Research Newsletter - Issue 109: Funding Opportunities
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TORA Deadline: 05 January 2026
Call Deadline: 09 January 2026, 1:00pm
The Secondary Data Analysis Projects (SDAP) scheme supports research that answers policy and/or practice-relevant questions through the use of existing datasets. The research must be explicitly linked to the documented evidence needs of a knowledge user organisation.
Important Information:
- Value: Maximum €350,000
- Duration: 36–42 months
- Eligibility: The team must include a researcher and a knowledge user. Data controllers should ideally be included
- Scope Change: The scheme now requires existing datasets (Irish or International); purely audit/service improvement focused proposals are excluded
For further details, visit the call website.
Contact: Dr Tauseef Ahmad, Research Support Officer
TORA Deadline: 05 January 2026
Call Deadline (Pre-Proposal): 12 January 2026, 2:00pm
The EP PerMed Research, Innovation and Technology Call (RITC) 2026 focuses on the "Test & Demonstration of Multimodal Data Approaches for Personalised Medicine." It aims to fund transnational projects that combine different data sources (e.g., omics, clinical and/or lifestyle) to improve personalised patient care.
Important Information:
- Value: HRB funding up to €530,000 for coordinators (inclusive of overheads).
- Eligibility: Must involve partners from at least 3 different participating countries. Irish Lead Applicants must be independent researchers at an eligible Host Institution.
- Process: This is a two-stage application process.
Consult the HRB call page and the EP PerMed website for more information.
Contact: Dr Tauseef Ahmad, Research Support Officer
TORA Deadlines: Cooperation Partnerships - 19 February 2026
All other calls: Five working days before the funder’s deadline - see below
Call Deadlines:
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Jean Monnet Actions and Networks: 03 February 2026
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Capacity building in the field of Higher Education: 10 February 2026
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Erasmus Mundus Actions: 12 February 2026
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Capacity building in the field of Youth: 25 February 2026
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Cooperation partnerships in the fields of education, training and youth: 05 March 2026
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Cooperation partnerships in the fields of education, training and youth submitted by European NGOs: 05 March 2026
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Cooperation partnerships in the field of sport: 05 March 2026
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Small-scale partnerships in the fields of school education, vocational education and training, adult education and youth: 05 March 2026
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Small-scale partnerships in the field of sport: 05 March 2026
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Capacity building in the field of Sport: 05 March 2026
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European Local Sport Events: 05 March 2026
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Alliances for Innovation: 10 March 2026
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Capacity building in the field of Vocational Education and Training: 26 March 2026
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European Partnerships for School Development: 09 April 2026
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Centres of Vocational Excellence: 03 September 2026
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KA3 Policy Experimentations: TBC
The Erasmus+ 2026 Call for Proposals has been launched by the European Commission. Funding from the Erasmus+ programme provides opportunities to all our faculties for transnational collaboration across a wide range of areas. Individual project budgets range from €180K to €4M across the different actions, funding activities that foster cooperation and exchange of practices, support the development of innovative teaching, training, and learning methods, or contribute to tangible systemic or policy development outcomes at regional, national, and European levels.
Application portal for centralised calls
Application portal for decentralised calls
The EACEA has set caps on 2 of the Calls:
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Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) applications as coordinator: 2 -- The internal deadline for expressions of interest for this has now passed and 2 projects have been selected; no more PIs can engage as coordinator for a CBHE in this year’s call. This does not affect participation as a partner under this call.
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Cooperation Partnership (KA220) applications in the fields of school education (SCH), adult education (ADU), vocational education and training (VET), or youth (YOU), as coordinator or partner: 10 -- Institutional support must be secured at an early stage for any involvement in a proposal.
Applications for these calls will be limited to one per PI.
Please contact Dr Sophie Ball, Senior Erasmus+ Development Officer, as early as possible if you wish to participate in one of these calls.
EU Partnerships for Health have a number of open and upcoming funding opportunities (see below for details). Research Ireland is participating as a funder in a number of these calls. All calls follow a two-stage process and are open to international consortia of at least three partners eligible for funding from at least three participating countries.
Please ensure to review the individual rules and criteria for each partnership call.
