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  1. SFI-NSF I-Corps@SFI Entrepreneurial Training Programme (ETP)

    Science Foundation Ireland has partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF) on a collaborative framework called I-Corps@SFI to allow participation of SFI-funded researchers in the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Programme.

    • Deadline — Call A Deadline: January 19th, 2024, 13:00 Dublin Local Time.
    • Award amount — up to €35,000
    • Duration — up to 6 months
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    about SFI-NSF I-Corps@SFI Entrepreneurial Training Programme (ETP)
  2. SFI Research Centres Programme

    SFI’s vision is the development of a dynamic, cohesive and streamlined ecosystem of SFI Research Centres that are international beacons of scientific excellence, bringing together a critical mass of outstanding researchers to collaborate at a scale that will yield national and international impact.

    • Deadline — Expression of Interest: 1st November 2023, 13:00 Irish time; Pre-Proposal: 13th December 2023, 13:00
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — 8 years
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    about SFI Research Centres Programme
  3. EPSRC-SFI Joint Funding of Research

    EPSRC and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have entered an agreement to welcome, encourage and support research applications that cut across national boundaries involving collaborative teams led by researchers from the UK and Ireland.

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount — up to €500,000
    • Duration — up to 5 years
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    about EPSRC-SFI Joint Funding of Research
  4. SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

    Supporting excellent independent researchers

    • Deadline — Awards 2022: Rolling call, Projects 2022: Closed
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — Awards 4 - 5 years; Projects 2 - 4 years
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    about SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme
  5. SFI Research Centres - Spokes

    This programme is a vehicle to enable the addition of new industrial and academic partners and projects to a SFI Research Centre, so allowing the Centre to expand and develop in line with new priorities and opportunities.

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — 1 - 5 years
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    about SFI Research Centres - Spokes
  6. SFI Discover Programme - Opportunistic Funding Mechanism

    The Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme Call aims to support and develop science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education and public engagement sector in Ireland by: investing in, developing and extending activity and ability in this area, and exploring and encouraging novel means of engaging the public

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — 1 year
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    about SFI Discover Programme - Opportunistic Funding Mechanism
  7. SFI Strategic Partnership Programme

    Supporting strategic collaborations

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration — 1-5 years
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    about SFI Strategic Partnership Programme
  8. US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme

    A ‘single-proposal, single-review’ mechanism is facilitated by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health who accept submissions from tri-jurisdictional (USA, NI and RoI) teams to a number of their existing funding programmes.

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration —
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    about US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme
  9. SFI ERC Support Programme

    The SFI ERC Support Programme provides an additional overhead payment to the Host Institution of ERC award winners, which is designed to assist awardees, who may either have won their ERC award while working at an Irish Host Institution or who may have recently been recruited to an Irish Host Institution from overseas, to successfully carry out their ERC-funded research.

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount — up to €300,000
    • Duration —
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    about SFI ERC Support Programme
  10. SFI Partnerships

    The SFI Partnership Schemes aim to provide a flexible mechanism by which SFI can build strategic collaborations with key partners

    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount —
    • Duration —
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    about SFI Partnerships