Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funds excellent and impactful research and talent, and shapes the future of Ireland through anticipating what’s next and widening engagement and collaboration.  SFI is pleased to launch a new programme, the SFI Industry RD...

The GÉANT Innovation Programme invites proposals from eligible organisations and research teams for research projects. The programme offers researchers flexibility to focus on any subject area or topic providing that it falls within GÉANT’s Community remit. Proposals can, for example, draw from networking, cloud, security, trust...

Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak in countries identified on the OECD DAC list of ODA recipients. The following countries are eligible: Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, South Africa and wider Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam This call is...

The Leading House Asia, ETH Zurich has decided to launch a special COVID-​​19 call for project grants in order to support the collective effort to better understand the virus as well as its numerous implications, and prepare for society’s future. The call is open to all scientific disciplines including social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to allow researchers based in Switzerland and Asian countries to collaborate on research...

The European Commission has launched a new call under Horizon 2020 for research into the COVID-19. The new call for expressions of interest contributes to the Commission's €1.4 billion pledge to the Coronavirus Global Response initiative, launched by President Ursula von der Leyen on 4 May 2020. The deadline for submission is 11 June 2020 and the calls are also open for international cooperation. DETAILED INFORMATION ON SECOND EoI (2.22 MB)  ...

Ambizione grants are aimed at young researchers who wish to conduct, manage and lead an independent project at a Swiss higher education institution. The scheme supports young researchers both from Switzerland and abroad. Scientists holding non-professorial academic positions at higher education institutions are also eligible to submit an application. An Ambizione grant covers the grantee's salary and the funds needed to carry out the project. An...

The ERC is today announcing its biggest ever annual injection of funding in blue-sky research. €2.2 billion will be made available in 2020 to support some 1,100 top researchers. As in previous years, most of the funding (61%) is earmarked for early- to mid-career scientists and scholars. The funding will in also support jobs for an estimated 8,000 postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and other research staff employed in ERC-funded teams....

The aim of this programme is to encourage exchanges between Thai and French higher education institutions and research bodies, and to develop sustainable collaborative research activities. It is supported by Thailand's Office of Higher Education, the Thailand Research Fund, National Science and Technology Development Agency/NSTDA, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The...

What is this event? Are you interested in advancing your research career in Europe? Do you want to collaborate with European research partners? This event is your chance to find out about the European researcher mobility programmes and research collaboration opportunities that are available to you. The programme includes hands-on advice from expert speakers on proposal preparation and project management. You will also have the opportunity to...