US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme

US-Ireland R&D Partnership

Funds tri jurisdiction collaboration between the United States, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland through a science and technology partnership.

Eligibility · Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

The US-Ireland R&D Partnership is a trilateral research funding programme that connects academic and research institutions across three jurisdictions: the United States, the Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland. Every funded project must include at least one academic applicant from each of the three jurisdictions, with substantive research contributions from all parties. The Irish component of an award covers between €350,000 and €700,000 over a project duration of up to five years, with the Irish funder being Research Ireland (Taighde Éireann).

The partnership operates through four streams aligned with different US funding agencies: a National Science Foundation (NSF) stream, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) stream, an Agriculture stream, and a Centre-to-Centre stream for institutional partnerships. Each stream runs on its own announcement schedule and applies the submission requirements of the relevant US partner agency. Irish applicants submit their component proposals to Research Ireland in parallel with their US and Northern Ireland counterparts applying to their respective national funders.

The programme is a standing instrument with no fixed end date; new calls open within each stream as funding cycles are confirmed. Researchers in the Republic of Ireland interested in joining or forming a consortium should contact Research Ireland at usireland@researchireland.ie to confirm which streams have open or forthcoming calls and to obtain current submission guidance.