Research Newsletter - Issue 70: Funding Opportunities
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To support the development of transnational collaborations and promote mobility across ECIU member institutions, DCU is participating in the ECIU Researcher Mobility Fund (RMF).
The fund offers grants of up to €5,000 for travel and associated costs to visit other member institutions to:
- Collaborate with other ECIU researchers on a project, publication or funding proposal
- Undertake specific training opportunities for early-career researchers
- Share best practices in research support across institutions
The Research Mobility Fund is an open call available to academic staff, post-doctoral researchers and PhD students from all disciplines and to research support staff in DCU. Activities linking with UN SDG 11 are particularly invited, in line with the ECIU long-term research strategy.
DCU is now accepting applications for research visits taking place in Q1 and Q2 2022. More information is available in the RMF application guidelines document available at this webpage.
Application deadline: Friday 11th February 2022
For queries relating to the RMF 2022, please contact Dr. Emma McGrath, ECIU University Project Officer: emma.mcgrath@dcu.ie
The SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme provides opportunities for independent investigators to conduct highly innovative, collaborative research with the potential to deliver impact, whilst also providing opportunities for high-risk, high-reward research projects. The Projects stream call is now open: it provides funding for high-risk, high-reward research that facilitates highly innovative and novel approaches to research.
Please note the following institutional deadlines:
- TORA deadline: 20th January
- Institutional deadline for submission of final applications on SESAME to DCU Research Office: 1 pm 27th January
- Institutional deadline for submission of final applications on SESAME to SFI by DCU Research Office: 1 pm 28th January
Further information and guidance are available on the SFI website. Please note that FFP Awards call 2021 will open from January 28th 2022, 1 pm and will remain open for the remainder of 2022.
Contact: ecaterina.mcdonagh@dcu.ie
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland invites eligible applicants to submit research proposals under Horizon Europe, the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme.
The programme includes a thematic area Cluster 6 which offers funding to Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment. This cluster has a budget of over €2.2 billion for the period 2021-2022 with an overall budget of €10 billion for the period 2022-2027.
The aim of the research programme is to accelerate the transition towards the sustainable management of natural resources. It also aims to facilitate collaboration and strengthen the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU and national policies while tackling global challenges. The research funding includes measures for: climate neutrality of primary production, circular management of resources, sustainable and healthy food systems, halt of biodiversity decline, and prevention and removal of pollution.
There are a variety of one stage and two stage project proposals in the 2021-22 work programme. Details of the calls can be found on the EU Funding and Tenders portal.
- The deadline for the submission of one stage projects is 15th February 2022 (17:00 CEST) with projects expected to commence in Circa November 2022.
- The submission of the first stage of two stage projects is 15th February 2022 (17:00 CEST) with the deadline for the submission of the second stage of two stage projects is 01 September 2022 (17:00 CEST) with projects expected to commence in Circa May 2023.
Note that we have been made aware that, in particular, relatively few applications are in preparation for the following topics:
Topic HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-08: Assessing the nexus of extraction, production, consumption, trade and behaviour patterns and of climate change action on biodiversity in the context of transformative change
Topic HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-09: Understanding the role of behaviour, gender specifics, lifestyle, religious and cultural values, and addressing the role of enabling players (civil society, policy makers, financing and business leaders, retailers) in decision making
Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
Horizon Europe (2021-2027) is the EU's funding programme for research and innovation. The Health 2022 calls (Single and two-stage calls) are currently open with single stage calls closing on 21st April 2022 and the first stage of 2-stage calls closing on 1st February 2022. Details of these calls are available on the Funding and Tenders Portal.
Examples of calls include:
- Better financing models for health systems,
- Pre-clinical development of the next generation of immunotherapies for diseases or disorders with unmet medical needs,
- Development of new effective therapies for rare diseases,
- Developing the next generation of vaccines,
- Boosting mental health in Europe in times of change and
- Prevention of obesity throughout the life course.
The Work Programme is available here in PDF. For queries, please contact the National Contact Point (NCP) for Health, Kay Duggan-Walls, kdugganwalls@hrb.ie.
An online information event on the 2022 calls was held by the European Commission on 28th October 2021 and the recordings are available here.
The recording of the webinar on 2022 calls held by the Irish Health NCP, Kay Duggan-Walls, on 9th December 2021 can be accessed here.
Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
The Horizon Europe Missions are a novel feature of the EU's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Their goal is to provide solutions to specific grand challenges. There are five Missions, focused on Climate Change, Cancer, Water, Climate-Neutral Smart Cities and Soil.
The Missions Work Programme, providing details on each of the calls, has been published and can be accessed on the Missions website.
- The Soil Deal for Europe Mission has a call closing date of 24th March 2022.
- The Adaptation to Climate Change Mission has a call closing date of 12th April 2022.
- The Restore Our Ocean & Waters Mission has a call closing date of 12th April 2022.
- The Cancer Mission call has a closing date of 26th April 2022.
- The Climate Neutral and Smart Cities has a closing date of 26th April 2022.
The Commission ran Info Days for the Missions on Tues 18th & Wed 19th Jan. The presentations of each of the Missions can be accessed via the Missions Info Day webpage.
Note also that a call for applications for the selection of members for the Mission Boards has been published at the following link Commission is looking for top experts to advise on EU Missions | European Commission (europa.eu). The deadline for applications is 2nd Feb 2022. The Commission is looking for diverse profiles for the Board so it is worth considering if you are interested.
Contact: research@dcu.ie
The Irish Cancer Society has launched its new flagship research programme, the Collaborative Cancer Survivorship Research Centre. The goal is an integrated, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary national cancer research collaboration that is scientifically and practically impactful to people affected by cancer. Proposals should not focus on a single disease, but rather seek to address the common survivorship needs amongst different cancer types.
Funding of €4M (€800K per annum) is available for a core award to drive forward a programme of up to 5 years in duration. The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 3pm 15th February 2022. Further information can be found on the ICS website.
Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
The Irish Cancer Society is accepting applications for the Summer Studentships 2021 programme. The objective of the Irish Cancer Society Summer Studentships is to offer excellent undergraduate students the opportunity to undertake a cancer research project and to work with researchers in high-quality research environments.
There are four summer studentship awards available: two translational biomedical science summer studentships and two social, nursing, and allied health sciences summer studentships. Applicants can only apply for one type of studentship award.
The total amount available is €2,500 to support the student for a maximum period of eight weeks, starting no earlier than 2nd June.
The application deadline is 24th Feb 2022. See the ICS website for further details.
Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
The objective of the Irish Cancer Society SNAH Researcher Scholarship is to offer excellent graduates from nursing, allied health, and social sciences the opportunity to undertake structured postgraduate training in world class cancer research. Part-time PhDs are also possible for nursing and allied health applicants who will hold a concurrent clinical post during the course of the PhD. Nursing and allied health applicants who will be taking time away from their professional clinical role may apply for a stipend in line with IUA rates and inclusive of PRSI and employer pension contributions.
The objective of the Irish Cancer Society Translational Research Scholarship is to offer excellent graduates from medicine, biomedical, pharmaceutical, or the life sciences the opportunity to undertake postgraduate training in world class cancer research. There is scholarship funding available for one applicant of the highest calibre to focus on research within areas of high strategic priority for the Irish Cancer Society. During the four-year programme, Scholars will undertake general and cancer-specific training while participating in structured PhD programmes, and will have the opportunity to gain experience at an international research institution through a mobility/capacity building element.
These scholarships are specifically intended to fund research that is aligned with the Society’s Strategy (2020-2025) and its Research Roadmap. Proposed projects can be in any of the following areas: a) translational biomedical research, b) clinical trials, c) survivorship, or d) strategic priorities.
Applications can be made through the Irish Cancer Society Gateway Grant Tracker online system.
Further information can be found on the Irish Cancer Society website
The deadline for applications is 3 pm Tuesday 22 February 2022.
Contact: Helen.burke@dcu.ie
The Health Research Board is now inviting applications to the 2022 HRB Applied Partnership Awards.
Details:
The overarching aim of the APA scheme is to support high quality applied research projects where researchers and knowledge users come together to focus on themes/questions that are determined by the documented needs of the Irish health and social care system.
Aligned with the objectives of the HRB Strategy, this scheme will support high quality research proposals relevant to health priorities in Ireland. Applications are invited for applied research projects of between 12-24 months duration where the findings from the research will have a direct impact on the decision making of the knowledge user’s organisation/s. The proposed research should be explicitly linked to the documented evidence needs of the knowledge user organisation/s and it must be clear from the application how the knowledge user/s is integrated throughout the research process. The application should include a clear and concise knowledge translation plan that will highlight how the research findings will be applied by the knowledge user organisation/s.
