Applications in Progress

Applied Partnership Awards 2022 (APA)

Cycle 1 of the Applied Partnership Awards (APA) 2022 closed on 27 of April. 20 applications were received. Eligibility checks are well under way, followed shortly by peer and public review of applications.

Definitive Intervention and Feasibility Awards (DIFA) 2023

56 Pre applications were discussed at the Pre application Panel meeting earlier this month. All applicants will receive notification of the Panel review outcome in late June 2022. A selected number of applications will be invited to submit a Full application in July 2022.

JPI “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’ (HDHL) Call (2022)

Proposals from are currently undergoing evaluation and coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q3/Q4 2022.

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

Full proposals from successful consortia are currently undergoing evaluation and coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q4 2022/Q1 2023.

Knowledge Translation Awards (KTA) 2022

The Knowledge Translation Awards (KTA) opened on May 10 to holders of existing, active HRB grants. The deadline for submission was 23 June. Applications are currently undergoing eligibility checking.

HRCI/HRB Joint Funding Scheme 2022

34 eligible applications underwent panel review on May 5 and 6. The HRB Board will discuss panel recommendations on July 1 and applicants will be advised of outcome following this.

Investigator-Led Projects (ILP) 2022

70 short-listed applications underwent panel review at the end of May and early June. The HRB Board will discuss panel recommendations on July 1 and applicants will be advised of outcome following this.

Emerging Investigator Awards for Health (EIA) 2022 

The interview of 15 candidates invited to full applications stage with an international panel took place on 8 and 9 of June. The recommendations from the Panel will be discussed by the HRB Board in early July and the outcome will then communicated to HI and applicants immediately after.

Research visits – Ulysses 2022

Five awards were made by the HRB, and the outcome was communicated to the applicants by the IRC, who managed the call.

DOROTHY COFUND Programme

Eligibility is completed and peer-review is currently underway for the eligible applications received by IRC, who is the leading funding agency for this call, co-funded with HRB and EPA.

ERA PerMed Joint Transnational Call (2022)

Full proposals from successful consortia are currently undergoing evaluation and coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q3/Q4 2022.

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

Full proposals from successful consortia are currently undergoing evaluation and coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q2/Q3 2022.

Post-doctoral Internship Programme 2021 (round 2)

Thirteen applications were received by the HRB in April and all candidates were interviewed over two days. Four awards were made, and four additional candidates were placed in a supplementary panel to cover future relevant posts, if become available in the next six months. All candidates and relevant institutions have been notified.

ERA-Net JPIAMR-ACTION Transnational Network Call (2022)

The call has closed and no applications requesting HRB funding were received.

Open Calls

ERA-NET TRANSCAN-3 Joint Transnational Call 2022

The Joint Transnational Call “Novel translational approaches to tackle the challenges of hard-to-treat cancers from early diagnosis to therapy” launched May 23rd 2022 with a deadline for submission of pre-proposals of 18th July 2022.

Applied Partnership Awards 2022 (APA)

The 2022 call for proposals for Applied Partnership Awards (APA) remains open for Cycle 2 of this rolling call. 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 closing date for submission to Cycle 2 is in February 2023.

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 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.

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.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe (2021-2027) is the EU’s funding programme for research and innovation. The 2022 single stage calls closed on 21 April 2022. Results of the 1st stage of 2-stage calls 2022 calls which closed in February are now available. Bridge2HE is organising a Full Proposal Check event for Cluster 1 Health second-stage proposals with a deadline in September 2022. The event will take place online, between 25 and 29 July 2022. Register here Cluster 1 Full Proposal Check 2022

The Work Programme with calls for 2023/2024 is now in preparation and it is expected to be published towards the end 2022. If you would like further information on the draft calls or want advice or more information in relation to applying for funding under any of the health areas in Horizon Europe please contact Kay Duggan Walls, HRB National Contact Point for Health, kdugganwalls@hrb.ie

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 May 2022 on the Cancer Mission and the 2022 calls. Here are the slides and the recording is here

The 2022 calls launched on 24 May with a total budget €129.56 million and a closing date on 7 September 2022. Topics include Improving & Upscaling primary prevention of cancer through implementation research, Pragmatic clinical trials to optimise treatment for patients, Strengthen Comprehensive Cancer Infrastructures, Towards the creation of a European Cancer Patient Digital Centre and Creation of National Mission Hubs Supporting the Mission on Cancer. The 2023 calls will have a possible closing date of Spring 2023.

Here is a recording of the webinar on Cancer Research Funding in European Programmes held on Tuesday 1st March 2022.

Here are further details on the Cancer Mission and here is the Cancer Mission Implementation Plan.

For further information on the Cancer Mission calls please contact Kay Duggan Walls, HRB National Contact Point for Health, kdugganwalls@hrb.ie

EU4Health

HaDEA has launched a call under the 2021 EU4Health work programme 2021 EU4Health work programme for an action grant to support the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) to a value of €25M. The grant aims to establish a pilot network of top-class laboratories and research institutes with the expertise and capacities to support HERA in identifying emergent pathogens and ensuring the availability of medical countermeasures for improved health preparedness and response. Application deadline is 18th Aug 2022. For more details visit the call document.

More details on EU4Health can be found here.