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  1. SFI Research Infrastructure Programme

    Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is pleased to launch the SFI Research Infrastructure 2018 Programme to help support the research community in building and sustaining the required infrastructural capacity to accomplish high quality, high impact and innovative research

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — Minimum request of €500,000 direct costs
    • Duration — 12 months

  2. SFI/NSF I-Corps@SFI Entrepreneurial Training Programme 2018

    Science Foundation Ireland has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on a collaborative framework called I-Corps@SFI to allow participation of SFI-funded researchers in the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Programme.

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €35,000
    • Duration — up to 6 months

  3. 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.

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up €5,000,000 per annum
    • Duration — up to 6 years

  4. SFI Discover Programme 2018

    Science Foundation Ireland, through its education and public engagement programme, seeks to promote the awareness and engagement of the Irish public with science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €300.000
    • Duration — up to 2 years

  5. SFI Discover Programme Science Week Call 2018

    SFI is pleased to announce the launch of the Discover Programme Science Week Call 2018. The mission of Science Foundation Ireland’s education and public engagement programme is to catalyse, inspire and guide the best in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education and public engagement.

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €35,000 per annum
    • Duration — up to 3 years

  6. SFI Discover Programme Call - Project of regional or national impact funding

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €300,000 per annum
    • Duration — up to 2 years

  7. SFI Discover Programme Science Week content, event development and delivery

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €8,000
    • Duration — 1 year

  8. SFI Discover Programme Dublin Science Week Open Day

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €20,000
    • Duration — 1 year

  9. Policy Research Programme

    Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is pleased to launch the Science Policy Research Programme 2017 to develop and support science policy research in Ireland.

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €700,000
    • Duration — up to 4 years

  10. 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.

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    • Deadline — Closed
    • Award amount — up to €425,000
    • Duration — 4 years