Current Security Research opportunities at UCD

• UCD Institute for Discovery invite eminent and highly distinguished researchers from leading global institutions to visit us in Dublin, Ireland. UCD Discovery Visiting Global Fellows will contribute to the research activities of the university and seed strong research collaborations with local research groups, with a view to continued engagement beyond the period of the fellowship. Find out more here.

General calls

• 2020 European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) funding calls. Deadline: 1st December 2020. Find out more on the various open and forthcoming calls here.

• Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is seeking proposals to develop the technology needed to counter Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS) and demonstrate how these can be integrated together to form a capable system. Deadline: 21st July 2020. Find out more here.
• DASA has launched a competition called ‘Invisible Shield' which aims to develop and demonstrate a number of novel technologies and techniques in the area of Counter-IED ECM. Find out more here.
• DASA announced new Innovation Focus Areas (IFAs) for their Open Call funding. Please find the current list of IFAs here.
• DASA has launched a competition called ‘Intelligent Ship Phase 2' which looks to target novel approaches to revolutionise military decision-making with the aid of Artificial Intelligence. Deadline: 4th August 2020. Find out more here.

Current Horizon 2020 Security Research funding calls

• Intelligent security and privacy management. Deadline: 27th August 2020. Find out more here.
• Cybersecurity in the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES): an armour against cyber and privacy attacks and data breaches. Deadline: 27th August 2020. Find out more here.
• Secure and resilient Artificial Intelligence technologies, tools and solutions in support of Law Enforcement and citizen protection, cybersecurity operations and prevention and protection against adversarial Artificial Intelligence. Deadline: 27th August 2020. Find out more here.
• Digital Security and privacy for citizens and Small and Medium Enterprises and Micro Enterprises. Deadline: 27th August 2020. Find out more here.

 Ongoing large funding programmes 

• SFI Strategic Partnership supports standalone initiatives of scale with strong potential for delivering economic and societal impact to Ireland. The  Programme is open to applications involving strategic opportunities where significant co-funding from a company, collection of companies, funding agency, charity, philanthropic organization or Higher Education Institute is available.
• SFI Spoke links scientists and engineers in partnerships across academia and industry to address crucial research questions, foster the development of new and existing Ireland-based technology companies, attract industry that could make an important contribution to Ireland and its economy, and expand educational and career opportunities in Ireland in science and engineering.

Supporting portfolio programmes

• SFI Discovery supports projects that extend activity and ability in engaging the public in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). Deadline 10th of June 2020.
• US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme rolling US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme with a new Cybersecurity theme.
• EPSRC-SFI Joint Funding of Research rolling programme that supports research applications that cut across national boundaries involving collaborative teams led by researchers from the UK and Ireland. 
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grants provided are available for all stages of a researcher’s career.