Research Newsletter - Issue 75: Funding Opportunities
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The Irish Cancer Society are currently accepting applications for a number of open funding calls. Please see below the outline of the open funding calls. Further information can be found on the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) Website.
Applications can be made through the ICS Online Grant System. For queries, please contact grants@irishcancer.ie.
EU Cancer Research Collaboration Award 2022
The purpose of the EU Cancer Research Collaboration Award is to support excellent Irish-based cancer researchers in all disciplines to foster and build research and innovation consortia across Europe, through periods of international mobility.
A key aim of this award is to stimulate and promote participation of Ireland’s cancer researchers in future large-scale EU funding schemes through collaboration and sustainable partnerships with academic or non-academic partners. Such schemes may include Horizon Europe, Innovative Medicines Initiative, EU4Health, Digital Europe and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions etc. as identified on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal.
Applicants can apply for funding of a maximum €10,000, however this must be appropriately justified based on the duration of mobility proposed. Each period of mobility is expected to be a minimum of 1 month in duration; there can be more than one period of mobility. This award can provide funding for a variety of mobility-associated expenses, such as travel costs, accommodation and consumables while on mobility.
Deadline for applications: 3pm Thursday 18th August 2022.
Clinical Trials Catalyst Award
A key priority in the Irish Cancer Society strategy 2020-2025 is ensuring that Irish patients benefit from world-class cancer research and expertise. Central to this focus is fostering and cultivating clinical trial research to ensure that Irish cancer patients have access to excellent cancer treatment, research, and leaders who will drive innovative, evidence-based improvements in patient care.
As part of this commitment, the Irish Cancer Society wishes to invite eligible research-active clinicians, primary care physicians, dentists, nurses, and allied health professionals in oncology-related fields to submit an application for the Clinical Trials Catalyst Award 2022.
The aims of the Award are to:
- support activities necessary to evolve an existing clinical trial or the development of a clinical research project;
- drive patient accrual in cancer clinical trials and studies;
- support the career development of the clinical researcher through protected time specifically to focus on the initiation of a clinical trial.
Deadline for applications: 3pm Thursday 17th August 2022.
Cancer Research Networking Awards
The Irish Cancer Society Cancer Research Networking Awards offers cancer researchers the opportunity to establish and strengthen collaborations and relationships with national and international cancer researchers. This programme will give researchers at any stage of their career the opportunity to learn about up-to-date cancer research, network and collaborate, and to gain experience in research dissemination.
The aim of this award is to contribute towards the cost of networking initiatives, training activities, or the development of collaborations or partnerships (attend or host a workshop, conference, training or any other networking activity) which will help stimulate, develop, and build capacity in the cancer research community. These awards are intended to support motivated individuals who would not otherwise be able to undertake these activities.
There are two funding strands available: one for researchers from a translational cancer research background and one for researchers from a social science, nursing, and allied health background.
Deadline for applications: 3pm Wednesday 24th August 2022.
Patient Advocate in Cancer Research Champion Award
An advocate is someone who supports or defends a cause. In the cancer research community, a cancer advocate provides a voice for cancer patients whilst working in partnership with researchers to support and input into the cancer research agenda specifically.
The purpose of the Patient Advocate in Cancer Research Champion 2022 award is to provide funding to support cancer advocates in championing cancer research on a national or international level.
Irish Cancer Society recognises the value of having patient experts and people who are affected by cancer involved at every stage the research funding process. These cancer advocates play very important roles and are instrumental in improving the lives of those affected by cancer by advising on what types of cancer research will benefit those who are affected by cancer.
You do not need to be a member of the Irish Cancer Society PPI Panel to apply for this award. This call is open to all cancer research advocates in Ireland.
Deadline for applications: 3pm Thursday 1st September 2022
Information into Evidence for Action Award 2022
Through the Information into Evidence for Action Award 2022, the Irish Cancer Society aims to fund a research proposal to evaluate and identify how an evidence-informed cancer intervention/service can be most effectively introduced into the Irish Health System. The results of this study are expected to feed into our goal to improve care, quality and outcome of cancer patients.
Expected outcome of the project:
- To identify barriers and enablers of cancer interventions implementation in the Irish public health system
- To identify all stakeholders and key decision makers integral to the effective implementation of cancer interventions in the Irish public health system
- To generate an evidence-based procedure for implementing a cancer intervention in Irish public healthcare settings
- To generate a series of recommendations and learnings from the study
- To identify mechanisms of sustainability for the next stages of implementation
The intervention/service may focus on a specific cancer type or be more general in focus e.g. children’s, adult, or geriatric cancers etc. Additionally, proposals may focus on various public service settings e.g. hospital, community services, acute oncology services, etc. The development phases of the intervention should be complete or near completion. The award will not fund any phase of developing an intervention.
The Information into Evidence for Action Award will provide funding of up to €50,000. The estimated project timeline must be between 12-18 months.
Application deadline: 3pm Thursday 18th August 2022
DCU Contact: helen.burke@dcu.ie
The GSI Short call is designed to support excellent research, build capacity, increase research impact and strengthen research teams in the area of geoscience on the Island of Ireland.
Research themes
The Geological Survey will support projects under the following GSI Research themes:
- Bedrock and /or Quaternary geology of Ireland
- Groundwater resources and protection
- Minerals, including minerals prospectivity
- Marine geology & mapping
- Geochemistry
- Geophysics
- Coastal change
- Geohazards & geotechnical engineering
- Geothermal Energy
- Online database delivery and management
- Projects utilising GSI holdings of the National Archive
- Artificial intelligence and applications to geoscience data
- Palaeoclimate/climate impact studies using geological data
- Geoscience education & learning
Examples of types of projects
Applied, basic or ‘blue skies’ research projects are eligible. Examples include:
- Seed projects towards development of larger scale projects
- Student bursaries or scholarships (e.g. summer students, MSc.)
