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| Funder | Funding Call | Target | Funding Available | Launch Date | Deadline | Funding Duration | Stage | Further Information |
| Irish Research Council | Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postgraduate) | Provides researchers with the opportunity to pursue research in collaboration with enterprise while based at an eligible higher education institution. | Stipend €22,000 per yr; Contribution to fees, including non-EU fees, up to a maximum of €5,750 per yr; Eligible direct research expenses €3,250 per yr | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 1 – 4 years | – | https://research.ie/funding/eps-postgrad/ |
| Irish Research Council | Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postdoctoral) | Provides researchers with the opportunity to pursue research in collaboration with enterprise while based at an eligible higher education or research-performing institution. | Salary – €46,714 (Yr 1), €47,879 (Yr 2). Employer’s PRSI contribution. Eligible direct research expenses €5,000 per yr | 03/10/2024 | 14/11/2024 | 2 years | – | https://research.ie/funding/eps-postdoc/?f= |
NIH | NIH Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants | Grant for exploratory bioengineering research projects. | 16-Nov-24 | https://www.nih.gov/ | ||||
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Material and Process Innovation | Funds for smart manufacturing innovations in materials and processes. | 18-Nov-24 | Search DOE STEM Opportunities | Department of Energy | ||||
European Defence Agency | European Defence Agency Proof of concept for ‘Advanced Materials for Acoustic Signature Management (AMASM)’ | Research support for managing materials’ acoustic properties. | 18-Nov-24 | EU research | ||||
Horizon Europe | Clean Energy Transition partnership joint call | Support for clean energy and transition technologies research. | The Joint Call 2024 includes 42 funding organisations across 30 EU Member States and Associated Countries, with a total available budget up to €100 million. | 19 September 2024 | 21-Nov-24 | Clean Energy Transition Partnership | ||
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) Gasification of Alternative Feedstocks | Funds to research gasification using alternative feedstocks. | $15,000,000 | 22-Nov-24 | Funding Notice: Gasification of Alternative Feedstocks | Department of Energy | |||
Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Trust Career Development Awards | Career development awards for scientific researchers. | The annual expenditure for a Career Development Award is usually below £250,000 excluding the applicant’s salary. Applications above this value will be subject to additional scrutiny. | 26-Nov-24 | Usually 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis. | Career Development Awards – Funding for Mid-Career Researchers | Wellcome | ||
DFG | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Priority Programme ‘Nitrides4Future – Novel Materials and Device Concepts’ | Priority research on novel nitrides for material/device concepts. | 22-Nov-24 | https://www.dfg.de/en/ | ||||
Wellcome Trust | Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards | Funding for discovery-stage projects across science disciplines. | You should ask for the resources you need for your research programme – see the ‘Research costs we’ll cover’ section on this page. You will need to justify this in your application. The average size of a Discovery Award is £3.5 million. Applications above £5 million will be subject to additional scrutiny. | Three times a year – Upcoming deadlines in December 2024 and April 2025 | Awards can be up to 8 years, but may be less for some disciplines, and may be longer if held on a part-time basis. The average duration of a Discovery Award is 7 years, although we have supported awards from 3 to 8 years. | Wellcome Discovery Awards – Funding for Established Researchers | Grant funding | Wellcome | ||
| Horizon Europe | MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 | Train creative, entrepreneurial, innovative and resilient doctoral candidates, providing enhanced career perspectives in both the academic and non-academic sectors. | 29/05/2024 | 27/11/2024 | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-msca-2024-dn-01-01 | |||
Urban Mobility | 𝗦𝗠𝗘 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 | Funding for your SME and pilot your solution next year. | €2 Million in funding | 2nd December 2025 | https://lnkd.in/dw3aPyxV | |||
| Urban Mobility | 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 | Funding for your startup or scale-up delivering innovative urban mobility solutions: | The total EIT funding allocated to this call is 10M EUR* ** *Out of which up to 2M EUR dedicated to support start-ups from RIS countries only. Under this call, RIS countries are considered the ones underrepresented in EIT Urban Mobility Portfolio: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine. All other eligible countries (see chapter 2.2.1), will be covered by the non-RIS budget. **The total amount could be increased based on the budget availability of the Impact Ventures Area | 10th January 2025 | https://lnkd.in/dHsKFm7c | |||
