Applications in Progress

Definitive Interventions and Feasibility Awards (DIFA) 2023

International peer review and public review for all full applications is now complete and the applicant response phase is currently ongoing prior to panel review.

Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2023 Cycle 1

Applications for Cycle 1 closed on the 15th of December 2022.  14 applications were submitted in Cycle 1, these applications will now undergo eligibility checks and peer and panel review. 

Open Calls

Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2023 Cycle 2

This is a rolling call and as such there will be two separate closing dates and associated peer review cycles. The scheme remains open for applications for Cycle 2, the closing date is 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.

HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships: Applying Research into Policy & Practice (ARPP) 2023

The fellowships aim to provide opportunities for talented academic-based health and social care researchers during the postdoctoral stage of their research career. The call will close on 02 March 2023.

HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships: Clinician Scientist Fellowships (CSF) 2023

The overarching aim is to provide postdoctoral opportunities for talented health and social care practitioners involved in the delivery of patient or social care, who have a PhD (or PhD equivalency) and wish to pursue a combined clinical and research career. The call will close on 02 March 2023

Applied Partnership Awards 2022 (APA) Cycle 2

The closing date for submission to Cycle 2 is 1 February 2023. The scheme supports applied research projects in which researchers and knowledge users come together to develop research projects that address a specific need within the Irish health or social care system.  The Applied Partnership Awards (APA) is a rolling call.

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 HRB has approved two applications for funding as of September 2022. The Ucrisis 2022 supplementary grant call (restricted to eligible active grant awards) opened on 22 April 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.

Upcoming Calls

Applied Programme Grants Scheme (APRO) 2023

This scheme will open at the end of January and aims to support a strategic programme of applied research in health and social care that will have an impact on the health and social care of individuals, population health and the health system in Ireland and beyond. Read the Applied Programme Grants news story that contains important pre-call information.

HRB Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme (CES) 2023

This scheme will open in early January (pending board approval) and  aims to create an opportunity to host health research related events, workshops, or conferences in Ireland. Further information on the scheme will be posted on our All funding schemes webpage as soon as it is available.

EU grant funding updates- December 2022

We have collated all the EU funding updates into its own standalone story.  Please refer to that for full details.

For your convenience, a brief summary is below.

 EU Applications in Progress

EU Open Calls

EU Upcoming Calls