Research Newsletter – Issue 75: Information and Updates
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The EU Horizon Europe Cluster 4 latest draft Work Programme is now available for review and consultative purposes.
If you would like to get a copy of the draft Work Programme please get in touch with Katya McDonagh (ecaterina.mcdonagh@dcu.ie) in the Research Support Office.
SFI, as a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), has made a formal commitment to fair and responsible research assessment practices. To this end, SFI is changing the way its review process assesses the quality and impact of research outputs, by moving away from journal impact factors, the h-index and other types of metrics, towards a broader, more holistic view of researchers’ achievements.
SFI has introduced the narrative CV format to all programme funding calls from 2019 onwards, where applicants are instructed to describe their research achievements in four key areas: generation of knowledge, development of individuals and collaborations, contributions to the research community, and contributions to society and the economy.
The guidance on narrative CVs has recently been updated by SFI and is available here (in particular, note the FAQ document, resources and a guidance note).
The European Commission (EC) is seeking to enlarge the pool of experts to evaluate the proposals requesting funding from the Innovation Fund. For the Innovation Fund’s second call for small-scale projects the Commission is calling on expert evaluators and rapporteurs to evaluate the proposals to be received by the call deadline. The experts will have the opportunity to evaluate some of the most innovative and disruptive projects in their sector of expertise as well as contributing to defining the Innovation Fund pipeline of best low carbon innovation projects located in the EU.
In particular, the EC are searching for:
- technical experts with experience in one or more of these fields: Carbon capture, utilisation and storage; Industries covered under the Emission Trading System, such as but not limited to: ferrous and non-ferrous metals, chemicals, cement, concrete, lime and gypsum, refineries, paper, glass and ceramics; Hydrogen; Energy storage and cross-sectoral and industrial symbiosis projects; Renewable energy: wind, solar (PV/CSP), geothermal, bioenergy, ocean, etc.,
- GHG experts in Lifecycle assessment or GHG emissions assessments,
- financial experts in investment analysis and monitoring, project finance and/or financial advisory in the same fields, and
- rapporteurs and quality checkers with a proficiency level of English.
More details are available here.
DCU REC Closure Period
Please note that DCU REC will be closed from the 8th of July - 1st of August 2022. Any queries or amendment requests that are submitted to REC during that time will likely be processed from the 2nd of August onwards.
The current REC Calendar of meetings and submission deadlines can be found here.
HEAnet and ICHEC are working collaboratively on a submission to the NORF Open Research Fund. The proposal aim is to develop a national shared data storage service for active data, starting with a pilot for diverse research groups.
The team are currently seeking pilot users (researchers or research groups) to get involved. Your investment of time would involve using the proposed data centre and providing feedback/reports on performance and 'fitness for purpose'.
If you are interested in participating, please contact research@dcu.ie by June 30th and we will put you in contact with HEAnet.
The Research Project Administration (RPA) Team, based in DCU’s Stokes Building, provides high quality, professional conference and event organisation services which are easily and readily accessible to all academics across DCU’s Campuses, Faculties, Schools and Research Centres.
The RPA Team’s services are comparable to external PCO’s and support is available for all types of events (conferences, symposia, workshops, project meetings etc.). Customised support for full event management and also stand-alone support packages are available.
Contact us at rpa.enquiries@dcu.ie