COALESCE (Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges)

Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland has launched the 2025 COALESCE Research Fund (Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges).

COALESCE 2025 will consist of the following strands:

• Strand 2A: Open call for interdisciplinary research addressing national or global societal challenges led by AHSS PI with STEM co-PI (max. €220,000 per award), funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland.
• Strand 2B: Providing opportunities for new collaborations between researchers in Ireland and researchers in eligible partner countries, based around excellent research projects aligned to the policy priorities set out in A Better World: Ireland’s Policy for International Development (max. €350,000 per award), funded by Irish Aid.
• Strand 1M: Developing new insights, knowledge, and evidence through high quality research to support the implementation of Irish government policy and the generation of evidence to inform a zero tolerance response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Ireland (max. €240,000 per award), funded by Cuan.