Funding calls

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  1. SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme

    Supporting academia-industry interactions in order to address industry‐informed challenges

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    • Deadline — 19th October 2022
    • Award amount — up to €100,000
    • Duration — up to 2 years

  2. 2050 Challenge

    Supporting the transition to a climate-resilient, biodiversity-rich, environmentally sustainable and climate-neutral economy

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    • Deadline — 21st October 2022, 1pm Dublin Local time
    • Award amount — An overall Prize Award of €1M
    • Duration —

  3. Future Digital Challenge

    Supporting the creation of disruptive digital technologies that will lead to new digital products, processes or services that will unlock transformational societal and economic impact for Ireland

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    • Deadline — 21st October 2022, 1pm Dublin Local time
    • Award amount — An overall Prize Award of €1M
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  4. SDG challenge

    Supporting transdisciplinary research teams addressing global challenges

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    • Deadline — 22nd September 2022, 1pm Dublin Local Time
    • Award amount — An overall prize award of €1M
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  5. Royal Society - SFI University Research Fellowship

    The Royal Society - Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellowship 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.

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    • Deadline — 6th September 2022, 3PM
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — up to 8 years

  6. SFI-IRC Pathway Programme

    Supporting the development of research talent across all disciplines

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    • Deadline — Research Body: 29th July 2022 1pm; Full Proposal: 14th September 2022 1pm
    • Award amount — €425,000 (direct costs)
    • Duration — 48 months

  7. 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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount — up to €500,000
    • Duration — up to 5 years

  8. SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

    Supporting excellent independent researchers

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    • Deadline — Awards call is OPEN with a rolling call deadline
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — Awards 4 - 5 years; Projects 2 - 4 years

  9. 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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — 1 - 5 years

  10. SFI Research Professorship Programme

    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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — 10 years (a maximum of two funding cycles of 5 years)