- Development of prototypes/software
- Development of methodologies/toolkits
- Demonstration projects
- Increasing accessibility to, and visibility of, GSI archives
Projects utilising GSI funded geoscience infrastructure, e.g. the Earth Surface Research Laboratory at Trinity College, and/or with applications in Soil science, Climate Change and Subsurface Spatial Management are particularly encouraged.
Summary Details:
Deadline
12noon, Tuesday July 5th 2022
Maximum funding
€30,000 including indirect costs
Duration
Maximum 14 months
Submission
By email – Applicants must use the application form provided, please see template below.
Documents
GSI Short Call 2022 Terms and Conditions
GSI Short Call 2022 Application Form
If you have a question that is not answered in the documents, or if you encounter any difficulty with the Word document, please contact research@gsi.ie.
If you would like more information about the programme, or projects previously funded through this call, please go to:
- Geological Survey's Research Roadmap
- Short Call projects funded in 2015
- Short Call projects funded in 2017
- Short Call Projects funded in 2020
Contact: Helen.burke@dcu.ie
The SDG Challenge seeks to support diverse, transdisciplinary teams to develop transformative, sustainable solutions that will contribute to addressing development challenges under the UN SDGs in countries where Irish Aid works.
Funding is available for collaborative research teams based in eligible research institutions in Ireland and partner countries. Successful teams will be awarded up to €300k and will work through a series of phases to develop their idea. An overall prize award of €1M will be available to the team that demonstrates the highest potential for transformative impact.
They are seeking solutions that contribute to SDG 13: Climate Action, and related goals and targets. The challenge theme also encompasses SDG 14: Life below water and SDG 15: Life on land.
Applicants
The challenge is intended to support highly motivated, transdisciplinary teams committed to developing transformative, sustainable solutions that will contribute to addressing development challenges under the UN SDGs in Irish Aid’s partner countries. It is expected that teams will encompass a range of technical and non-technical skills to address barriers associated with challenge definition and solution deployment, and that they will represent collaborative and equitable partnerships between researchers in Ireland and the partner country. Teams must include expertise in the STEM research area underpinning the proposed solution, but should also include knowledge or experience in areas such as, for example, international development, development economics, or behavioural or social sciences, in order to inform the adoption and impact of novel interventions.
Deadline
22nd September 2022 13.00
Funding
Staged funding up to €300k is available depending on progression through the competition for a project of up to 18 months duration. One team will win a final prize of €1M for an additional period of 24 months.
Eligibility
While only one Irish lead applicant is necessary, this call would also particularly suit cross-disciplinary/cross-Faculty applications from two DCU PI’s (in addition to the partner country lead). Both academic staff or contract researchers are eligible to be an Irish team lead (see call document for full eligibility details).
Further details of the call including information on challenge funding, the application process and the engagement of partner countries are outlined here.
Contact
Contact your Faculty Research Development Officer or dara.dunican@dcu.ie for further details, and support for identifying partners or refining your challenge idea.
SFI are particularly keen for engaging with potential challenge applicants prior to application to respond to queries on potential challenge solutions, so the RD team are available to facilitate those discussions.
The Irish Research Council has made a provision to assist Ukrainian researchers supported by the government under the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD).
Irish Research Council-funded principal investigators (PIs) on current or forthcoming PI-level awards will be able to apply to the IRC for funding to add an eligible individual to the project where the individual’s research interests are aligned with those of the project.
Eligible IRC-funded PIs can apply to add displaced researchers and research-related technical staff across the research career framework, including those that were conducting research master’s or PhD-level training, postdoctoral fellows and more experienced investigators, to their awards.
Awards can have a maximum duration of 12 months. The budget requested and the award duration must reflect the scale and nature of the proposed research. Activities funded should relate, and add value to, the original award objectives. Funding must be associated with clearly identified individuals and activities. Eligible costs include:
- Salaries, stipends and student fees
- Materials and consumables up to a total of €2,000 per researcher
- A contribution of €1,000 towards the purchase of a computer
- Overheads at 25% of total direct costs (excludes student fees and equipment costs)
It is a rolling call and all applications must be submitted via the Research Office. For further details please refer to the IRC’s website.
Contact: sumona.mukherjee@dcu.ie
The Froebel Trust are offering two types of Open Call Research Grants this year:
Seed funding grants up to £5,000 (approx. €5,812)
Suitable for early career researchers and / or pilot studies. For projects which seek to develop research that increases and advances knowledge and debate about Froebelian principles and their application in the teaching, learning and development of children from birth to 8 years.
Large Grant funding up to £50,000 (approx. €58,118)
Suitable for experienced researchers who have an established track record in high quality studies, research outputs, and impact. For projects which seek to develop research that increases and advances knowledge and debate about Froebelian principles and their application in the teaching, learning and development of children from birth to 8 years.
For more information, please see the Froebel Trust website. The call closes on the 31st of August 2022, at 4pm (Irish time).
Contact: adam.platt@dcu.ie
The ECIU Research Institute for Smart European Regions (SMART-ER Project) has launched the second round of its Seed Programme and is inviting applications from researchers across member institutions 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 for Challenge-based research (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 1st July 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