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Programme Calls in 2021 – Provisional Schedule

Planned Planned
Programme Description Launch in Outcome
2021 Period

Early-career stage researcher funding

Government of Ireland Supporting exceptional research masters and

Postgraduate Scholarship doctoral candidates pursuing, or intending to Q3 2021 Q1 2022
Programme 2022 pursue, full-time research in any discipline

Supporting an astronomer of the future

Irish Research Council- undertaking a PhD at an eligible Irish
European Southern Observatory institution to gain experience at the most
Studentship Programme productive ground-based astronomical Q3 2021 Q1 2022
observatory in the world
Supporting exceptional individuals at an early
Government of Ireland
stage of their postdoctoral career to develop
Postdoctoral Fellowship Q3 2021 Q2 2022
as an independent researcher, working with a
Programme 2022
mentor of international standing

Enabling talented postdoctoral researchers

SFI-IRC Pathway
across all disciplines to develop their track
Programme Q2 2021 Q4 2021
record and establish themselves as
(Joint Call)
independent investigators

Supporting excellent research masters and

Enterprise Partnership Scheme doctoral candidates in any discipline to
(Postgraduate Scholarships) undertake a research project in collaboration Q4 2021 Q2 2022
2022 with, and co-funded by, an enterprise or other
eligible partner organisation
Supporting excellent research masters and
Employment-Based
doctoral candidates to pursue full-time
Postgraduate Programme Q4 2021 Q2 2022
research based in and employed by an
2022
enterprise or other eligible organisation
Supporting excellent researchers at an early
Enterprise Partnership Scheme
stage of their postdoctoral career to work in
(Postdoctoral Fellowships) Q4 2021 Q2 2022
partnership with an enterprise or other eligible
2022
partner organisation
Supporting the future generation of leading
71st Lindau Nobel Laureate
scientists to attend the annual Lindau Nobel tbc tbc
Meeting (Chemistry) Awards
Laureate Meetings

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Planned Planned
Programme Description Launch in Outcome
2021 Period

Principal investigator-led and other funding

Laureate Awards Programme Supporting exceptional researchers to conduct Q3 2021 Q2 2022

(Starting/Consolidator) frontier basic research across all disciplines tbc tbc

Supporting collaboration in any discipline

IRC-SPRINT (FAPESP) Networking
between researchers in Ireland and the State tbc tbc
Grant 2021
of São Paulo, Brazil

Supporting eligible researchers intending to

pursue research, networking or dissemination
New Foundations Q2 2021 Q3 2021
activities within and across the diversity of
disciplines

Irish Research Council Commending the very best of our current

Researcher of the Year Awards awardees or alumni working in academia, Q2 2021 Q4 2021
2021 industry, civic society or the public sector

Supporting collaborations between Irish- and

Ulysses French-based researchers in areas important tbc tbc
for both economies

Supporting excellent research addressing

COALESCE (Collaborative Alliances national and global challenges, including
Q3 2021 Q2 2022
for Societal Challenges) 2021 partnerships with government departments
and agencies

Supporting large, collaborative UK-Ireland

AHRC-IRC: UK-Ireland
projects that will achieve a transformational
Collaboration in the Digital Q1 2021 Q3 2021
impact in the digital humanities through
Humanities Research Grants
innovative, multidisciplinary research
Reinforcing the transnational collaboration
between participating states in challenging
CHIST-ERA 2020 multidisciplinary research in the area of Q1 2021 Q3 2021
information and communication sciences and
technologies
Appointment of a national coordinator for
ESS National Coordinator
Ireland’s participation in round 11 of the Q2 2021 Q2 2021
Round 11
European Social Survey

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Notes:

Clarity on timescales for certain programmes, including SPRINT, the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and
Ulysses, continues to be affected by the pandemic and associated restrictions on movement/travel.