Funding calls

SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is pleased to launch the SFI Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) 2018 Programme to help develop early- to mid-career researchers on their path to becoming excellent, fully independent research leaders.

EU Co-Funding Opportunities-ERA-Nets & JPIs

European Research Area Networks (ERA-Nets) are networks of public research organisations that coordinate joint research activities in research areas which are of significant strategic value and relevance to the EU.

Competitive Joint Funding Partnership Programme

Competitive Joint Funding Partnership Programmes are co-funded initiatives undertaken in collaboration with a funding agency, charity, philanthropic organisation, Higher Education Institute or company.

Call for Submission of Proposals for Phase 2 Funding

SFI’s Agenda 2020 strategy aims to position Ireland as a global knowledge leader. A key objective of Agenda 2020 is to develop a set of world-leading, large-scale Research Centres that will provide major economic impact for Ireland.

BBSRC-SFI Partnership

BBSRC and Science Foundation Ireland 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 Programme 2016

The 2016 SFI Research Centres Call will operate on a non-thematic basis, and will accept applications aligned with all areas of SFI’s legal remit.

SFI Centres for Research Training Programme 2018

Building on research excellence, the SFI Centres for Research Training will train cohorts of academically outstanding future research leaders with the skills and knowledge required to address the future challenges of an ever-changing work environment.

SFI/EI Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) Programme 2018

The SFI TIDA Programme is designed to enable researchers to focus on the initial stages of an applied research project which may have a commercial benefit if further developed.

EU Joint Transnational Co-funding ERA-NET on Quantum Technologies (QuantERA II)

QuantERA answers the growing need for collaborative endeavours and common funding scheme within QT research

SFI Science Week Call 2024

Supporting events nationwide to encourage people, in particular those underrepresented in STEM, or those with less access to STEM, to engage in ways that are relevant and accessible during Science Week and beyond.