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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
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Colleges & Schools
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
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Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth.
Please click here to see the latest funding calls from Horizon Europe.
Erasmus +
Erasmus + is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport. With an estimated budget of €26.2 billion for 2021-2027, it provides opportunities for over 4 million participants to study, train, gain experience, and volunteer abroad.
To search calls by funder and topic please click here.
European Research Council
The ERC's mission is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-driven frontier research across all fields, on the basis of scientific excellence.
On this page you’ll find information about the main grants, as well as some additional opportunities for researchers who are thinking of applying. This is also your first port of call if you’ve decided to apply but you are not sure where to start from.
COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology
COST funds interdisciplinary research networks called COST Actions. These Actions bring together researchers, innovators and other professionals including industry specialists, who are based in Europe and beyond, to collaborate on research topics for a period of 4 years. The funding a COST Action receives covers the expenses of networking activities rather than research and as such is used to organise meetings, training schools, short term scientific missions and other networking activities.
INTERREG Atlantic Area
INTERREG Atlantic Area is a European funding programme that promotes transnational cooperation among 36 Atlantic regions of five countries: France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, contributing to the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion.. With a total budget of € 185M, being €140M of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), this programme cofinances cooperation projects in the fields of Innovation & Competitiveness, Resource Efficiency, Territorial Risks Management, Biodiversity and Natural & Cultural Assets.
The Programme focuses on four main priorities axes and specific objectives related.
Priority 1: Stimulating innovation and competitiveness (EUR 62.8 million)
Addresses the challenge of accelerating intelligent growth by supporting the creation of the right environment, to stimulate innovation and increase trade and exports, working in accordance with the Regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) concept, combining strengths, competences and R&I. It will therefore support cooperation among actors to work on new product and service development, technology transfer and access to the market. Priority 1 has two objectives:
1.1 Enhancing innovation capacity through cooperation to foster competitiveness
1.2 Strengthening the transfer of innovation results to facilitate the emergence of new products, services and processes.
Download fact sheet Priority 1 - Innovation and competitiveness
Priority 2: Fostering resource efficiency (EUR 39.7 million)
Support the development - including the social acceptance and use - of renewable sources of energy, especially those deriving from the sea and promoting the transition to a resource-efficient society. Low carbon economy is a key issue for territorial sustainable development and for EU objectives and for the mitigation of climate change that has strong consequences in Atlantic regions. Priority 2 has two objectives:
2.1 Fostering renewable energies and energy efficiency
2.2 Fostering green growth, eco-innovation and environmental efficiency
Download fact sheet Priority 2 - Resource efficiency
Priority 3: Strengthening the territory's resilience to risks of natural, climate and human origin (EUR 20.3 million)
Promotes a better management of the environment, so that regional authorities and relevant stakeholders are better prepared to adapt to climate change and to potential risks occurring in the Atlantic territory. This priority will also have an integrated territorial management focus incorporating aspects related to the prevention and management of those common risks that Atlantic regions face and will continue to face in the future, deriving from both natural and human activities including maritime economic activities. Priority 3 has one objective:
3.1 Strengthening risk management systems
Download fact sheet Priority 3 - Territorial risks
Priority 4: Enhancing biodiversity and the natural and cultural assets (EUR 52.6 million)
Addresses the need of protecting the environment and promoting cultural identity in order to make the Atlantic region a more attractive place for local communities and visitors. Securing its vast natural heritage and the richness of the existing natural resources, as well as further protecting the cultural heritage that gives the Atlantic Area its unique character will be key for promoting a sustainable economic and territorial development. Priority 4 has two objectives:
4.1 Improving the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems’ services
4.2 Enhancing natural and cultural assets to stimulate economic development
Download fact sheet Priority 4 - Biodiversity, natural and cultural assets
Priority 5: Technical Assistance (EUR 9.9 million)
The main reference document is the Interreg Atlantic Area Cooperation Programme (version 4 - December 2020) EN FR ES PT
Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme
The Northern Periphery and Arctic forms a cooperation between 9 programme partner countries.
The final budget of the Interreg NPA Programme is 51.5 million euro. Between 2021-2027, the Programme will allocate 46 833 778 Euros to projects, of which 39 978 162 EUR in European funding (ERDF) will be available to partners in Member States (Finland, Ireland, Sweden) and 6 855 616 EUR for partners in the Non-EU partner countries (Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland). The remaining amount will cover programme administration costs, so called Technical Assistance.
The funding available for projects has been distributed as follows:
- Priority 1 Innovation capacity: 45%
- Priority 2 Climate change and resource sufficiency: 45%
- Priority 3 Cooperation opportunities: 10%
The Programme is financed through European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and ERDF equivalent funding from the Non-EU partner countries, supplemented by match funding from projects.
Projects apply to the Programme for ERDF or ERDF equivalent co-financing and contribute to the project with public or private match funding.
In general, all partners regardless of whether they are located in an EU Member State or not may apply for a grant rate of up to 65%, except for partners from Norway who may apply for a grant rate of up to 50%.
Partners from outside the programme area are eligible for receiving ERDF grant up to 65%, if the necessary national agreements are in place.
Partnerships will be able to submit project applications twice a year at regular intervals. More and continuously updated information about how and when to apply can be found in the section For Applicants.
Interreg North-West Europe
The Interreg North-West Europe Programme fosters transnational cooperation to make Northwestern Europe a key economic player and an attractive place to work and live, with high levels of innovation, sustainability and cohesion. Projects must bring together partners from at least three different countries in the North West European area (currently Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and parts of France, Germany and the Netherlands).
Member state representatives agreed on a draft Draft Interreg Programme, including five priorities and nine specific objectives for the future NWE Programme to focus on.
Priority 1: Climate and environment
Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience taking into account ecosystem-based approaches (SO 2.4).
Enhancing nature protection, biodiversity and reducing all forms of pollution (SO 2.7).
Priority 2: Energy transition
Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (SO 2.1).
Promoting renewable energy in accordance with Directive 2018/2019, including the sustainability criteria set out therein (SO 2.2).
Priority 3: Circular economy
Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy (SO 2.6).
Priority 4: Innovation and resilience
Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies (SO 1.1).
Priority 5: Inclusive society
Enhancing the effectiveness and inclusiveness of labour markets and access to quality employment through developing social infrastructure and promoting social economy (SO 4.1).
Ensuring equal access to health care and fostering resilience of health systems, including primary care, and promoting the transition from institutional to family-and-community-based care (SO 4.5).Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and social innovation (SO 4.6).
