US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme

The US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme is run jointly by funding agencies across three jurisdictions: United States of America, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Programme aims to increase the level of collaborative R&D among researchers and industry professionals across the three jurisdictions. It covers the full remit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Who can apply?

A US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme application must have a minimum of one applicant from each of the three jurisdictions. Significant participation by researchers in all three jurisdictions must be demonstrated in the application.

Researchers should be at mid-stage or senior stage in their career.

How to apply

The applicant from each jurisdiction must submit an “Intention to Submit form” to the relevant funding agency at least 10 weeks in advance of the deadline for the full proposal at NIH. For all ROI-based applicants, this process will be managed by the SFI, which will consult with HRB as appropriate. For further details, please refer to Section 3 of the “Guidance for ROI and NI applicants for Submission of Tri‐partite Proposals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)”.

The applicants from each jurisdiction will write a joint ‘tri-partite’ proposal in the RO1 format required by NIH. An almost final draft of this tri-partite proposal must be submitted to SFI and HRB for review at least six weeks before the relevant NIH deadline. For details of this procedure, please refer to Section 11 of the “Guidance for ROI and NI applicants for Submission of Tri-partite Proposals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)”.

It is the responsibility of the US applicant to submit the tri-partite proposal to the NIH for review.

The application must have been reviewed and approved by the signatory approver at the research office (or equivalent) in the host institution before it is submitted to SFI. Therefore, applicants should ensure that they give the signatory approver sufficient time before the scheme closing date to review the application and approve it. Please note that many host institutions specify internal deadlines for this procedure.

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Email: USIreland(at)sfi.ie

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NIH Deadlines

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/due-dates-and-submission-policies/due-dates.htm