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 Frontiers for the Future Programme

    Supporting excellent independent researchers

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    • Deadline — Pre-proposal 13:00 28 March 2019
    • Award amount — Project €200,000-€480,000; Award €500,000-€1,000,0
    • Duration — Project 2, 3 or 4 years; Award 4 or 5 years

  3. SFI Fellowship Programme

    Science Foundation Ireland is pleased to launch the Science Foundation Ireland Fellowship Programme. This programme aims to provide successful candidates with the opportunity to develop their career through experiencing first-hand, the diversity of activities carried out by a funding agency.

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    • Deadline — 17th April 2019
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — up to 3 years