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| Funder | Funding Call | Target | Funding Available | Launch Date | Deadline | Funding Duration | Stage | Further Information |
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 | ||
| 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 | |||
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 | |||
| Health Board Research | European Rare Diseases Research Alliance 2025 | The Health Research Board (HRB) is participating in the European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) Joint Transnational Call 2025 to support Irish researchers to engage in transnational collaborative research in the field of rare diseases under the call entitled “Pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases using small molecules and biologicals – development and validation”. | €430,000–€530,000 | 13/02/2025 | https://www.hrb.ie/funding-scheme/european-rare-diseases-research-alliance-2025/ | |||
Health Board Research | European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems 2025 | The Health Research Board (HRB) is supporting Irish researchers to engage in transnational collaborative research in the field of health and care systems research under the call entitled “Better care closer to home: Enhancing primary and community care”. | €430,000 – €530,000 | 30/01/2025 | https://www.hrb.ie/funding-scheme/european-partnership-on-transforming-health-and-care-systems-2025/ | |||
Catalyse NEB 2025 | Catalyse NEB 2025 | The EIT Community New European Bauhaus (NEB) invites applications for funding and participation in its Catalyse NEB programme, a start-up accelerator designed to advance NEB values across Europe Start Ups’ | €20,000.00 | 27/01/2025 | https://www.climate-kic.org/open-call/catalyse-neb-2025/ | |||
| 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 | |||
Health Board Research | US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme | HRB | Health Research Board | The US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme is run jointly by funding agencies across three jurisdictions: United States of America, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Programme aims to increase the level of collaborative R&D among researchers and industry professionals across the three jurisdictions. It covers the full remit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). | Up to €700,000 | 11/10/2028 | US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme | HRB | Health Research Board |