We manage a suite of interlinked programmes funding researchers across all career stages and disciplines. Use the filter options on the left to find out more.


Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH)

OPEN

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Ukrainian Researchers Scheme

OPEN

Supporting researchers and research-related technical staff who have been displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine

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SFI-IRC Pathway Programme

OPEN

Enabling talented postdoctoral researchers across all disciplines to develop their track record and establish themselves as independent investigators

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Ulysses

OPEN

Supporting collaborations between Irish- and French-based researchers in areas important for both economies

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European Coordinated Research on Long-term Challenges in Information and Communication Sciences & Technologies ERA-NET (CHIST-ERA)

OPEN

Reinforcing the transnational collaboration between participating states in challenging multidisciplinary research in the area of information and communication sciences and technologies

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Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Awards

CLOSED

Supporting the next generation of leading scientists to attend the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

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Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA)

CLOSED

Supporting the continued growth and development of collaborative and transnational humanities research across Europe

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European Social Survey

CLOSED

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DOROTHY COFUND Programme

CLOSED

Developing interdisciplinary approaches to health crises collaboratively

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Irish Research Council-European Southern Observatory Studentship Programme

CLOSED

Providing a valuable opportunity for an astronomer of the future undertaking a PhD at an eligible Irish institution to gain experience at the most productive ground-based astronomical observatory in the world

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National Public and Patient Involvement Network Funding Opportunity

CLOSED

Supporting and further building capacity for high-quality public and patient involvement in health research throughout Ireland

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COALESCE Research Fund

CLOSED

Supporting excellent research addressing national and global challenges

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Advanced Laureate Awards Programme

CLOSED

Supporting exceptional researchers to conduct frontier research across all disciplines

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Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postgraduate)

CLOSED

Supporting suitably qualified research master's and doctoral candidates in any discipline working in partnership with academia and enterprise

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Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

CLOSED

Supporting researchers at an early stage of their postdoctoral career to associate with established research teams who have achieved international recognition for their work

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Employment-Based Postgraduate Programme

CLOSED

Supporting suitably qualified research master's and doctoral candidates in any discipline working in partnership with academia while employed by an enterprise partner

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Enterprise Partnership Scheme (Postdoctoral)

CLOSED

Supporting researchers at an early stage of their postdoctoral career working in partnership with academia and enterprise

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Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme

CLOSED

Supporting suitably qualified research master's and doctoral candidates pursuing, or intending to pursue, full-time research in any discipline

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Starting and Consolidator Laureate Awards Programme

CLOSED

Supporting exceptional researchers to conduct frontier basic research across all disciplines

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New Foundations

CLOSED

Supporting eligible researchers intending to pursue research, networking or dissemination activities within and across the diversity of disciplines

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