Funding calls

SFI Fellowship Programme

The SFI Fellowship Programme provides the opportunity for postdoctoral researchers of eligible Research Bodies to undertake a placement within SFI to develop their careers through experiencing, first-hand, the diversity of activities carried out by a funding agency.

SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme

Supporting academia-industry interactions in order to address industry‐informed challenges

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.

SFI Science Week Call 2024

Supporting events nationwide to encourage people, in particular those underrepresented in STEM, or those with less access to STEM, to engage in ways that are relevant and accessible during Science Week and beyond.

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.

EP PerMed

SFI and the HRB are collaborating to support Irish researchers in building EU partnerships on the theme of personalised medicine as a part of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine on the Identification and Validation of Targets for Personalised Medicine Approaches.

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.

SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

Supporting excellent independent researchers

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.

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