Research Newsletter - Issue 93: Information and Updates
A feedback opportunity for the Horizon Europe work programme 2025 is now open and will close on the 6th of May 2024 at 11am IST.
Responses submitted through the surveys will contribute to the co-design of the ‘main’ work programme 2025, covering all six topic clusters in Pillar II, research infrastructures, European innovation ecosystems, the five EU Missions (including the Cancer Mission) and the New European Bauhaus facility.
The feedback is being collected at the level of the ‘Destinations’ or Missions. To structure the input, the Commission has provided an orientation document for each Destination and Mission, outlining the impacts and outcomes expected from the actions to be funded in 2025. Even if you do not wish to submit feedback, these orientation documents can be a useful way to explore the current direction of topic development for future calls.
See here for further information, orientation documents and survey links.
Amended Work Programmes for 2024 have now been published.
This includes the new Missions Work Programme, and some additional calls across the following Clusters:
Cluster 1: Health
Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space
Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment.
HRB grant applicants and grant holders will now have the option to link their HRB related activities to their ORCID profile.
The HRB Grant Electronic Management System (GEMS) has been updated to facilitate smoother integration with ORCID.
When a researcher connects their ORCID with their GEMS account and gives the necessary permissions, they can add the publication data stored in their ORCID record to their GEMS portal account and access this in HRB applications.
Similarly, for any HRB grant holder who has an ORCID iD linked to their grant applications on GEMS, the HRB will be able to credit any grant awarded from 2024 onwards on their ORCID profile via automated and authoritative data exchange.
SFI has collaborated with a group of international funding agencies (FNR, NWO, SNSF, UKRI, Wellcome), the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), and the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) on a peer-mentoring platform to support the writing of narrative-style CVs called PEP-CV.
PEP-CV is a free and open resource for everyone in the Research & Innovation sector, buttressing existing guidance on narrative-style CVs, while supporting efforts to further develop their use and implementation globally. To this end, the PEP-CV platform aims to support the broader recognition of activities and outputs in research.
Through fostering mentorship exchanges, PEP-CV will provide added value for mentors, mentees, and supporting institutions/organisations. Mentors will engage in global networking and mutual learning through their activities, while building their CV and mentorship experience. Mentees will learn to craft a more effective narrative-style CV, highlighting the strengths of their individual profiles and receiving insight from experienced colleagues.
The MCAA is the host and administrator of the PEP-CV Platform. All queries concerning PEP-CV can be directed to Pooja Khurana, the PEP-CV community manager: PEP-CV@mariecuriealumni.eu.
Please see below some information from the NIH that may be of interest to researchers for forthcoming direct applications to the NIH that they are collaborating on, or if they are considering an application to the NIH strand of the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme.
The headline notice is that most grant applications to the NIH with due dates on or after January 2025 will undergo review using a simplified framework and there will be at least some changes to most application forms used. Please see relevant NIH Guide Notices linked below for more information on these changes:
- NOT-OD-24-084 — Overview of Grant Application and Review Changes for Due Dates on or After January 25th, 2025
Summarises the following changes and announces a website for tracking the changes:- The simplified review framework for most research project grant applications
- Updated application forms (Forms-I)
- Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support (targeting May 2025 implementation)
- NOT-OD-24-085 — Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications – Update and Implementation Plans
Updates and clarifies impacted activity codes, plans for updating funding opportunities, and timing for application forms availability. - NOT-OD-24-086 — New NIH "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or After January 25th, 2025
Notifies the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25th, 2025.
In response to feedback from researchers and staff in multiple faculties, the DCU Communications team have developed a new form for research communications items.
This form is intended to capture research news updates, upcoming publications or outputs, launch or event details, pitches for media placement, and potential research impact case studies.
Please submit items through the form, or direct any further questions to conor.odonovan@dcu.ie
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has published an Open Access Vocabulary to create a shared understanding of the key terminology used in Open Access across regions and languages.
It is intended to be an easy-to-read reference guide, capturing the most common terms used across the globe.
The vocabulary is also available via the DCU Open Research website.
This hybrid event took place on 18th April. A recording is now available.
Iliana Ivanova, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, presented about “University Research and Education as Anchors of Europe’s Future” in which she looked at the contrast and complementarity of European and National Research priorities. Responding on national priorities was Dr. Deirdre Lillis, Assistant Secretary General, DFHERIS.
Dr Lillis was joined by panellists Dr Ciarán Seoighe, Deputy Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, Professor John Doyle, VP for Research DCU and Professor Emma Teeling, UCD.
Science Writer and Journalist Dr Claire O’Connell was panel chair.