SEAI ENERGISE Fellowship Programme
The SEAI Energise Fellowship Programme provides the opportunity for postdoctoral or experienced researchers to apply for research fellowship awards.
About the programme
This programme is open to postdoctoral or experienced researchers who can apply with the support of a 3rd level educational body.
The primary objectives of the SEAI Energise Fellowship Programme are to:
- Build capacity in the sustainable energy sector.
- Enhance national capabilities and capacities at the energy-policy interface.
- Build capacity in bridging the gap between policy and research.
- Strengthen knowledge to support the clean energy transition.
- Provide career development opportunities for participating fellows.
- Provide researchers considering a transition from academia to the private or public sector with relevant experience and skills.
- Provide researchers with funding in their own name to advance academic career progression, while rounding out professional experience during the fellowship.
- Provide a development opportunity for experience in energy policy and strategic development and implementation.
Categories
The Academic Fellowships category aims to build capacity in the energy sector, providing opportunities for early-stage postdoctoral researchers to lead projects in support of Ireland’s clean energy transition. These awards will fund individual researchers in Irish level third level educational bodies. It is an open call with a bottom-up approach to research topics, i.e. applicants are free to propose their own research idea, as long as projects are aligned with the objectives of the SEAI Research Development and Demonstration programme.
SEAI-Based Fellowship awards will support fellows who have the support of a 3rd level educational body to conduct research on a specified topic, within SEAI. Fellows will typically be based in the SEAI head office in Dublin for the duration of the award. Fellows can apply to one of five topics.
| SEAI – Based Fellowship Topics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applying an innovation to impact framework to achieve Ireland’s clean energy transition | |
| 2 | Measuring the incidence and distribution of energy programmes’ costs and benefits | |
| 3 | Evaluating energy programme outcomes using mixed and qualitative approaches | |
| 4 | Behavioural science approaches to understanding and changing energy-related behaviours | |
| 5 | Investigating the opportunity to future proof households from fossil fuel price fluctuations (with a focus on low income and vulnerable households) through utilisation of storage devices and other technologies | |
| Stages | Dates |
|---|---|
| Call Open Date | 18 March 2025 |
| PEP Application Portal opens | March 2025 |
| Fellowship Information Webinar | 2nd April 2025 |
| Deadline for Application Submission | 12 noon (Irish Standard Time) Wednesday 14th May 2025 |
| Evaluation Stage 1 Eligibility | May 2025 |
| Evaluation Stage 2 Technical Evaluation | June 2025 |
| Evaluation Stage 3 Interview | June/July 2025 |
| Award Notification | August 2025 |
How to Apply
Applicants to the SEAI Energise Fellowship programme will need to submit and upload the application form and associated documents to the PEP application portal. The portal will open for applications in late March 2025.
For all details on how to apply please see the SEAI Energise Fellowship Programme 2025 call document and application form in the Programme Documents section below
Webinar
SEAI Energise Fellowship Webinar – Register Now
Join our upcoming webinar on Wednesday the 2nd of April at 10am, to hear more about the new SEAI Energise Fellowship Call for 2025, including:
- Overview of the Call
- Academic Fellowships
- SEAI-Based Fellowships
- Application Process and Timelines
- Q&A