Springboard 2025 Application Resources

SETU Springboard 2025 Funding Application Form

Download SETU Springboard 2025 Funding Application Form

In advance of final submission all applications will be required to be costed by Finance, and then signed-off and ranked by the relevant academic faculty.

Support on filling out the form etc.: Neil Quinlan [email protected] (WD) and Eoin O'Brien [email protected] (CW)

Support on skills needs evidence in South East: Edmond Connolly Regional Skills Forum. Edmond will be on-site and available for consultations:

Tuesday 21st Jan – CW Thursday 23rd Jan - WD
Monday 27th Jan – CW Friday 31st Jan – WD
Tuesday 4th Feb – CW Wednesday 5th Feb – WD
Monday 10th Feb – CW Friday 14th Feb – WD

HEA Springboard 2025 Call Documentation

Timeline

Deadline for submission of completed, costed proposals is Friday 21st February 2025. These will then be collated and sent on to the relevant Faculty mgmt team for ranking and sign-off.

Key Publications as Specified by HEA in the 2025 Springboard Call

Further National / Intl Publications / Resources

OECD Skills Strategy Ireland - Assessment and Recommendations – 2023

The Future of Jobs Report 2025 - World Economic Forum

SOLAS National Skills Bulletin - 2024

Lifelong learning amongst adults in Ireland Quarter 4 2023

National Smart Specialisation Strategy for Innovation 2022-2027

Construction

EGFSN Skills for Modern Methods of Construction - 2024

National Upskilling Roadmap 2030 - Irish Green Building Council - 2024

Build Up Skills Ireland 2030: Analysis of the National Status Quo - Irish Green Building Council - 2023

Careers in Construction: Action Plan. DFHERIS 2023

Report on the Analysis of Skills for Residential Construction & Retrofitting, 2023 to 2030. DFHERIS - 2023

Green / Sustainability

IDA Labour Market Pulse - Irish Demand for Green Skills Growing at Twice the Global Rate of Increase - 2025

Digital and green transitions across enterprises: Do they go together? - ESRI 2025

ESD to 2030: Second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development

Climate Action Plan - 2024

Building Our Potential: Ireland’s Offshore Wind Skills and Talent Needs - 2024

Green Skills 2030 – The First National Further Education & Training (FET) Strategy for the Green Transition

CSRD - DETE information page on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Regulations

Hospitality / Tourism

Hospitality Skills in Ireland: Supply and Demand in the Aftermath of Covid-19 - 2024

The Competitiveness of Irish Tourism Review & Outlook - 2023

The Future of Irish Hospitality - Attracting and Retaining Talent - 2023

Food / Agri / Forestry

Food Vision 2030 – A World Leader in Sustainable Food Systems

Ireland's Forestry Strategy 2023 - 2030

Computing / Digitisation / AI / Automation

Update to Ireland’s National AI Strategy AI – Here for Good - Refresh 2024

Study of data and digital skills for all non-IT roles across multiple industries. IDA & Skillnet ireland - 2024

SKILL REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN IRELAND: the labour market for jobs in Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Ireland - ESRI 2024

Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework - 2022

Technology Skills 2022 - Ireland's Third ICT Skills Action Plan

Automation and Occupations: A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Automation on Occupations in Ireland - Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Service (IGEES) - 2018

Financial Services

EGFSN Skills for Intl Financial Services - 2024

Financial Services in Ireland – Skills of the Future: International FinancialServices Skillnet - 2022

South East Regional Skills Forum / SERSF docs

SE Leadership & Management Skills Survey (to be published shortly) - presentation of findings - Nov 2024

EVALUATION OF THE ENGINEERING SKILLS AND TRAINING NEEDS OF MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTORS IN THE SOUTH EAST - 2024

Regional Skills Infographic – South East. SERSF & SOLAS - 2023

Regional Skills Fora Insights 2023

ICT Skills Survey of Companies in the South East. SERSF & SETU - 2023

Summary of Demand from Industry for Skills / Training: Pharma & Medtech – 2023

Summary of Demand from Industry for Skills / Training: Construction – 2023

Summary of Demand from Industry for Skills / Training: Financial Services – 2023

Summary of Demand from Industry for Skills / Training: Manufacturing / Engineering – 2023

Summary of Demand from Industry for Skills / Training: ICT – 2023

Assessment of training need for forest harvesting operations with recommendations - 2022

South East Hospitality Industry Training & Education Review With Recommendations - 2021

Further Skills Docs Related to the South East Skills

Assessment of the Lifelong Learning Needs of the South East. SETU - 2024

Knowledge & Skills Needs in the South East: A focus on the Agriculture, Food, Forestry, Horticulture & Marine Sectors. SETU - 2024

South East Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024. DETE - 2022

Costing your Proposal

No RGAM / Recurrent Grant funding for Springboard courses and any fees that were developed for existing non-Springboard courses that may be submitted will have to be substantially revised upwards for SB pruposes.
HEA Springboard Costing Reference Sheet 2025
- this is a general reference - courses that charge higher rates per 10 credits are routinely funded if a compelling case is made
- costing is one element of the marking scheme
Talk to your HoD / talk to Brian O'Reilly / Brian.OReilly@setu.ie in Finance re WD courses and TBC in Carlow re CW Courses
Include any known or potential non-pay costs - all costs need to be covered by the fees [ no separate funding for capital equipment etc. ]
Final application including costing has to come thru the Faculty

New Course Validation (where relevant )

Courses do not need to be already validated in order to be submitted for Springbaord funding
But they need to start before end Oct 2025 - so get the validation process started for new courses right away - talk to registry

Types of Courses previously funded under Springbaord

Overall Listing of Springboard Courses Funded Nationally in 2022