Applications in progress

HRB Impact Award 2025 

The winner of this competition will be announced at the HRB Grant holders conference in February 2025. 

Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Awards 2025 

A review of the 10 applications submitted to the Fulbright Commission is underway. The commission manages the call. 

Summer Student Scholarships (SS) 2025 

Eligibility is underway for the 172 applications received in December 2024. It will be completed by the end of January. The randomisation allocations of the funding will take place in February in the presence of two independent observers from the HRB Host Institutions’ Research Officers Group. 

Applied Partnership Awards (APA) 2024 

Cycle 2 closed on 18 December 2024, and an eligibility review is underway for the 47 applications received. It will be completed by the end of January. 

 

Open Calls

Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme (CES) 2025 

The HRB Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme (CES 2025) aims to create an opportunity to host health research-related events, workshops, or conferences in Ireland. Cycle 1 opened on 24 January 2025 and will close on 21 February 2025 at 13:00. 

US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme 

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

ERA4Health Investigator-Initiated Clinical Studies 2025 

A joint transnational call entitled “EffecTrial: fostering pragmatic comparative-effectiveness trials in non-communicable diseases”. It is currently open and the deadline for pre-proposal submission is 28 January 2025 at 15:00 GMT. 

European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) 2025 

This is a joint transnational call entitled “Better Care Closer to Home: Enhancing Primary and Community Care”. It is currently open and the deadline for pre-proposal submission is 30 January 2025 at 13:00 GMT. 

An information webinar took place on 17 December 2024 at 13:00–15:00 GMT (recording (YouTube) and slides (PDF) are available).  

European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA) 2025 

This is a joint transnational call entitled “Pre-clinical therapy studies for rare diseases using small molecules and biologicals – development and validation”. It is currently open and the deadline for pre-proposal submission is 13 February 2025 at 13:00 GMT. 

Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) 2025 

This is a joint transnational call entitled “Health and social care research with a focus on the moderate and late stages of neurodegenerative diseases” It is currently open and the deadline for pre-proposal submission is 4 March 2025 at 11:00 GMT. 

Network of European Funding for Neuroscience Research (ERA-NET NEURON) 2025 

This is a joint transnational call entitled “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Pain”. It is currently open and the deadline for pre-proposal submission is 6 March 2025 at 13:00 GMT. 

 

Upcoming Calls

Capacity building and research careers grants 

The Board of the HRB has recently kick-started planning towards development of its new Strategy (2026-2030). To feed into that process, we have been reviewing our investments in capacity/careers to date and we wish to thank those who kindly provided feedback through surveys and interviews. We will present our analysis to the Board in Q1 2025, and we will revert later with an update on planned 2025 calls. 

Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) 2025 

JPND will launch a joint transnational call entitled “Health and social care research with a focus on the moderate and late stages of neurodegenerative diseases” in early January 2025, with a likely pre-proposal submission deadline in early March 2025. 

Guidance for applicants based in Ireland will be published on HRB’s Grant Schemes webpage shortly after the call launches. 

ERA-NET NEURON 2025 

ERA-NET NEURON will launch a joint transnational call entitled “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Neuroscience of Pain” in early January 2025, with a likely pre-proposal submission deadline in early March 2025. 

Guidance for applicants based in Ireland, including the areas that HRB can cover, will be published on HRB’s Grant schemes webpage shortly after the call launches. 

Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2025 

The Secondary Data Analysis Projects 2025 Scheme will have two cycles. It will open for applications  to Cycle 1 on 03 February 2025 and close on 30 May 2025 at 13:00. 

Cycle 2 will open for applications on 01 September 2025 and close on 05 January 2026 at 13:00. All information on SDAP 2025, including the Guidance notes can be found on the HRB website. An information webinar will take place on Wednesday 29th January at 14:00 in advance of the call opening and outline changes since the previous round. 

To register to attend please use this link: Webinar Registration – Zoom 

 

Other European research funding opportunities

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

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