IRCHSS postgraduate call update

In advance of the official launch of the 2012-13 round of the Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme, IRCHSS has made the application and reference forms (in editable PDF format) available on the IRCHSS website. Applicants and nominated referees will be required to complete and upload these forms to the new Online Application System when the Scheme officially opens in the coming weeks. The purpose of making the application and reference forms available at this time is to assist applicants in preparing for the official call in terms of (a) familiarising applicants with the questions on the application form and (b) ensuring timely coordination between the applicant and the proposed supervisor and referee. The link to the relevant information and to the forms  is here. here you will find indicative launch and closing dates for this particular Scheme.

SFI Research Centres Programme 2012

SFI have just announced a new programme for research centres - The SFI Research Centres Programme which will consolidate the existing Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) Programme and Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) Programme into a ‘single-entry’ competition. Find out more here…………..

HEA Call for Applications

The Irish Independent and the Higher Education Authority are inviting research students in any discipline at an Irish higher education institution to make a short submission on the difference their research work will make to a particular aspect of Irish life, to the country as a whole or indeed, internationally. Closing date February 27th – encourage all postgrads to enter please! Email impact@hea.ie for more details.

Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Awareness School Scheme.

IRCHSS is inviting applications to the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Awareness School Scheme. This call is managed by IRCHSS on behalf of the Family Support Agency under the aegis of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The aim is to promote an interest among researchers in mining the Growing Up in Ireland Longitudinal Study findings with a view to identifying suitable family-related studies that the Family Support Agency could facilitate in 2012. Please click here for further information.

CARDI Call for Applications

CARDI launched call for applications to attend Canadian Summer Programme on Ageing. Up to 5 early career researchers can attend. Find out more here…………

Interreg call on the way

The 10th Call for proposals under the INTERREG-IV North West Europe Programme is expected in April 2012 with a submission deadline of 11th May 2012. All priorities (1-4) will remain open with total available funds amounting to €43 million in ERDF: Priority 1 (Innovation): €11.3 m in ERDF; Priority 2 (Environmental Challenges): €14.8 m in ERDF; Priority 3 (Connectivity): €15.5 m in ERDF; Priority 4 (Strong and Prosperous Communities): €1.4 m in ERDF. Find out more here.............

       
Funding for marine projects

The AQUAEXCEL project unites major aquaculture experimental facilities with capacity to undertake experimental trials on a selection of commercially important fish aquaculture species and system types. These facilities are made available to the research community for Transnational Access (TNA) with the support of the European Union 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (Infrastructures). The overall objective of the AQUAEXCEL project is to promote the coordinated use and development of these top class experimental facilities and encourage problem‐based research and knowledge transfer to more effectively support the development of a sustainable European production of high quality seafood with reduced environmental impact. Interested researchers can propose projects that involve visits of one or two people to the chosen Research Infrastructure for periods of up to 3 months. The research work and associated travel and subsistence expenses will be paid under the project. 2nd Call will be announced in January 2012 - Deadline for applications is 16th March 2012. Additional information is available on the AQUAEXCEL website.

ASSEMBLE: Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories

ASSEMBLE partners are developing an integrated infrastructure to optimize the possibilities for European research groups to excel in research on marine ecosystems and marine biological models using the most advanced approaches in modern biology. On-site and remote access is available for marine research projects based on or related to marine organisms.

The sixth ASSEMBLE call for applications for on-site access is now open. Deadline for applications will be February 15th, 2012. The 6th call is for research projects taking place in the period June - November, 2012. Remote access (shipment) of marine models and algal culture collections can be applied for all year around. See Calls and Selection for more information

FP7 MARINET: Access marine renewable energy test facilities

Application deadline - 29th February 2012 MARINET is a new EU FP7 network which aims to accelerate the development of marine renewable energy (wave, tidal & offshore-wind) by bringing together world-class testing facilities at all scales to offer EU-funded testing and to coordinate focussed R&D.

Commercialisation funding call open

Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund Programme first call for Commercialisation Fund Support projects in 2012 is now open. The Programme supports researchers in Higher Education Institutions and Research Performing Organisations to undertake research that has the potential to result in the commercialisation of new technologies by way of licenses to improve the competitiveness of Irish Industry or through the spin out of new start-up ventures.

The closing date for receipt of applications is NOON on MARCH 7^TH 2012. More information available here.........

