We would like to draw attention to a new scheme by joint funders Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Irish Research Council (IRC). The scheme provides up to EUR 425,000 over 4 years toward the salary of a research fellow plus the stipend and fees for a PhD student to be supervised by the fellow. This is a great opportunity for promising postdoctoral researchers to secure independent research money while also growing a research team.

Further details are available here:

https://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/pathway/

Potential candidates who meet the eligibility criteria must first seek pre-approval from an eligible research body (deadline May 28th), after which nominated candidates can submit a full proposal (deadline June 25th).

We in the Astronomy and Astrophysics section at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies have extensive activities across planetary magnetospheres, space weather and solar physics (https://www.dias.ie/astro/), and we are open to candidates who are interested in applying for this scheme. Please contact either Caitriona Jackman (cjackman@cp.dias.ie) or Peter Gallagher (peter.gallagher@dias.ie) if you would like to discuss this scheme.