Grant updates – November 2023
Find out about new funding calls, where your application is in the process, and upcoming deadlines.
3 min read - 30 Nov 2023
Applications in progress
Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Awards 2024
Five applications were received by the 27 October 2023 deadline. The Fullbright Commission are managing the call.
Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards (ECSA) 2024
Fifteen applications were received by the pre-application deadline. Applications will first undergo eligibility checks (not scope) before moving to the Pre-application Panel review. The Panel meeting will take place in late January 2024 and following that a selected number of applicants will then be invited to the Full Application stage.
Emerging Investigator Awards (EIA) 2024
The HRB received 28 eligible applications (not checked for the scope). The Pre-application Panel review will start soon. The Panel meeting will take place in mid-January 2024 and following that a selected number of applicants will be invited to the Full Application stage.
Investigator Led Awards (ILP 2024)
The 2024 round of the Investigator Led Awards closed on 11 October 2023. 108 applications were received and are currently being checked for eligibility.
Open calls
Health Research Charities Ireland-Health Research Board (HRCI-HRB 2024)
The 2024 round of the HRCI-HRB Joint Funding Scheme is now open. The scheme aims to fund researchers and research teams to conduct internationally competitive and innovative research in areas of strategic relevance to each individual charity. Individual charities will set opening and closing dates.
Summer Student Scholarships 2024
The 2024 round of the Summer Student Scholarships opened on 16 October 2023 and will close for applications on Thursday 14 December 2023. The scheme supports undergraduate students in health or social care-related disciplines to complete short research projects during the summer. The purpose of the scholarship scheme is to encourage an interest in research and give students an opportunity to become familiar with research techniques. If successful, the students will start their scholarships in early June 2024. The new timeframe of this call aims to facilitate successful students and their supervisors to obtain the necessary approvals (ethics or animal) prior to commencing the scholarship.
US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Programme
This is a rolling call. Check the scheme notice for full details.
JPND Joint Transnational Working Group Call 2023
The deadline for submission to this working Group call on “Use of digital technologies in neurodegenerative disease research and clinical practice” is 12 December 2023.
ERA4Health Joint Transnational Call 2024
The deadline for submission of pre-proposals to this call on “Modulation of brain ageing through nutrition and healthy lifestyle (NutriBrain)” is 15 January 2024.
Other European research funding opportunities
See our EU funding updates – November 2023 story for information on more European research funding opportunities.
See also the HRB website for general information on the Horizon Europe and EU4Health programmes
Upcoming calls
JPI-AMR Joint Transnational Call 2024
This call on “AMR Interventions” will open 10 January 2024 with a pre-proposal submission deadline of 14 March 2024. Further details are available in the pre-announcement.
European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed)
As part of this new European Partnership, this call is tentatively expected to open early January 2024 with a likely pre-proposal submission deadline in early March 2024.
All HRB funding schemes
View a list of all HRB research funding schemes.
3 min read - 30 Nov 2023