Co-Funding:
For applications to be eligible in this scheme a co-funding commitment is required from the knowledge user organisation/s. The level of the co-funding commitment must be at least equivalent to a minimum of 20% of the total award grant requested from the HRB and the co-funding counted for this purpose must reflect a cash contribution only (higher and/or additional in-kind contributions are encouraged and welcome). Please see APA 2022 Guidance Notes for further information.
Who should apply?
Applications should be made on behalf of a team which is made up of researchers and knowledge users. The applicant team should designate a Lead Applicant from the research team, and a Lead Applicant from the knowledge user team. While we acknowledge that there are many individuals in knowledge user organisations that are also experienced researchers, it is important in this scheme that there are two distinct Lead Applicants.
Submission:
Applications must be completed and submitted through the HRB online Grant E-Management System (GEMS) (https://grants.hrb.ie) and this system will close automatically at the stated deadline below. Prior to the final submission to the HRB, all applications must first be reviewed and approved by the Host Institution’s signatory approver within GEMS.
Rolling Call:
These awards will be issued under a rolling call. The call opened on 17th January 2022 and applications can be submitted at any time throughout the year until February 2023. APA has two closing dates with staggered deadlines and two distinct cycles for peer-review (as below). This is to allow researchers and partner organisations to develop timely collaborations, yet have the flexibility to submit to either the first or the second peer review cycle.
Cycle 1 Application closing date 27th April 2022
Cycle 2 Application closing date 1st February 2023
For more information, please visit the HRB website.
Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
The recently launched ECIU Research Institute for Smart European Regions (SMART-ER Project) is inviting applications from researchers across member institutions to avail of seed funding to support European collaborative initiatives.
The SMART-ER Seed Programme aims to connect researchers in addressing common challenges related to UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 ‘Sustainable cities and communities’. Specifically the thematic priority areas identified by SMART-ER are: Energy & Sustainability; Transport & Mobility; Circular Economy; and Resilient Communities.
Within the Programme, funding is available through three Strategic Pilot Actions:
- Joint supervision agreements for doctoral students and industrial doctorates (Maximum available budget: €5,000)
- Blended mobility to create research networks (Maximum available budget: €25,000)
- Seed project funding (Maximum available budget: €50,000)
More information on each of the Actions and how to apply can be found on the ECIU website.
The closing date for applications is Friday 18th March 2022.
Contact:
Queries can be made directly to the SMART-ER Seed Programme team at: smarter_seed@ua.pt
For local enquiries, please contact Dr Emma McGrath: emma.mcgrath@dcu.ie
The Citizens, Rights, Equality and Values Programme currently has several open calls that may be of interest to researchers across DCU.
The programme's overall aim is to contribute to the further development of equality and rights of persons, as enshrined in EU and international human rights conventions. The calls listed below allow for research activities to form part of the application and therefore may be of interest to DCU researchers partnering with public authorities.
The specific calls of relevance to researchers are:
Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination
- This call may be of interest to researchers looking to partner with local, regional and national public authorities. The call has 5 separate strands that may be of interest:
-Fighting against intolerance, racism, xenophobia, discrimination, hate
speech and hate crimes.
-Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector.
- Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality through the implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy.
- Preventing, reporting and countering hate speech online.
- Improve the responses to discrimination, racism and xenophobia by public authorities (This strand can only be led by public authorities but researchers from DCU can act as partners).
- Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants.
- Call Deadline: 24th February 2022, 16:00 (Irish Time)
Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children
- This call may be of interest to researchers looking to partner with local, regional and national public authorities. The call has 5 separate strands that may be of interest:
- Large-scale and long-term transnational actions to tackle gender-based violence
- Combating and preventing violence linked to harmful practices
- Primary prevention of gender-based violence
- Supporting and improving national data collection on violence against children
- Strengthening responses that prevent and support child victims of violence by reinforcing child protection systems at national and local level
- Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants.
- Call Deadline: 12th April 2022, 16:00 (Irish Time)
Call for proposals to protect and promote the rights of the child
- This call aims to strengthen the sustainability and impact of child participation mechanisms (existing or to be created) at local and national level in decision making processes. It may be of interest to researchers looking to partner with local, regional and national public authorities.
- Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants.
- Call Deadline: 18th May 2022, 16:00 (Irish Time)
Contact: If you are interested in applying as a coordinator or as a partner on any of these calls, please contact me at adam.platt@dcu.ie.