Applications Open for National PPI Festival Fund 2025
The PPI Ignite Network @ University of Galway is delighted to announce the launch of the second National PPI Festival Fund.
Applications are now open please read below to read more about the Festival Fund.
The overarching goal of this seed funding is to to offer supports of €1000 to assist University of Galway staff or students, all patient & community organisations and individual PPI contributors to host a National PPI Festival event in October that aligns with the festival’s aims (see National PPI Festival 2025 Guidance Document for detail).
The support funds can be used for a wide variety of purposes, including refreshments and catering, design and print, creating accessible information, venue hire, PPI contributor involvement, equipment hire, facilitators hire, interpreters hire, and software or equipment costs. The Festival Fund is for National PPI Festival activities only and cannot be used to fund a research project or to cover staff costs.
What is the National PPI Festival?
The fourth National PPI Festival will take place from 1-31 October 2025. It is a national celebration of progress in Public and Patient Involvement in Research (PPI) in Ireland, where people from all over Ireland can meet others interested in PPI to share their experiences, learn from each other and help progress PPI in research in Ireland further.
The Festival, coordinated by the PPI Ignite Network @ RCSI, under the motto 'Celebrating our history, embracing our future' aims to:
- Celebrate PPI progress to date.
- Provide opportunities to foster existing relationships.
- Broaden out to connect with the research community not currently involved.
- Increase overall public awareness of PPI.
- Allow a creative space for innovation.
Learn More
The deadline for applications is 18 August 2025.
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