Find out about new funding calls, where your application is in the process, and upcoming deadlines.

Applications in progress

Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards (ECSA) 2024 

The peer and public review stage is currently underway on 10 full applications submitted. The applicant response stage will be completed by end of June. The international interview panel meeting will take place on 4-5 September 2024.

Emerging Investigator Awards (EIA) 2024 

The peer and public review stages are currently underway on 12 full applications submitted. The applicant response stage will be completed by end of June. The interview panel meeting will take place on 10-11 September 2024.

Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Awards 2024

Five applications were submitted to the scheme and the awards will be announced in June 2024. The call is managed by the Fullbright Commission.

HRB-DOH Evidence for Policy (EfP) Pilot 2024

The panel meeting for this scheme took place on Friday 24 May 2024. Funding recommendations will be presented to the HRB Board for consideration at the end of June.

Investigator Led Awards (ILP 2024) 

64 out of 107 eligible applications have been short-listed for panel review. Panel meetings took place on 14 -15 May (Patient-oriented research) and 22 May 2024 (Population health research and Health services research). Recommendations from review panels will be go the HRB board for approval at the end of June.

Health Research Charities Ireland-Health Research Board (HRCI-HRB 2024) 

21 applications received following charity short-listing are undergoing panel review. The Panel meeting takes place on 28 – 29 May 2024.

Joint Transnational Calls (JTCs) 2024

ERA4Health Joint Transnational Call (2024) “Modulation of brain ageing through nutrition and healthy lifestyle (NutriBrain)”

The second stage closed on 27 May 2024. Applications are under review, and applicants can expect to hear the outcome in Q4 2024

European Partnership for Personalised Medicine 2024

The first stage is complete and successful applicants have been invited to submit a full proposal by 20 June 2024 (4:00 pm IST).

Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance 2024

The call closed on 14 March 2024. Eligible applications are now under review and applicants can expect to hear the outcome of the first stage shortly.

European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems 2024   

The call closed on 21 May 2024. Eligible applications will undergo review and applicants can expect to hear the outcome in Q4 2024.

Open Calls

Applied Partnership Awards (APA) 2024 

This call opened 10 January 2024. It will be a rolling call with two closing dates. Cycle I will close 10 April 2024, and cycle II will close 18 December 2024.

Collaborative Research Networks 2024: Dementia and Palliative care

This is a targeted call aimed at existing Networks in Dementia and Palliative Care. The call opened on 21 May, with a closing date of 12 July 2024.

Knowledge Translation Awards (KTA 2024)

The Knowledge Translation Awards 2024 scheme opened on 9 May with a closing date of 20 June 2024. This call is restricted to award holders with an active award as of 1 May 2024, and with an end of grant date of 12 December 2024 or later.

US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme 

This is a rolling call. Check the scheme notice for full details.

Other European research funding opportunities

See our EU funding updates – May 2024 story for information on more European research funding opportunities.

See also the HRB website for general information on the Horizon Europe and EU4Health programmes.

All HRB funding schemes

View a list of all HRB research funding schemes.