Grant updates – April 2023
Find out about new funding calls, where your application is in the process, and upcoming deadlines.
4 min read - 26 Apr 2023
Applications in Progress
Applied Programme Grants Scheme (APRO) 2023
33 applications were received by the 6 April closing date. They are now undergoing initial eligibility checks prior to peer review.
Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Award 2023
Decisions are expected very soon.
Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2023 Cycle 1
14 applications were submitted in Cycle 1, all were deemed eligible and underwent public and peer review. The applicant response phase was completed by the end of March 2023. The SDAP 2023 Panel Review meeting is scheduled for May where reviewers will make recommendations for funding in advance of the June HRB Board meeting.
Definitive Intervention and Feasibility Awards (DIFA) 2023
The board approved 12 DIFA 2023 awards following recommendations of an international review panel in March 2023. All applicants have been notified of the outcome.
HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships: Applying Research into Policy & Practice (ARPP) 2023
The HRB received 11 applications, all of which were eligible. They are currently undergoing international peer-review.
Summer Student Scholarship (SS) 2023
The HRB made 114 awards in this round of the scheme. 155 applications were submitted to the HRB.
HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships: Clinician Scientist Fellowships (CSF) 2023
The HRB received 18 applications. The applications, all of which were eligible, are currently undergoing international peer-review.
HRB Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme (CES) 2023
The panel meeting for 23 eligible applications took place on 24 March 2023. 18 applications were recommended for funding by the panel. These recommendations have been approved by the HRB Executive Team and successful awards are now undergoing the contract stage.
Applied Partnership Awards 2022 (APA) Cycle 2
The call for applications for Cycle 2 closed on 1 February 2023. 21 applications are now under peer review, and applicants will have an opportunity to respond to reviewer comments in May.
Joint Transnational Calls (JTCs)
- ERA-NET TRANSCAN-3 JTC2022: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q2 2023.
- JPND Working Group JTC2022: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q3/Q4 2023.
- EJPRD JTC2023: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q4 2023.
- JPND JTC2023: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q4 2023.
- JPI AMR JTC2023: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q4 2023.
- ERA-NET NEURON JTC2023: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q4 2023.
- ERA4Health JTC2023: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q4 2023.
Open Calls
Patient Safety Research Network (PSRN) 2023
Please Note: The closing date for applications has been extended to 31 May 2023.
The aim of the PSRN is to bring together all relevant stakeholders to promote and advance Patient Safety research in Ireland. All interested applicants should contact the Lead Knowledge User Organisation, the HSE National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate (NQPSD), to express their interest in participating in a potential application (QPSI@hse.ie).
Joint Transnational Calls 2023
Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) Healthcare of the future
This call is part of the new European Partnership, THCS. It opened on 22 March 2023 with deadlines for:
- Intent to apply (mandatory) 23 May 2023
- Full proposal 13 June 2023
Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2023 Cycle 2
The scheme remains open for applications for Cycle 2, the closing date is 4 October 2023.
The scheme supports bringing together researchers, knowledge users and data controllers to develop research projects that answer policy and/or practice-relevant questions through the use of secondary data.
US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme
This is a rolling call. Check the scheme notice for full details.
HRB Rapid Response Mechanism to support Ukrainian researchers in crisis 2022 (Ucrisis 2022)
The grant scheme supports a named individual/s who have been displaced by the Russian invasion in Ukraine or who cannot return to Ukraine due to the invasion (and are being supported by the Irish Government under the Temporary Protection Directive). It is a rolling grant call with continuous intake and fast-tracked application review.
EU funding updates – April 2023
We have collated all the EU funding updates into its own standalone story. Please refer to that for full details.
4 min read - 26 Apr 2023