Charlemont Grants, 2026/2027 round
Royal Irish Academy (RIA)
Who can apply: You have to have passed your PhD viva by the application deadline of 27 October 2026, and your PhD must have been awarded on or after 10 February 2020, so this is a postdoctoral scheme and not one a BSc or MSc student can enter. You also have to live and work in Ireland, including Northern Ireland, which means a… What is funded: The Royal Irish Academy pays for a short research trip abroad of one to six weeks, so that an early career researcher based in Ireland can do primary research, start a one to one collaboration, or get access to equipment or training that Ireland does not have. A grant is worth between 500 and 3,000 euro and the… Deadline: 27 October 2026. Round: 2026/2027 round.
Read the full call and apply on the official page: Royal Irish Academy (RIA), official page.
Who can apply
- You have to have passed your PhD viva by the application deadline of 27 October 2026, and your PhD must have been awarded on or after 10 February 2020, so this is a postdoctoral scheme and not one a BSc or MSc student can enter. You also have to live and work in Ireland, including Northern Ireland, which means a reader applying from outside Ireland is not eligible. You may apply once per round and hold at most two Charlemont Grants in five years. There is no application fee, and extensions to the eligibility window are granted for parental leave, long-term illness and caring responsibilities.
Stage dates
Submissions opened.9 September 2026
Submissions close. The scheme guidelines set a cut-off time, so check the official page before the last day.27 October 2026
Dates come from the funder's page for this round. When a round closes, the next round's dates replace these once the funder publishes them.