All Funding Schemes

• Call open

  Definitive Interventions and Feasibility Awards (DIFA) 2020

  Evaluating definitive trials of interventions, and studies in preparation for future definitive interventions

• Call open

  SFI-HRB-Wellcome Biomedical Research Partnership

  Access for Irish applicants to funding schemes from Wellcome

• Call open

  US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme

  Increasing collaboration between United States of America (USA), Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland researchers

• Call open

  National PPI Network

  The HRB and the IRC are now inviting an application for the establishment of a National PPI Network aiming to support and further build capacity for high-quality PPI in research throughout Ireland.

• HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships - Applying Research into Policy and Practice (ARPP) 2020 (Next call in 2021)

  Fellowships in applied health research

• Applied Partnership Awards (APA) 2019 (Next call TBC)

  Research projects that address a specific need within the Irish health or social care system

• Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Awards 2020 (Next call in 2020)

  Research and/or professional development (between three and six months) in the United States of America (USA)

• HRB Internship Programme 2019 Round 2 (Next Call in Q3 2021)

  First-hand experience of working in a State agency alongside experienced professionals

• HRCI/HRB Joint Funding Scheme 2020 (Previously MRCG-HRB)

  Research projects that address the needs of specific patient populations

• Summer Student Scholarship (SS) 2020 (Next Call in November 2020)

  Short research projects for undergraduate students in a health or social care-related discipline

• Research visits – Ulysses 2019 (Next call in May 2020)

  Travel awards for exchange visits to French researchers

• NCI Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention (Under Construction)

  To respond to evolving training needs in the area of cancer prevention, the NCI has confirmed this course will be “under construction” until further notice, with the expectation of updating aspects of the design, content, learning objectives, and delivery modes for diverse audiences. Please check back with CPFP’s website https://cpfp.cancer.gov/summer-curriculum, for updates about future NCI trainings and other existing resources.” Support to attend one or two courses on offer at the National Cancer Institute

• Conference and event sponsorship scheme 2020 (next call in July 2020)

  Sponsorship support for seminars/workshops, events and conferences in health research within Ireland.

• Deferred - Emerging Investigator Awards (EIA) 2021

  Supporting researchers currently at mid-stage of their career in their transition into independence. Pre-applications will open 28 May 2018.

• Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Scheme (KEDS) (Next call TBC)

  Supplementary funding for HRB funded researchers for activities that will maximise the potential impact of the research findings on policy or practice, or communicate research and research findings to the general public.

• Collaborative Doctoral Awards in Patient-focused Research (CDA) 2019 (Next call in Q4 2020)

  Supporting excellent doctoral training programmes for future health researchers in the conduct of patient-focused research.

• HRB Impact Award 2019 (Next call in Q3 2020)

  The award will recognise a researcher or health professional who has made a significant impact on people’s health or on health policy or practice.

• Investigator-Led Projects (ILP) 2019 (Next call in Q3 2020)

  Projects in (1) Patient-Oriented Research, (2) Population Health Research and (3) Health Services Research.

• European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) Joint Transnational Call 2020

  This is the second call from European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD). It is a Joint Transnational Call to fund multilateral research projects on rare diseases.

• Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2019 (Next call TBC)

  Research projects with direct relevance to policy and/or practice in the Irish health and social care system.

• Joint Transnational Call for Proposals (2019) For 'Personalised Medicine: Multidisciplinary Research Towards Implementation' (Next joint call in Dec 2019)

  ERAPerMed have launched the second Joint Transnational Call for collaborative innovative research projects in PM. The funding organisations participating in this call particularly wish to promote innovative interdisciplinary collaboration and to encourage translational research proposals

• JPND Transnational Call 2019: Multinational research projects on Personalised Medicine for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Next joint call TBC)

  To support ambitious, innovative, multinational and multidisciplinary collaborative research projects to change the trajectory of these debilitating diseases through the development of Precision Medicine approaches.

• Proof of Concept technical model for ‘DASSL’ (Data Access, Storage, Sharing and Linkage) award 2019 (Closed)

  Proof of concept for national infrastructure for the access, storage, sharing and linkage of research data and routinely collected health and social care data.

• Research Leader Awards (RL) 2020 (Next call in Q1 2021)

  Supporting established health investigators in academic setting transitioning to leadership in health research.

• Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards (ECSA) 2020 (Next call in Q1 2021)

  Supporting health and care practitioners currently at mid-stage of their research career transitioning to research independence.

• Deferred: Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety

  This call has been deferred until further notice. This decision has been taken by the HRB, HSE Quality Improvement team and RCPI as a result of the Covid-19 situation in Ireland, and the capacity of our research community, Health and Care Practitioners in particular, to develop an application at this difficult time. The launch date will be kept under review and we will update the website as soon as further information is known.

• Clinician Scientist Postdoctoral Fellowships (CSF) 2020 (Next call in 2021)

  Fellowships for Health and Care Practitioners in applied health research.

• Deferred: Clinical Trial Networks (CTN) 2020

  This call has been deferred until further notice. This decision has been taken by the HRB and Board members as a result of the Covid-19 situation in Ireland, and the capacity of our research community, Health and Care Practitioners in particular, to develop an application at this difficult time. The launch date will be kept under review and we will update the website as soon as further information is known.

• Joint Transnational Call for Proposals (2020) For “Multidisciplinary Research Projects on Personalized Medicine – Pre-/Clinical Research, Big Data and ICT, Implementation and User’s Perspective”

  ERAPerMed have launched the third Joint Transnational Call for international high-quality research projects in Personalized Medicine (PM). Proposals submitted under this call are expected to demonstrate the applicability of project outcomes to clinical practice.

• JPND Transnational Call 2020: “Novel imaging and brain stimulation methods and technologies related to Neurodegenerative Diseases"

  To support ambitious, innovative, multinational and multidisciplinary collaborative research projects that will further advance the development and the use of imaging technologies and brain stimulation techniques in order to better understand, diagnose or treat neurodegenerative diseases

• ERA-HDHL Call for Joint Transnational Research Proposals: “Development of targeted nutrition for prevention of undernutrition for older adults (PREVNUT)” 2020

  This call intends to fund dedicated, top-class transnational and transdisciplinary research consortia focusing on the prevention of undernutrition in elderly through a proper balance between nutrition, lifestyle and physical exercise or the development of new food products.

• JPI HDHL “Prevention of unhealthy weight gain and obesity during crucial phases throughout the lifespan (PREPHOBES)” 2020

  Proposals will need to focus on one or more crucial phase(s) throughout the lifespan such as transition periods or critical life events.

• COVID-19 Pandemic Rapid Response Funding Call (COV19 2020)

  Rapid response mechanism to fund research that will provide evidence for the national and global efforts to deal with the virus outbreak.