Applications in Progress

Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Awards 2021 

The Fulbright Commission in Ireland has completed the review of eligible applications and the outcome will be communicated in March.

HRB Clinical Trials Network (CTN) 2021 

Following international panel review, ten applications were shortlisted and invited to submit a response to panel and public reviewers’ comments. Shortlisted applicants will attend an interview at the panel meeting, which is taking place from 24 February to 26 February 2021. 

Collaborative Doctoral Awards in Patient-Focused Research (CDA) 2021

An international review panel discussed 22 pre-applications at a meeting in February and shortlisted eight to be invited to full application stage. All applicants have been notified of the outcome.

Cancer Trials in Ireland 2021

The call closed in mid-January. The HRB received 8 applications to the Cluster call and 1 application to the Network call. Applications were reviewed for eligibility and eligible applications were sent for international panel review in February.

HRB Clinical Research Facilities/Centres (CRF/C) 2021

Seven applications were received on 26 January 2021. HRB staff completed an eligibility check and applications are now under international panel review.

Ulysses Travel Grants

The HRB is partnering with the Irish Research Council’s (IRC) Ulysses travel grant to fund a number of research visits to France in three areas: Patient-oriented and clinical research, population health research, and health services research. An application form and full details of the scheme can be found here. The deadline is 4 February 2021. For queries, please contact ulysses@research.ie.

Summer Student Scholarships 2021

131 applications were submitted on 21 January and 128 eligible applications are currently under review. The HRB will communicate the outcome in early April. 
 

Open Calls

ERA-NET NEURON Joint Transnational Call for Proposals (2021)

The Joint Transnational Call supports “Multinational and Translational Research Projects on Neurodevelopmental Disorders”. It aims to facilitate multinational, collaborative research projects that will address important translational questions relating to the neurodevelopmental nature of neurological and mental disorders. The call is currently open and the deadline for submission of pre-proposals is 09 March 2021.

ERA-NET JPIAMR-ACTION Call for Joint Transnational Research Proposals (2021)

The Joint Transnational Call supports “One Health interventions to prevent or reduce the development and transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)”. The call is currently open and the deadline for submission of pre-proposals is 16 March 2021.

JPI ERA-Net-HDHL Call for Joint Transnational Research Proposals (2021)

The Joint Transnational Call supports “Standardised measurement, monitoring and/or biomarkers to study food intake, physical activity and health (STAMIFY)”. The call is currently open and the deadline for submission of pre-proposals is 31 March 2021.

SFI-HRB-Wellcome Biomedical Research Partnership

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

US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme

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

Upcoming Calls

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe (2021-2027) is the EU’s next funding programme for research and innovation. Cluster 1 Health calls will launch in April 2021. The Work Programme is currently being developed. Further information can be found here. For queries, please contact the Health NCP at the HRB, Kay Duggan-Walls, kdugganwalls@hrb.ie.

Secondary Data Analysis Projects

A Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2021 call will open on 29 March 2021. The deadline for submission of proposals is 28 May 2021. This is subject to board approval and more information will follow on the HRB website funding page. For queries please contact Sónia Pereira, spereira@hrb.ie.