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  1. Future Food Systems Challenge

    The National Challenge Fund Future Food Systems Challenge seeks solutions for sustainable, productive and resilient food systems.

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    • Deadline — 26th May 2023
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  2. Sustainable Communities Challenge

    The National Challenge Fund Sustainable Communities Challenge seeks solutions that will support a sustainable future for Ireland's urban and rural populations.

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    • Deadline — 26th May 2023
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  3. SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

    Supporting excellent independent researchers

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    • Deadline — Projects 2022: deadline 14 April 2023; Awards 2022 OPENING 14 April 2023
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    • Duration — Awards 4 - 5 years; Projects 2 - 4 years
  4. 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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount — up to €500,000
    • Duration — up to 5 years
  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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
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    • Duration — 1 - 5 years
  6. SFI Research Professorship Programme

    Attracting outstanding research talent to Ireland is one of the principal ambitions of SFI. The recruitment of world-leading scientists and engineers will help to build the national research base and enhance Ireland’s reputation as a location to carry out high-impact, high-quality research.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
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    • Duration — 10 years (a maximum of two funding cycles of 5 years)
  7. 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

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    • Deadline — Rolling
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    • Duration — 1 year
  8. SFI Strategic Partnership Programme

    Supporting strategic collaborations

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    • Deadline — Rolling
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    • Duration — 1-5 years
  9. 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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
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  10. 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.

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    • Deadline — Rolling
    • Award amount — up to €300,000
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