 

Dept launches funding for food and agriculture research 

A call for proposals has been launched by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine with a closing date of March 7th 2012. Applications are invited under three programmes: Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM); Research Stimulus Fund (RSF) and Programme of Competitive Forest Research for Development (CoFoRD). All information is available here............

 

SFI to issue two new calls in 2012

A new SFI Research Centres programme will be launched in early 2012 by SFI. It will consolidate the CSET and SRC programmes and funding of between €1m and €5m per annum for up to 6 years will be available. SFI will also issue a parallel call for proposals for Strategic Collaborative Development Awards - short-term funding of between €100k and €200k to facilitate multi-PI clusters to engage in an exploratory collaboration with another party, such as another research centre (e.g Technology Centre) or cluster, or a new industry partner company.  More information on the programme available here.......

EPA rolling calls

The Environmental Protection Agency provides funding for events and for research-related travel associated with environmental issues. Proposals are accepted 4 times a year on a rolling basis: 31st December; 31st March; 30th June; 30th September. For more information..........

IRCSET Embark Initiative 2012 now open

Funded by the State under the National Development Plan, the Embark Initiative is aimed at knowledge creation in the sciences, engineering and technology, for the long term future benefit of society and the economy.This will be the only call for PhD scholarships this year from IRCSET. Closing date February 15th 2012. Find out more here.....

 HRB funding calls for health research

The Collaborative Applied Research Grants in Population Health and Health Services Research programme has a closing date of 16 February 2012. The Summer Student scholarship programme closes on January 26^th 2012. The HRB Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Awards scheme 2012 closes 14^th March 2012. For more information…………

    IRCHSS Postdoctoral programme now open

Closing date for the IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme is 4pm February 17th 2012. Applications will be sought under 2  types of fellowship: One year and two year. To be eligible to apply to the scheme, applicants must have been awarded their doctoral degree within the five-year period before 17th February 2012. For more details..............

 

ShareBiotech Mobility Grant

 ShareBiotech Mobility Grant Applications are currently open for travel and accommodation for visits up to 5 days. Projects must be linked to one or both ShareBiotech priorities: Acquisition of knowledge and know-how regarding advanced technologies in life sciences; Acquisition of management, innovation and business skills to foster technology penetration, promote start-up companies and facilitate access to technologies and development of capacities to enable sharing of technology facilities. Additional details on ShareBiotech website. You can view the Original Page on the Marine Institute Website. 

Japan/ Ireland Travel Fellowship

The Short Term Travel Fellowship (STTF) programme enables Irish based researchers to collaborate with international partners. SFI has launched a “reverse-STTF” programme to enable Japanese collaborators, whose research has been interrupted by the tsunami, to continue their research in Irish laboratories. Rolling call. 
For more information......

SFI Research Professorship Award

The SFI Research Professorship Award Programme is now open.The Call document may be accessed via the SFI website.... It is intended to assist research bodies in their recruitment of world-leading researchers for Professorial Chairs, or similar research leadership positions in targeted scientific areas within the Lifesciences, ICT & Energy sectors. The candidates must be world leaders in their discipline and must be supported with a full professorship that will continue after the term of funding of this award expires

SFI funds travel to labs outside Ireland

The Short Term Travel Fellowship (STTF) funds Irish-based researchers to collaborate on research projects for from 1 to 6 months. It is a rolling call but applications must be in at least 2 months before date of travel. For more information............... 

  NRA Research Programme

Two different categories of proposals will be considered for inclusion in the programme. These are short to medium term "commercial"research projects (<12 months) and longer term Fellowship projects (PhD and post-doctoral programmes). 

More information available here....

Intertrade Ireland's Fusion programme

This programme funds projects that are carried out by a company in Northern Ireland in partnership with a HEI in the Republic of Ireland (or vice versa). A graduate is also employed on the project and the HEI acts as the knowledge provider, providing expertise and support to the project. The project is initiated by a company with a particular technological need requiring the support and expertise of a third level institute. Rolling call  For more information........  

Innova funding available

InterTradeIreland's Innova Programme provides €5 million to help companies benefit from all-island collaborative approaches to R&D. InterTradeIreland is now seeking applicants for the 2011/2012 Innova Programme which will support 18 collaborative projects with a funding package of up to €285,000 each. More information here.........

SFI PIYRA Call Open

The SFI President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) call is open (rolling call) and is accepting Expressions of Interest. The PIYRA is SFI's most prestigious award to recruit young researchers currently based around the world to carry out their research in third level institutions in Ireland. More information here.....

