Funding calls

Food Challenge

Driving STEM-led innovation to address society’s greatest challenges

Plastics Challenge: Remove, Replace, Recover

Driving STEM-led innovation to address society’s greatest challenges

SFI St. Patrick's Day Science Medal Award 2021

The SFI St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal is awarded annually to a distinguished Irish scientist, engineer or technology leader living and working in the USA.

Royal Society SFI University Research Fellowship

This scheme is for outstanding scientists in the Republic of Ireland who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field.

SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

Supporting excellent independent researchers

EPSRC-SFI Joint Funding of Research

EPSRC and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have entered an agreement to welcome, encourage and support research applications that cut across national boundaries involving collaborative teams led by researchers from the UK and Ireland.

SFI Research Centres - Spokes

This programme is a vehicle to enable the addition of new industrial and academic partners and projects to a SFI Research Centre, so allowing the Centre to expand and develop in line with new priorities and opportunities.

SFI Research Professorship Programme 2020

Attracting outstanding research talent to Ireland is one of the principal ambitions of SFI. The recruitment of world-leading scientists and engineers will help to build the national research base and enhance Ireland’s reputation as a location to carry out high-impact, high-quality research.

SFI Discover Programme - Opportunistic Funding Mechanism

The Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme Call aims to support and develop science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education and public engagement sector in Ireland by: investing in, developing and extending activity and ability in this area, and exploring and encouraging novel means of engaging the public

SFI Strategic Partnerships Programme

The Strategic Partnership Programme is open on a rolling basis to applications involving strategic opportunities within all areas covered by SFI’s legal remit where significant co-funding from a company, collection of companies, funding agency, charity, philanthropic organization or Higher Education Institute is available.