The National Surgical Research Support Centre would like to highlight the ILCT Programme. This fund supports research that addresses questions of direct relevance to the improvement of patient care, health of the public and health services and that has strong potential to have immediate use for decision makers in everyday clinical practice or policy.

Funding available: Maximum of €430,000 for Feasibility Studies & €1,300,000 for Definitive Interventions.

Lead Applicants should be at the mid-stage or senior stage in their career and should have experience in the conduct of interventions. 

There are three rounds of applications with the following closing dates:

• 25 April 2025 
• 18 July 2025 
• 17 October 2025

All applications must be made using the HRB Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS) https://grants.hrb.ie

For further support with surgical trial applications, please contact: nsrsc@rcsi.ie

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