SFI US-Ireland Partnership

Recipients of SFI funding can apply for funding under an agreement between the Irish government and governments of Northern Ireland and the United States. The proposal must be submitted to SFI 6 weeks before the closing dates of calls announced by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US.  More information here........

Innovation Vouchers

The objective of the Innovation Voucher initiative is to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers and small businesses and to create a cultural shift in the small business community's approach to innovation. Worth €5,000, each voucher can be used by a company to employ a research organisation (such as DIT) to solve a problem or explore a business opportunity. The next closing date is February 9th 2012.  For more information.....

Innovation Partnership programme

This programme supports collaborative research projects between Irish Higher Education Institutes and companies. Researchers participating in an Innovation Partnership will benefit from the opportunity to work with companies to solve real technical challenges and new product/service development. The call is open all year and applications are reviewed on a monthly basis. For more information...... 

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EAHC Funding call open

The Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) has just published a call for proposals for projects, operating grants, conferences and joint actions. The EAHC programme focuses on public health. The main priorities are: to improve citizens' health security; to promote health, including the reduction of health inequalities; to generate and disseminate health information and knowledge. Closing date: 9th March 2012. More information here...........  

Erasmus Mundus call now open

Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education. It provides support for the delivery of joint programmes at postgraduate level, support for staff and students to travel to other HEI's and support for organisations to develop projects that enhance the attractiveness, profile, visibility and image of European higher education worldwide. Closing date 30th April 2012.  More information available here................

Scholarship available for student to study in China

The Chinese Scholarship Council of the Peoples Republic of China will offer one scholarship to an Irish student – postgraduate, undergraduate, or student of advanced study - to study in China for the academic year 2012/2013.  Further information and forms (including foreigner physical examination form) relating to the Chinese Government Scholarship Programme 2012-2013 are available on the Chinese Scholarship Council website: http://en.csc.edu.cn/   The website also provides a list of Chinese Higher Education Institutions that admit international students. Closing date 9th March 2012.

Humanities research funding

IRCHSS has a new website that includes links to European and International funding opportunities. Check it out here...........

JERICO Funding call

The first call for access to the JERICO Coastal Observatories and Calibration Facilities is open from 12th January 2012 to 15th March 2012 with activities scheduled to start in the early summer of 2021 subsequent to a formal screening and selection process. The Jerico project is offering access to different ferrybox lines in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and various networks of fixed platforms and other single fixed point installations (buoys, towers, shore stations and underwater installations) in the Baltic, North and Irish Seas, and the Mediterranean Sea. Four glider fleets, based in the Irish Sea, the North Sea and the Western Mediterranean, and four calibration laboratories are also being put up for access.

Detailed information on the facilities offered for access, the eligibility of users, rules and selection procedures can be found on the Jerico website

ERC Advanced grant applications

ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains. ERC Advanced Grant funding targets researchers who have already established themselves as independent research leaders in their own right. Closing dates depending on the field of research are:  Life sciences 14 March 2012; Humanities 11 April. Full information here...........

Up to 100 Fellowships available in University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh intends to appoint up to 100 Chancellor`s Fellowships across the University`s 22 Schools as an investment in the future of teaching and research.  These prestigious awards are aimed at early career individuals of the highest potential who have begun to establish a reputation for the highest quality research at the forefront of their discipline and who have a commitment to learning and teaching at university level.  For more information...........

AXA Research grants available for postdocs and PhD students

AXA funds research that contributes to the understanding and prevention of risk. A strictly limited number of applications for funding must be made by an institution so DRE will soon be launcing a competition for the selection of proposals to be submitted under this programme. In the meantime the information regarding this programme can be located here...........

Open call for access to data

First call for research proposals by the FPF-7-funded DwB (Data without Boundaries) project. In case you are not familiar with the DwB Project: In order to enhance trans-national access to official microdata, the FP7-funded DwB project offers different kinds of support for working with microdata from a number of European countries. Closing date February 15th 2012. Further details on DwB are available at the following address: http://www.dwbproject.org/about/

FP7 open for business!

Lots of calls for FP7 funding were issued during the summer. There is a new page for open calls available here........ Additional services such as RSS feeds, deep linking and e-mail notifications are also provided. More details of funding opportunities are available here on the Irish FP7 website.  The FP7 Ireland office organises lots of European funding information workshops and events. These events are listed here...............

DIT researchers have made several succesful applications for funding under the FP7 programme so make sure you contact the DRE European Research Support Office for assistance if you are making a submission. Contact  john.donovan@dit.ie.   for more information. To find partners for European funding calls go to Cordis, the European Commission website........ 

