SFI Investigator Titles

The Lead Applicant will be responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the research programme and the submission of reports to SFI. The Lead Applicant has primary fiduciary responsibility and accountability for carrying out the research within the funding limits awarded and in accordance with the terms and conditions Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The Lead Applicant will serve as the primary point of contact for SFI on the award and during the review process.

The Co-Applicant has a significant, critical and continuing role in leading the proposed investigation. For the purposes of reviewing and monitoring, a co-applicant applying for funding under a SFI programme will receive equal evaluation as the lead applicant and will hold equal accountability for the delivery of the proposed research objectives.

Both Lead and Co-Applicants will be named on the Letter of Offer and are contractually responsible for delivery of the research programme.

A SFI Principal Investigator is an independent researcher who holds an award from SFI under SFI's Principal Investigator Programme, SFI's Research Professorship, SFI's President of Ireland Young Researcher Award, SFI's Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) Programme, or SFI's Strategic Research Clusters (SRCs) Programme.

A SFI Co-Principal Investigator is an independent researcher who co-holds an award from SFI under SFI's Principal Investigator Programme, SFI's CSET Programme or SFI's SRCs Programme.

A SFI Funded Investigator is an independent researcher who holds (a) a Research Frontiers Programme Award (RFP) or Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) from SFI or (b) is undertaking a management role in a strand or work-package within a SRC or CSET investigation. In the latter case, SFI Funded Investigators will serve under the direction of the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigators.

SFI Principal Investigators, Co-Principal Investigators and SFI Funded Investigators are designated as SFI Funded Researchers

A Collaborator is an individual who is committed to providing a focused contribution for a specific task. The collaborator will serve under the direction of the Lead Applicant, and may or may not, receive funding through the award. Collaborators are not designated as SFI-funded researchers.

SFI Stokes Lecturers and SFI Stokes Professors will be designated as SFI funded researchers upon receipt of SFI funding as Principal Investigator, SFI Co-Principal Investigator or SFI Funded Investigator.

A UREKA Site Applicant/Co-Applicant/Mentor are funded under the UREKA site programme. Such investigators are not designated as SFI-funded researchers.

E.T.S. Walton Fellows are visiting researchers; such investigators are not designated as SFI funded researchers