Funding

Science Foundation Ireland 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.

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Award Management
SFI Annual Plan 2018

  • 4,524

    people working on SFI research projects in 2017

  • 36

    patents granted to SFI award holders in 2017

  • 4,894

    publications in 2017

  • 2.67%

    of SFI funded publications in the top 1% of publications

Featured funding calls

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  1. SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

    Supporting excellent independent researchers

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    • Deadline — Pre-proposal 13:00 28 March 2019
    • Award amount — Project €200,000-€480,000; Award €500,000-€1,000,0
    • Duration — Project 2, 3 or 4 years; Award 4 or 5 years

  2. ERA-Net on the Blue Bioeconomy (BlueBio) – Unlocking the Potential of Aquatic Bioresources

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    • Deadline — 17th March 2019
    • Award amount — up to is 1,500,000
    • Duration —