SFI is the largest funder of competitive research in Ireland.
What is Challenge based funding?
Empowering and inspiring deep public engagement.
We partner with lots of organisations to support and deliver STEM events in Ireland, from large scale scientific conferences to exciting public events such as Science Week.
We believe in the ability of the research we fund to effect positive change in the world.
SFI Research Centres are making important scientific advances, enhancing enterprise and industry, training students with critical, in-demand skills, supporting regional development, and enhancing Ireland’s international reputation.
SFI Public Service Fellowship Spotlights published
A longer memory of COVID-19 for the immune system?
Understanding the damaging immune over-reaction of COVID-19
A virus’s guide to switching off our defences - and how to switch them on again
Obesity and COVID-19 – why the increased risk?
Gut bugs and the immune system: The case for nurturing your diet in the COVID-19 pandemic
Immunology, Ireland and COVID-19
When a virus meets a cell: Implications for COVID-19
A double-whammy to potentially treat COVID-19