  Financial support for researchers making FP7 applications

Enterprise Ireland provides financial supports for FP7 participants based in Ireland. Researchers in Irish companies, higher education institutions and research performing organisations can avail of the supports. More information here......  

EFSA work programme now available

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issues calls for information and projects here on the website. DIT is an approved organisation under Article 36 so DIT researchers can apply to be considered for Article 36 calls. art 36 organisation CRP-Santé-LNS under Prof Claude P Muller would be very interested in collaborating in following EFSA call:CFP/EFSA/BIOMO/2011/01 “Implementation and testing of electronic submission in XML format of Zoonoses, zoonotic agents, animal population, antimicrobial resistance and food-borne outbreaks data in the European Union”” If you are interested contact  [mailto:Nathalie.Welschbillig@osqca.etat.lu]

New search facility for US collaboration

There is a new search tool is available here.......  , where you can search USA related opportunities in FP7 at any time. Note that you can search any other country too. FP7 Calls specifically targeting cooperation with the USA. A useful document on calls that are specifically targeting research projects with US partners is available here...

Tips on making a successful FP7 application

A workshop organised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries highlighted the success of Irish researchers in FP7 in Theme 2. The report is available here as well as copies of the presentations made on the day...........

Funding to bring expertise from the US

The Fulbright Senior Specialist Awards provide US academics and professionals with opportunities to collaborate with counterparts outside the US on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other academic activities in certain academic disciplines for a period of 2 – 6 weeks. The Senior Specialists receive an honorarium, a travel grant and accident and emergency insurance from the Council of International Exchange of Scholars (CIES).  Rolling call....more information....

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RIS open for business.

With the DRE’s portal for research information you won’t have to submit any more paperwork to set up project codes and you won’t be asked for duplicate information about projects…we hope it will make your life easier! Please take the time to look at DRE’s Research Information System and update your information as soon as you can. Username: your email address; password: your staff number. Link is here……….

 

Another top download for DIT

Congratulations to Professor Gerry Farrell's team again. The co-authors of the paper (including Professor Farrell, Ginu Rajan, and Manjusha Ramakrishnan from DIT) "A Photonic Crystal Fiber and Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Hybrid Fiber-Optic Sensor System" was published in IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, January
2012, have been congratulated by the President of the IEEE Sensors Council for being one of the 25 most downloaded Sensors Journal papers in the month of December, 2011. Included in this count are all Sensors Journal papers published since its foundation, about 1000 papers in total. The paper is 6th in the list. Find out more here...............

 

 

Euronews discussion on education features DIT Director

A recent discussion on Euronews featured an interview with Director of Research & Enterprise Professor Ellen Hazelkorn about the effects of the downturn in the economy on the education sector. You can see it here.................

 

CREST featured at EU Innovation Convention

New Irish technology that kills MRSA and other disease-causing pathogens played a starring role at the first European Innovation Convention which took place in Brussels earlier this month.  The light-activated antibacterial surface coating was developed by a DIT research team at the Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST).  With funding from Enterprise Ireland, the research team worked with VitrA Ireland, to convert the photocatalytic technology into a commercial product  for use on ceramics. Read about it here............  

 

Dr McNamara appointed to EUA-CDE Steering Committee

Dr Mary McNamara, newly appointed Head of DIT's Graduate Research School, was recently appointed to the steering committee of the EUA Council for Doctoral Education.

 

Dr PJ Cullen awarded FIRM funding for packaging research 

On the 12th December the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, announced grant awards of approximately €10 million for research projects being undertaken, on a collaborative basis, by researchers from 13 institutions across the island of Ireland. Dr PJ Cullen, College of Sciences & Health has been awarded almost €100,000 for his research project being undertaken in collaboration with UCD: A novel packaging system for food safety and shelf-life extension. For more information......

Sustainable Design & Applied Research journal launched

The first edition of SDAR* - the Sustainable Engineering Design and Research Journal – was formally launched in Engineers Ireland  by Professor Owen Lewis, CEO of SEAI.  The Journal is a joint publication of CIBSE and DIT, and is edited by DIT colleague Dr. Kevin Kelly. The journal  will provide an important repository of documented evidence in engineering design and research.  To read the first issue......

Dr Mick McKeever awarded IERC funding

Following the July call for proposals Dr Mick McKeever, DIT Kevin St, has won close to €320,000 worth of funding from the International Energy Research Centre to develop a novel thermal energy storage unit and heat exchanger to full scale demonstration in large commercial building.

