Useful Funding Links

The Arts Council

www.artscouncil.ie
The Arts Council of Ireland expresses its support to the artist in a variety of ways, through grant-aid to organisations and events. The Council also aids through awards and schemes where the primary relationship is between the artist and the Council.

Combat Poverty Agency Fellowships

www.cpa.ie
Support for students undertaking postgraduate research on poverty.

Department of Education & Science

www.irlgov.ie/educ
The Department provides a number of scholarships to students wishing to study in Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland

www.enterprise-ireland.com
Enterprise Ireland offer funding through their postgraduate awards programme for scientists and engineers.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

www.epa.ie/EnvironmentalResearch
Over the last ten years, the EPA research programme has supported R&D activities in a range of environment areas. This work is carried out by researchers in universities, colleges, state research organisations, companies and by individuals.

Health Research Board

www.hrb.ie
The HRB is the lead agency in Ireland supporting health research. The Research Funding and Policy Division funds health research in other organisations and contributes to the development of research at national level.

IRCHSS

www.irchss.ie
Provides awards for postgraduate research in the historical, analytical and theoretical study of Humanities and Social Sciences, including Law and Business Studies.

IRCSET

www.ircset.ie
Provides awards for postgraduate research in Science, Engineering and Technology with an emphasis on innovation

The Ireland Funds

www.irlfunds.org
The mission of The Ireland Funds is to be the largest worldwide network of people of Irish ancestry and friends of Ireland dedicated to raising funds to support programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community development

Marine Institute

www.marine.ie/home/funding
The National Development Plan provides an investment of €51.536 billion for development grants and supports over the period 2000 – 2006. A sum of €744 million has been earmarked for the marine sector.

O'Reilly Foundation Scholarships

www.oreillyfoundation.ie
Ph.D. Scholarships, with preference being given to Business Studies, Law, Marketing, Media Studies, Technology and the Arts.

Royal Irish Academy

www.ria.ie/awards/index.html
The Academy awards approximately sixty research grants each year in both the humanities and the natural science.

Science Foundation Ireland

www.sfi.ie
SFI provides grants for researchers from around the world and based in Ireland, for outstanding research visitors, for conferences and symposia, and for collaboration with industry.

Teagasc

www.teagasc.ie/research/pgradfellows.htm
Irish Agriculture and Food Development Agency Walsh Fellowships - 35 new places each year with a grant of €15,000 per student. For topics on all aspects of agriculture, horticulture, food, agri-food economics, rural development and rural environment, as well as specific topics identified for priority funding each year.