Open Calls

	New Clean Energy Transition Partnetship Joint Call 2024 The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) is a multilateral and strategic partnership of national and regional research, development and innovation (RDI) programmes in EU/EEA Member States and non-EU/EEA Partner Countries with the aim to substantially support the implementation of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan). The CETPartnership Joint Call 2024 is the second annual co-funded call under the CETPartnership. To cover different topics and RDI types, the Call is structured into 10 Call Modules, aimed at different energy technologies and/or systems as well as both research and innovation oriented approaches on different Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), complementing and completing each other. Geological Survey Ireland will fund irish based partners in CETPartnership consortia in Transition Initiative 4: Heating & Cooling - CM2023-07: Geothermal Energy Technologies. The Call Module adresses all geothermal energy-related innovations for heating and cooling, power generation, underground thermal energy storage (UTES), and the co-production of geothermal minerals. Please make sure you careful read all documentation available through the CETP network – projects must adhere to both CETP and GSI rules and eligibility criteria. Maximum budget: €200,000 Maximum duration: Up to 36 months Call Calendar Stage 1 pre-proposal submission opening: 19 September 2024 Stage 1 pre-proposal submission deadline: 21 November 2024, 2pm CET Stage 2 full proposal submission opening: 29 January 2025 Stage 2 full proposal submission deadline: 2 April 2025, 2pm CET Funding decision communication: beginning of July 2025 Project start: 1 September to 15 December 2025 All information and documentation are available on the CETPartnership website.
	Fulbright Incoming to Ireland, 2024 call for applications The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards are grants for U.S. citizens to undertake research or lecturing in Ireland over a period of six to ten months. The application period for 2025-2026 U.S. Scholar Competition - GeoScience/Earth Science - is now open. GSI is pleased to continue our partnership with Fulbright Ireland and announce the current call for incoming Scholars. The Fulbright-GSI awards offer travel and subsistence funding (this does not include salaries) for US based researchers to be hosted by an Irish geoscience institute to carry out research and develop trans-Atlantic partnerships. The award is primarily a research position. The researcher will be expected to undertake research relevant to, or on, Irish geoscience. They will be expected to build long term collaborations with Irish geoscience researchers (in universities and e.g. Geological Survey Ireland). The researcher will be expected to share their expertise with the Irish geoscience community, however this could be in the form of e.g. short courses, fieldtrips, workshops etc. (there is no requirement to teach full new or existing modules). For any question and clarifications please see the Fulbright Commission website. Deadlines: U.S. Scholar Awards applications is Monday, 16 September, 2024 (more information here).
	SFI-GSI Frontiers for the Future Awards (2022 Call, submission in 2023) The SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme provides funding for independent researchers through two streams – Frontiers for the Future Programme Projects and Frontiers for the Future Programme Awards: Frontiers for the Future Projects provide funding for high-risk, high-reward research that facilitates highly innovative and novel approaches to research. Frontiers for the Future Awards provide larger scale funding for innovative, collaborative and excellent research programmes that have the potential to deliver economic and societal impact. SFI Frontiers for the Future Projects budgets are in the range of €200,000 - €600,000 in total direct costs and have a duration of 24, 36 or 48 months. SFI Frontiers for the Future Awards are in the range of €610,000 - €1,500,000 in total direct costs and have a duration of 48 or 60 months. The co-funding partnership with the Geological Survey Ireland aims to support excellent scientific research that has potential economic and societal impact. The SFI-GSI Partnership applies to the geoscience topic areas listed below. Successful grants under these areas are expected to improve our understanding and/or management of Earth systems and natural resources. Raw materials Soil health Coastal Geoscience Geohazards Geochemistry Geophysics Groundwater Earth observation Geotechnical engineering Application of machine learning/AI to geological datasets The geological climate record Geothermal energy For more information and application details please see the SFI website SFI ran a Webinar which is a useful resource (primarily) for applicants and research offices. It comprises of an introduction to the programme and a summary of the application process to the current call, highlighting any changes from previous years. It took place over ZOOM on Monday the 13th of February 2023 at 11:00 am Dublin. A record of the webinar is available on SFI website SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme. In case of any other questions you can refer to the updated FAQs.