Grant updates – March 2023
Find out about new funding calls, where your application is in the process, and upcoming deadlines.
4 min read - 29 Mar 2023
Applications in Progress
Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Award 2023
Decisions are expected in late March or early April 2023
Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) 2023 Cycle 1
Applications for Cycle 1 closed on 15 December 2022. 14 applications were submitted in Cycle 1, all were deemed eligible, underwent public and peer review. The applicant response phase is currently in progress and will be completed by the end of March 2023.
Definitive Intervention and Feasibility Awards (DIFA) 2023
The DIFA 2023 Full Application Panel Meeting was held in early March 2023. Panel recommendations will be presented to the HRB Board at the end of March and all applicants will be informed of the outcome shortly afterwards in mid-April.
HRB Conference and Event Sponsorship Scheme (CES) 2023
The Conference and Events Sponsorship Scheme 2023 closed on 8 February 2023. The panel meeting for 23 eligible applications took place on 24 March.
Applied Partnership Awards 2022 (APA) Cycle 2
The call for applications for Cycle 2 closed on 1 February. 22 applications were submitted in Cycle 2, and are now being assessed to confirm eligibility prior to peer review.
HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships: Applying Research into Policy & Practice (ARPP) 2023
The HRB received 11 applications by 2 March 2023. The applications, which are all eligible, are currently undergoing international peer-review.
Summer Student Scholarship (SS) 2023
The HRB received 155 applications by 9 March 2023. HRB staff are currently making eligibility checks. Eligible applications will be discussed by an internal panel who will make recommendations for funding. Once the recommendations are approved, the HRB will notify the Lead Applicants and Host Institutions in early April.
HRB Postdoctoral Fellowships: Clinician Scientist Fellowships (CSF) 2023
The HRB received 18 applications on 2 March 2023. The applications, which are all eligible, are currently undergoing international peer-review.
Joint Transnational Calls (JTCs)
- ERA-NET NEURON Networking Group JTC2022: Proposals are under evaluation. Coordinators will be informed of the outcome Q1/2 2023.
- 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. This call is part of the new European Partnership, ERA4Health. It opened on 13 January 2023 with a pre-proposal submission deadline of 14 March 2023.
Open Calls
Applied Programme Grants Scheme (APRO) 2023
This scheme opened on 25 January and closes on 6 April 2023. This scheme 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. Applications should be submitted under one of the thematic areas as defined in the Guidance Notes that can be found here.
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.
Patient Safety Research Network (PSRN) 2023
The aim of the PSRN is to bring together all relevant stakeholders to promote and advance Patient Safety research in Ireland. The closing date for applications is 28 April 2023. 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
The HRB guidance for applicants based in Ireland will be published shortly on our Funding Schemes webpage.
EU funding updates – March 2023
We have collated all the EU funding updates into its own standalone story. Please refer to that for full details.
4 min read - 29 Mar 2023