Research Newsletter - Issue 79: Funding Opportunities
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The Call for Proposals for the Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund programme is open. The Call will close for applicants at 3pm on Friday 10th February 2023.
The Commercialisation Fund provides funding to third-level researchers to develop, build and validate innovations, technically and commercially, to address a market need or challenge. The programme will fund innovations at all stages of the commercial pipeline, to the point where the innovations can be commercialised to have an economic impact in Ireland.
Applicants who are interested in applying to the Programme are encouraged to engage with their Technology Transfer Office (TTO) as soon as possible. Enterprise Ireland (EI) Commercialisation Specialists are available to guide researchers in preparing and submitting applications. Working together with the TTO and EI Commercialisation Specialists will help to align applications with the requirements of the Programme.
Full details on this award are available at the Enterprise Ireland website.
Contact: kieran.odwyer@dcu.ie
The Interreg North-West Europe Call 2 is now open and will close on Thursday, 9th February 2023.
Call 2 covers all nine specific objectives addressed by the programme and follows a two-step process. More details are available from the Interreg NW Europe website. In step 1, applicants focus on the project need and justification, its objective, the added value of the proposed approach and the relevance of the partnership. All projects that successfully pass the step 1 phase will be invited to submit a more detailed application, including a complete work plan and budget. This infographic explains the Interreg two-step application process.
They are looking for transnational cooperation initiatives that can deliver concrete results for the North-West Europe area. If you have an idea that could make one of their programme objectives a reality, get in touch with one of their contact points and start developing your proposal now!
Note: This fund is 60% funded, with a requirement of 40% match funding.
Contact: kieran.odwyer@dcu.ie
This programme, open to postdoctoral or experienced researchers with the support of their 3rd level educational body, aims to provide successful applicants with the opportunity to develop their career through proposing a research project and delivering it while immersed in the diverse activities carried out by SEAI, Ireland’s sustainable energy authority.
The primary objectives of the SEAI Fellowship Pilot Programme are to:
- build capacity in the sustainable energy sector
- enhance national capabilities and capacities at the energy-policy interface
- bridge the gap between policy and research
- strengthen knowledge to support the clean energy transition.
Applicants are invited to submit research proposals aligning with one of the 7 Topics below:
- Investigating gender aspects of Ireland’s clean energy transition
- Investigating ecological preservation while maximising Ireland’s clean energy transition
- Investigating innovation to impact frameworks to achieve Ireland’s clean energy transition
- Research informing model methodology and functionality to enhance comprehensive energy modelling capability
- Improving the effectiveness and equity of Energy Saving Programmes
- Behavioural economic trials to understand energy consumption and encourage uptake of energy saving measures
- Developing a research impact framework to support Ireland's energy research sector
All details regarding the application process can be found in the 2022 SEAI Fellowship Call Document and the call website.
The SEAI Fellowship Programme provides funding for fellowship projects of up to 24 months in duration. Fellowship projects will be offered on a full-time, continuous period basis, located in SEAI Dublin office. Eligible requested costs include Staff Costs (and associated overheads) only. The maximum SEAI contribution to a Fellowship award is for two year’s salary (based on IUA salary scales) plus overheads.
SEAI is hosting an information webinar about the call on the 10th of January 2023 - registration here.
The call deadline is 14th February 2023.
Contact: ecaterina.mcdonagh@dcu.ie
This programme provides opportunities for independent investigators to conduct highly innovative, collaborative research with the potential to deliver impact, whilst also providing discrete opportunities for high-risk, high-reward research projects.
The programme call is divided into Project and Award streams.
- The Project stream will run as a fixed deadline call with a submission deadline of 14th April 2023 at 13:00 Dublin Local Time.
- The Award stream will run as a rolling call with applicants free to submit applications from 14th April 2023.
Further information on this Call and how to apply is available from the SFI website.
Contact: ecaterina.mcdonagh@dcu.ie
The Health Research Board has launched their Applying Research into Policy and Practice (ARPP) scheme, which is targeted at health and social care researchers with a PhD (or PhD equivalency) and between two to six years of active post-doctoral experience, who are interested in advancing applied health and social care research aimed at finding practical solutions to specific problems.
The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for researchers to enhance their career ambition towards achieving tenured independent investigator status. Each fellowship will provide salary for the fellow and research-related costs up to a maximum of €50K. It can be undertaken full time for three years or part time up to five years.
The call deadline is 2nd March 2023. See the HRB website for further details.
Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
The Co-Centre Programme is an exciting opportunity for researchers to build strategic collaborative partnerships across Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the formation of a Co-Centre.
The programme will establish virtual Centres of distributed excellence linking researchers across academia and industry to perform cutting-edge research in areas of mutual economic, societal, health and environmental importance. Co-Centres will be structured according to the existing SFI model and will be funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and co-funded by industry.
Louise Rocks, scientific programme manager for SFI, Laura Bones, senior programme manager for UKRI, and Pauline Rooney, innovation and science transformation director at Daera, explain the key features of one of the biggest calls of recent years in this Research Professional article.
The call will focus on two thematic areas:
- Climate
- Sustainable and resilient food systems
Key dates:
Deadline for abstract submission: 20th January 2023
Deadline for submission of full proposals: 16th March 2023
Call document and further details are available on the call’s website.
Contact: ecaterina.mcdonagh@dcu.ie
The Erasmus+ Call for 2023 has been launched by the European Commission. The press release gives a useful overview. Full application guidelines are given in the Erasmus+ Guide.
Selected application deadlines are listed below. Once individual calls are opened, applications are submitted via the following portals:
For decentralised actions (e.g. Cooperation Partnerships), please visit the Opportunities for Erasmus+ website from the European Commission.
For all other actions, please visit the Funding & tender opportunities website from the European Commission.
- Jean Monnet Action: 14th February 2023
- Erasmus Mundus Action: 16th February 2023
- Capacity building in the field of Higher Education: 16th February 2023
- Capacity building in the field of Vocational Education and Training: 28th February 2023
- Forward-looking projects: 15th March 2023
- Cooperation partnerships: 22nd March 2023
- Alliances for Innovation: 3rd May 2023
- Centres of Vocational Excellence: 8th June 2023
Contact: sophie.ball@dcu.ie
EIC Pathfinder Open provides funding for projects in any field of science or technology, based on high-risk/high-gain science-towards-technology breakthrough interdisciplinary research. This Programme aims to support early-stage projects (TRL levels 1 to 4) that have the potential to create new markets and address global changes. With a high-risk/high gain approach, a consortium of minimum 3 partners from academia or industry can work together to develop an innovative technology, based on science-towards-technology breakthrough research, up to the point of proof of principle.
Projects typically involve consortia of researchers and other partners from at least three different countries, but there are also opportunities for individual teams and small consortia (two partners).
Grants of up to 3 to 4 million euro support early stage development of future technologies (e.g. various activities at low Technology Readiness Levels 1-3), up to proof of concept. Pathfinder projects can also receive additional funding for testing the innovation potential of their research outputs.
The EIC Pathfinder Open 2023 call will close on the 7th March 2023 at 17.00.
Further information on the call can be found at the European Innovation Council website.
Contact: dara.dunican@dcu.ie