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Funding

​​​​Geological Survey Ireland provides research funding for geoscientists through a number of mechanisms. Funding provided and managed by the Geological Survey/DCCAE includes (i) Short Calls, (ii) Postdoctoral Fellowships and (iii) Griffith Awards. We also partner with external funding agencies in Ireland and in Europe to support Irish based geoscience research. 

​Call Title
​Funded by
​Managed by
​Eligibility (see call documents)
​Scale​Topics Included
​GSI Short Call
GSI​GSI​Research Institutes & industry
​Up to 14 months, up to €30,000
​Geoscience
​GSI Postdoc Fellowship
​GSI​GSI​Post PhD researchers
​24 or 36 months, up to €75,000/year
​Specific to annual calls
GSI Equipment Call 
GSI​​GSI
Research Institutes
12 months €5,000-€25,000
​Geoscience
​GSI Masters by Research
GSI​
​GSI
​Higher Education Institutes
​18 or 24 months, up to €40,000 per year
​Geoscience
Fulbright Ireland partnership​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​Fulbright-GSI (Outgoing)​GSI and Fulbright​Fulbright Ireland​Geoscience researchers​Travel & accommodation for 3-10 months​Geoscience
​Fulbright-GSI (Incoming)
​GSI and Fulbright
​Fulbright Ireland
​Geoscience researchers
​Travel & accommodation for 3-10 months
​Geoscience
Science Foundation Ireland​ ​(SFI) ​partnership ​ ​ ​
​SFI-GSI Investigators' Programme / Frontiers for the Future Programme
​SFI (50%) and GSI (50%)
or 
SFI (335), GSI (33%) & other (33%)		​SFI​Mid-Senior career researchers in approved institutes
​Up to 60 months, up €500,000/year (IvP)
Up to 60 months up to €1m (FFP)		​Geoscience
​ ​ ​Irish Research Council (IRC) Partnership
​IRC-GSI Enterprise Partnership Scheme
​IRC (1/3rd) GSI (2/3rds)
​IRC​Early Career researchers in approved institutes
​24 months, up to €45,895/year
​Geoscience - and in line with GSI programme activities
​IRC-GSI Employment Based Programme
​Industry partner (1/3rd) GSI (2/3rd)
​IRC​MSc candidates
​12 months, up to €24,000
​Geoscience
​ ​Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnership
​EPA-GSI (water, environmental sustainability, climate action)
​EPA (50%), GSI (50%)
​EPA​Researchers in approved institutes
​Small, Medium or Large scale
Specific topics
​ ​​Horizon2020 ERA Nets/International partnerships
​CETPartnership
​Irish partner funded by GSI
​Clean Energy Transition Partnership
​Research institutes and industry researchers
​Up to 36 months, up to €200,000
​Geothermal Energy
​ERA MIn 2&3
​Irish partner funded by GSI​​ERA Min 2/3 ERA Net
​Research Institutes and industry researchers
Up to 36 months, funding varies per call
​Raw Materials/ Minerals
​​Geothermica
​Irish partner funded by GSI​
​Geothermica ERA Net
​​Research institutes and industry researchers
​Up to 36 months, up to €200,000
​​Geothermal Energy
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)​ ​partnership
​SEAI-GSI Research Development and Demonstration Programme
SEAI (50%), GSI (50%)​​SEAIResearch institutes and SME/industry ​​small, medium and large scale projects, 12-36 months
​Geothermal energy
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