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add this to-do item to your calendarScience Foundation Ireland: Principal Investigator Programme Grant
Due: Wednesday 17th February 2010
Organisation: Science Foundation Ireland
WWW: www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/closed-calls/sfi-principal-investigator-programme
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Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) advances national scientific progress by awarding grants for research on a competitive basis in those fields of science, engineering, software engineering, computer science, and mathematics that underpin biotechnology and information and communications technology.
SFI Principal Investigator Programme grants support fields of science and engineering that underpin biotechnology and information and communications technology.
The grants are tenable in Ireland’s public research bodies, including universities and institutes of technology.
PI grants may range from €50,000 to €1 million (direct costs) per year and may be up to five years in duration. Typical grants, however, will be in the range of €50,000 to €250,000 (direct costs) per year and will normally be up to four years in duration. Researchers with exceptional track records may apply for awards of up to €1 million (direct costs) per year for up to five years.
SFI funding supports the research programme costs of the principal investigator and their research group. Eligible costs include the following:
- Relevant research expenses, including personnel, equipment, consumables, collaboration, and travel
- Contributions to salaries for staff hired specifically to carry out the research programme
- Access to necessary special facilities, such as synchrotron beam lines or high-speed computing
In addition to the direct costs, SFI also makes an overhead contribution to the host research bodies as part of the Overhead Investment Plan (OIP) programme. OIP awards are a contribution to the research body for the indirect costs of hosting SFI funded research programmes and are intended to enable the research bodies to develop internationally competitive research infrastructure and support services.
All applicants will be expected to have a proven record of internationally recognised independent research accomplishments and to have at least three years of independent research experience beyond the PhD or equivalent.
An applicant may be
- a member of the academic staff (permanent or with a contract that covers the period of the grant), or
- a contract researcher recognised by the research body as an independent investigator who will have an independent office and research space at the host research body for which he or she will be fully responsible for at least the duration of the SFI grant, or
- an individual who will be recognised by the research body upon receipt of the SFI grant as a contract researcher as defined above.
Applicants may submit a single proposal or one in collaboration with other academics or researchers.
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