Frontiers for the Future Programme

Research Ireland's flagship investigator-led programme for independent researchers pursuing ambitious, high-risk high-reward projects. Listed as accepting applications on a rolling basis, which makes it unusual among large national schemes. Since the merger of the Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland into Research Ireland, the agency's remit spans all disciplines, so applied social and social care research can be in scope - confirm current disciplinary scope in the live call document before investing effort.

Indicative award

Amount not published (total award)Published in euro, so numeric fields are left null: the funding listing states EUR 600,000 to EUR 1,500,000 in direct costs.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The Research Ireland funding listing shows this programme with a rolling deadline rather than a fixed closing date.

Who can apply

Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Early-career faculty

Eligibility

The award is held at an eligible Irish research body, with the applicant required to hold an eligible independent research position there; the research office must endorse the application. Community organisations cannot be the applicant and would participate as collaborators or knowledge users on a host-institution-led proposal.

SSWR clusters

Topics

investigator-led research · ireland · ambitious research programmes

Apply at

https://www.researchireland.ie/funding/

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Frontiers for the Future Programme

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