Funding

Science Foundation Ireland provides grants for researchers from around the world who wish to relocate to Ireland and those already based in Ireland, for outstanding investigators, for conferences and symposia, and for collaboration with industry.

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Award Management
SFI Annual Plan 2018

  • 4,524

    people working on SFI research projects in 2017

  • 36

    patents granted to SFI award holders in 2017

  • 4,894

    publications in 2017

  • 2.67%

    of SFI funded publications in the top 1% of publications

Featured funding calls

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  1. SFI Discover Programme Science Week Call 2019

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    • Deadline — 26th April 2019
    • Award amount — Festivals up to 35,000 Events up to 8,000
    • Duration — up to 3 years

  2. SFI Discover Programme 2019

    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 — 7th June 2019
    • Award amount — up to €300.000
    • Duration — up to 2 years