EUP OHAMR 1st Joint Transnational Call: “OH-TREAT: Treatments and Adherence to Treatment Protocols”
TORA deadline: 26 January 2026
Pre-proposal call submission deadline: 02 February 2026
The first call under the EU Partnership for One Health Antimicrobial Resistance is open for applications. Research Ireland, the Health Research Board (HRB), and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are supporting Irish researchers to participate in this call as part of international consortia.
The call involves a total of 37 funding organisations from 28 countries with an available budget of ~€31 million, co-funded by the European Commission.
The call aims to fund research projects under three topics: 1) Identification and development of new combination treatments 2) Improving adherence to treatment protocols, and 3) Assessing the impact of veterinary and agricultural antimicrobial use to inform human health policies.
The full topic descriptions are available at the website Joint transnational call 2026 - EUP OHAMR.
Research Ireland welcomes proposals under all topics across all One Health settings. The HRB will support Topic 2 only and DAFM will support Topic 3 only.
Please note where two Irish agencies are supporting a call topic, the applicant must select one agency only. Applicants should ensure they review each agency's requirements and eligibility criteria in order to select the most appropriate funder.
Please review the full details of the call and Research Ireland's eligibility criteria on the EUP OHAMR call webpage and Research Ireland's call webpage.
A webinar recording is also available for interested applicants.
Contacts:
Dr Martin O’Donoghue (for topics supported by Research Ireland), Senior Research Support Officer
Dr Tauseef Ahmad (for topics supported by DAFM and HRB), Research Support Officer
EP PerMed 3rd Joint Transnational Call: “Personalised Medicine (PM) for CARdiovascular, MEtabolic, and kidNey diseases (CARMEN2026)”
TORA deadline: 03 February 2026
Pre-proposal call submission deadline: 10 February 2026
The third call under the EU Partnership for Personalised Medicine is open for applications. Research Ireland is the only national funder participating in the call.
The call involves a total of 39 funding organisations from 28 countries with an available budget of ~€38 million, co-funded by the European Commission.
The call aims to fund research projects in human health on innovative PM strategies for patients with cardiovascular, metabolic or kidney diseases. Proposals may focus on a single disease or explore these conditions in combination.
Please review the full details of the call and Research Ireland's eligibility criteria on the EP PerMed website and Research Ireland's call webpage.
Contact: Dr Martin O’Donoghue, Senior Research Support Officer
EP BrainHealth 1st Joint Transnational Call “Neurological Mental Sensory Disorders” and “Neurodegenerative Disorders” – Coming soon
Call launch: 08 January 2026
TORA deadline: 02 March 2026
Pre-proposal call submission deadline: 10 March 2026
The EU Partnership on Brain Health is launching two simultaneous calls for innovative research projects on neurological, mental, and sensory disorders (Call 1) and neurodegenerative disorders (Call 2), co-funded by the European Commission. The Partnership aims to improve brain health for all by developing scientific knowledge as a foundation to promote brain health throughout a lifetime, to prevent and to cure brain diseases as well as to improve the wellbeing of people living with neurological and mental disorders in Europe and beyond.
Research Ireland intends to participate as the only national funder in both calls.
Pre-announcement details can be found on the BrainHealth Partnership website: Pre-announcement: BrainHealth Joint Transnational Calls 2026
Contact: Dr Martin O’Donoghue, Senior Research Support Officer
EP Pandemic Preparedness 1st Joint Transnational Call “BE READY: Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases” – Coming soon
Call launch: Mid-January 2026 (date tbc)
TORA deadline: To be confirmed in 2026
Pre-proposal call submission deadline: Expected April 2026 (date tbc)
The EU Partnership on Pandemic Preparedness (BE READY) is launching its first joint transnational call on 'Advancing knowledge of host and pathogen dynamics to better combat emerging diseases', co-funded by the European Commission. The Partnership aims to establish a European research and innovation ecosystem that is optimally prepared for future health crises caused by infectious diseases. This ecosystem will be capable of responding swiftly and efficiently to such crises and will be fully integrated into the broader European institutional framework for health security.
Research Ireland intends to participate as the only national funder in the call.
Pre-announcement details can be found on the BE READY Partnership website: Pre-Announcement: BE READY Joint Transnational Call 2026
Contact: Dr Martin O’Donoghue, Senior Research Support Officer