosters new and existing industrial research activity that could make an important contribution to the respective economies, expanding educational and research career opportunities in science & engineering. Science Foundation Ireland has recently implemented new criteria for their applicants.

SFI Conferences and Workshops Deadline: Rolling Call
The Conference & Workshop Programme aims to support conferences, workshops and academic-industrial workshops, for dissemination and collaboration on topics of timely importance in the broad areas of science, mathematics and engineering. Conference bids and events raising public awareness of science, mathematics and engineering may also be supported. The budget available, on a competitive basis, is up to €50,000 direct costs.