Lever for Change | Lever for Change Action for Women’s Health Open Call | Funding to improve women’s health through innovation. | $250 million global open call that will fund organizations around the world that are improving women’s mental and physical health. The registration period is now open. | 03-Dec-24 | Action for Women’s Health: A Global Open Call | leverforchange.org | |||
Simons Foundation | Targeted grants in mathematics and physical sciences, Simons Foundation | Research grants in mathematics and physical sciences | Rolling | Funding Opportunities | ||||
| Enterprise Ireland | Enterprise Ireland | Rolling | https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/funding-supports/ | |||||
ACTRIS-2 | ACTRIS-2 Transnational Access Call | https://www.actris.eu/ | ||||||
European Research Council | ERC Consolidator Grant – ERC-2025-CoG | Consolidator grant for mid-career researchers. | Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs. An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs. | 14-Jan-25 | Consolidator Grant | ERC | |||
| Horizon Europe | Development of next-generation synthetic renewable fuel technologies | Research on synthetic renewable fuel technologies. | Programme funding: € 95500 million | 21/01/2025 | Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021 to 2027) | |||
| Horizon Europe | DACCS and BECCS for CO2 removal/negative emissions | Research for negative emission technologies. | 21/01/2025 | DACCS and BECCS for CO2 removal/negative emissions | ||||
| Horizon Europe | Resource Efficiency of PV in Production, Use and Disposal | Research to improve PV resource efficiency. | 21/01/2025 | Resource Efficiency of PV in Production, Use and Disposal | ||||
| Horizon Europe | CCU for the production of fuels | Research on carbon capture and fuel production. | The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 15.00 million. The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 7.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different amount | 21/01/2025 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-11: CCU for the production of fuels | Circular Cities and Regions Initiative | |||
| Horizon Europe | Design for adaptability, re-use and deconstruction of buildings | Funding for sustainable building design. | The total indicative budget for the topic is EUR 8.00 million. The Commission estimates that an EU contribution of around EUR 4.00 million would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of a proposal requesting different amounts. | 21/01/2025 | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-02-04: Design for adaptability, re-use and deconstruction of buildings, in line with the principles of circular economy (Built4People Partnership) | Circular Cities and Regions Initiative | |||
| Horizon Europe | MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 | International, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in research and innovation through exchanging staff and sharing knowledge and ideas at all stages of the innovation chain. | Consolidator grant for mid-career researchers. | 19/09/2024 | 05/02/2025 | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-msca-2024-se-01-01 | ||
| Interreg Atlantic Area | High quality transnational projects, which cannot be solved alone. 4 -12 beneficiaries. Blue innovation and competitiveness (Smarter Europe). Blue and green environment (Greener Europe). Blue sustainable tourism and culture (Social Europe) | Projects supported under this call will be co-financed and reimbursed up to 75%. | 25/11/2024 | 14/02/2025 | https://www.atlanticarea.eu/news-events/news/third-call-for-projects-preview | |||
| Science Foundation Ireland | SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme | Independent investigators conducting highly innovative, collaborative research with the potential to deliver impact, whilst also providing opportunities for high-risk, high-reward research projects. | Award: €600,000 – €1,500,000 (direct costs) | Open Call (Awards Only) | Awards 4 – 5 years; Projects 2 – 4 year | https://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/frontiers-for-the-future/ | ||
| Science Foundation Ireland | US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme | Increase the level of collaborative R&D amongst researchers and industry across the three jurisdictions of United States of America, Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland. | SFI: €350,000 | Open Call | 3 – 5 years | https://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/us-ireland-rd-partnership/index.xml | ||
| Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council & SFI | EPSRC-SFI Joint Funding of Research | Encourage and support research applications that cut across national boundaries involving collaborative teams led by researchers from the UK and Ireland. | Open Call | Up to 5 years | https://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/epsrc-sfi-partnership/index.xml |