Applications in Progress

HRCI/HRB Joint Funding Scheme 2022

Participating charity calls have now closed and applications are under-going peer review.

Summer Student Scholarship 2022

The Summer Student Scholarships 2022 closed on Thursday 20 January 2022 and the HRB received 85 applications. Eligibility checking is currently underway, followed by a peer-review phase.

Structured PhD Programme in Population Health and Health Services Research (PHHSR) 2022

Following the Panel meeting in November and the response of the Team of Directors to the Panel feedback, the Panel recommendations will be brought to the HRB Board in February 2022.

Investigator-Led Projects (ILP) 2022

Following eligibility checking, 1 application was deemed ineligible, and 1 application was withdrawn from the process. 118 eligible applications are now undergoing peer and public review.

Emerging Investigator Awards for Health (EIA) 2022 

Peer-review has started for 15 full applications, which were submitted on 13 January 2022.

Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety 2021 (RCQPS)

Two applications were recommended by the review panel for funding and approved by the HRB Board in December. Details will be announced shortly.

ERA-NET TRANSCAN-3 Joint Transnational Call  (2021)

Full proposals from successful consortia are currently undergoing evaluation.

National Integrated PhD Programme for Medical Practitioners 2022

The application submitted by the current Directors of the ICAT Programme is under review by an international panel. The panel interview meeting will take place in early February 2022.

Research visits – Ulysses 2022

The deadline was extended to the 27 January 2022 at 16:00 with decisions expected in June 2022. Please contact ulysses@research.ie for further information.

Open Calls

Applied Partnership Awards 2022 (APA)

The 2022 call for proposals for Applied Partnership Awards (APA) is now open. 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. This is a rolling call with the first closing date for submissions on 27 April 2022.

US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme

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

European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) Joint Transnational Call (2022)

The Joint Transnational Call on “Development of new analytic tools and pathways to accelerate diagnosis and facilitate diagnostic monitoring of rare diseases” launched on 14 December 2021 with a submission deadline for pre-proposals of 16 February 2022.

ERA PerMed Joint Transnational Call (2022)

The Joint Transnational Call on “Prevention in Personalised Medicine” opened 01 December 2021 with a submission deadline for pre-proposals of 17 February 2022.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe (2021-2027) is the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation. The 2022 calls (Single and two-stage calls) are now open!

Single stage calls close on 21 April 2022 and the first stage of 2-stage calls close on 01 February 2022. Details of these calls are available on the Funding and Tenders Portal Search Funding & Tenders (europa.eu)

Examples of calls are:

Better financing models for health systems, pre-clinical development of the next generation of immunotherapies for diseases or disorders with unmet medical needs, Development of new effective therapies for rare diseases, developing the next generation of vaccines, boosting mental health in Europe in times of change and Prevention of obesity throughout the life course to highlight a few. 

The Work Programme is available here in PDF.

For queries, please contact the Health NCP at the HRB, Kay Duggan-Walls, kdugganwalls@hrb.ie.

An online information event was held on 28 October on the 2022 calls and the recordings are available here.

Recordings from the webinar on 2022 calls held on 09 December 2021 are available here.

Cancer Mission

EU Missions are an additional part of the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme for 2021-2027 aiming to address some of the greatest challenges facing our society.  An online information event was held on 18 January 2022 on the Cancer Mission and the 2021 calls and the recording is available here EU Missions info days | European Commission (europa.eu)

Calls close on 26 April 2022 and details of the calls are available on the Funding and Tenders Portal Search Funding & Tenders (europa.eu) 

The calls are:

1. Better understanding of the impact of risk factors and health determinants on the development and progression of cancer.

2. Develop new methods and technologies for cancer screening and early detection. 

3. Develop and validate a set of quality of life and patient preference measures for cancer patients and survivors.

An international brokerage event for the Cancer Mission 2022 calls will be held online on 14 February 2022, 09:00 CET. See details here Cancer Mission International Brokerage Event – Home (b2match.io). Registration for the event is mandatory and is now open. You can complete your registration by filling out the form.

Mission Boards: Call for Experts

The European Commission is looking for experts to advise on EU Missions. A call for applications for the selection of members for new Mission Boards has been published at the following link Commission is looking for top experts to advise on EU Missions | European Commission (europa.eu)

The deadline for applications is 02 February 2022, 17:00 CET. Interested individuals are invited to submit their application in the online survey-management system EUSurvey – Survey (europa.eu).

EU4Health

Call for proposals for an action grant to support accreditation and certification of quality assurance schemes for breast, colorectal and cervical cancer screening programmes. Deadline for submission is the 17 February 2022. For more details visit here.

A call for operating grants for NGOs is now open with a deadline of 17 February 2022. For more details visit here.

 
Upcoming Calls 

Conference and Events Sponsorship Scheme (CES) 2022

The Conference and Events Sponsorship Scheme 2022 will open on 27 January 2022 and will support health research related events, workshops, or conferences in Ireland. The closing date for applications will be the 24 February 2022.

Definitive Intervention and Feasibility Awards (DIFA) 2022

The HRB intends to launch a new call for Definitive Interventions and Feasibility Awards in Q1 2022, subject to board approval. The scheme supports evaluations of full-scale, definitive interventions of any appropriate design and feasibility studies conducted in preparation for future definitive intervention. More details to follow.

JPI a Health diet for a healthy life Joint Transnational Call (2022)

The Joint transnational call on “NUTRIMMUNE – Nutrition-responsiveness of the immune system: interplay between infectious diseases and diet-related metabolic diseases and the potential for food-based solutions” will open on 15 February 2022 with a submission deadline of 21 April 2022. For more details visit here.

DOROTHY COFUND Programme

The Health Research Board, in collaboration with the Irish research Council (IRC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and co-funded by the European Union, is working towards the forthcoming launch of the DOROTHY COFUND programme. Fellowships will have an international outgoing phase of 18 months, followed by a return phase to Ireland of 18 months. DOROTHY is open to applicants from all nationalities are Experienced Researcher (ER), provided they haven’t resided in the outgoing phase country for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the call deadline. It is open to all disciplines, provided that their research topic relates to public health crises. The call launch has been postponed to early 2022 and will be managed by IRC. Please see here for further information.