Deadline: 1-Jul-25
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is pleased to announce for its National Energy Research Funding Programme.
Objectives
- The overarching objectives of the SEAI National Energy Research Development and Demonstration (RD&D) Funding Programme are as follows:
- Accelerate the development and deployment in the Irish marketplace of competitive energy-related products, processes and systems;
- Support solutions that enable technical and other barriers to energy market uptake to be overcome;
- Grow Ireland’s national capacity to access, develop and apply international class energy RD&D;
- Provide guidance and support to policy makers and public bodies through results, outcomes and learning from supported projects.
Funding Information
- The maximum SEAI funding available per project is €1,250,000, inclusive of Overheads.
- Applicants are asked to propose the appropriate budget for their project and expected project duration. Project duration should be between 12 to 48 months, depending on the specific needs and structure of the project. Applicants can propose project durations of no longer than 48 months. Proposals intending to recruit PhD students must apply for a 48-month project duration.
Eligible Projects
- Accelerating transformative research to deliver Ireland’s clean energy and climate ambitions will require enhanced collaboration across a wide range of stakeholders and actors.
- Diverse approaches and engaged research methods will be required, which may include multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research approaches.
- The SEAI National Energy RD&D Funding Programme welcomes research proposals from all research disciplines, as well as collaborative projects involving multiple organisations subject to alignment with the overall programme objectives.
Eligibility Criteria
- The SEAI National Energy RD&D Funding Programme is open to public and private sector organisations based in the Republic of Ireland (including Irish subsidiaries of overseas companies) who wish to carry out projects in Ireland. Applications will be accepted from companies, 3rd level educational bodies, public sector bodies and semi-state bodies who are based in the Republic of Ireland and such organisations may apply to the Programme individually or as part of a consortium. Proposals from individuals applying in their own right will not be accepted.
- In some circumstances, the programme may support Irish entities/researchers to carry out work undertaken in other jurisdictions, where this is necessary for the completion of the project. Researchers based in other jurisdictions will not be funded by the programme and should partake in proposals in the role of (non-funded) collaborators.
- In exceptional cases, funding of work in other jurisdictions (e.g., where it is not possible for a component of work to be carried out in Ireland) may be supported where there is a demonstrable contribution to resolving issues directly relevant to Irish requirements.
For more information, visit SEAI.