DIT PhD student develops iPhone apps

PhD student Paul Cahill based in DIT Bolton Street in the Department of Applied Technology and researching his PhD in the area of Biomedical Engineering has established a company called Urika with another PhD student based in NUIG - Brian Bargary. The company has just released three iPhone apps developed by them and available to buy on the iPhone apps store here..........Paul  is also working on a new biomedical applications which are planned for release next year.  In the meantime you can see iTap & Go, iTap & Text (free iPhone app) and iTap & Prank on the Apple store.

 

New Food Technology Book by DIT lecturer

A new book called Novel Thermal and Non-Thermal Technologies for Fluid Foods  has just been published by Elsevier. Edited by DIT lecturer Dr PJ Cullen and colleagues in UCD Dr Brijesh Tiwari and ex-DIT staff member Dr Vasilis Valdramidis. Available from Elsevier here.........

 

 

SFI TIDA Awards

Three applications for funding under the SFI TIDA award scheme have been approved. Four DIT researchers are PI's on the successful projects. Read about it here......

New Appointment to the board of EARMA

Dr John Donovan, Head of Research, DRE has been elected onto the board of EARMA – the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators . He is busy helping the organisation with its conference in Dublin in 2012 as part of the City of Science events. 'European Research and Innovation at the Horizon' is the theme for the conference being held from 9 to 11 of July followed by Europe's largest science conference, ESOF 2012 (Euroscience Open Forum from 11-15 July, 2012). Call still open for topics - closing December 15th 2011. For more information...............

 

Director of Research & Enterprise contributes to new publication about libraries

The discussion document, Libraries at Webscale, explores the impact of the Web on our rapidly changing information landscape, and presents an overview of the opportunities and challenges that operating in a Web-connected world provides for libraries and library users. The document presents a case for the opportunities that Webscale can afford libraries and the OCLC cooperative, and provides context for OCLC’s strategies to support libraries at Webscale. Read more here............... 

DIT research selected for international publication

Two DIT research projects were highlighted in the recent publication European Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics. Read about them here…European Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics

DIT Library goes mobile!

DIT have subscribed to a service which gives an app for mobile phones. This means people can now search the catalogue, ejournals, Arrow and access the library website on their mobile phones. To gain access use this url: http://www.libanywhere.com/m/476

Entrepreneurs take their first steps to success

16 Irish entrepreneurs have taken the first steps to business success by embarking on the latest DIT Hothouse incubation programme for knowledge intensive start-ups. The year long DIT Hothouse Venture Programme is an award winning programme that provides entrepreneurs with professional expertise, incubation facilities and mentoring to develop successful companies for the global market. The Venture Programme’s latest intake includes a broad range of enterprises from engineering software and wireless technology, to smartphone applications and web-based service solutions. Read more about it here...........

Innovation voucher scheme funds industry collaboration

Robert Morris, School of Manufacturing and Design Engineering, is collaborating with Cupright International to assess the wearability of copper plated hygiene products. Cupright normally manufactures its products using solid copper but Robert is assessing the potential of manufacturing products using more cost-effective copper plating. The company is using the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher scheme to cover the research costs. For more information: robert.morris@dit.ie  

Arrow stats available from the library

You can produce culmulative usage statistics from Arrow such as monthly, quarterly, annually etc. These can be produced both for titles and at a School/Research unit level. If you have a requirement for usage statistics please contact Yvonne Desmond Yvonne.desmond@dit.ie , tel: 402 7807 to find out how to get the information. 

New publication on HEI rankings launched in DIT

Professor Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research & Enterprise and Dean of the Graduate Research School has launched a new book that offers the first comprehensive study of the impact and influence of rankings on higher education from a global perspective. Read all about it here............. 

 Matching Funding for Research Projects

Increasingly, funders are demanding greater and greater fractions of any research award be co-funded by the recipient. This fraction of matching funding varies from 10% to 75%+ depending on the funder, the programme, the call, the objectives, etc, etc. It is important that both the proposer and the Institute understand where matching funding is coming from before a proposal can go ahead. If a project requires matching funding, please tell us where that funding is coming from by completing the new match funding form available  here....   

New appointment to HEA

Professor Ellen Hazelkorn has been appointed Member of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) by the Minister for Education and Skills. 

 

An tSli Ghlas - The Green Way

One of the areas in which Ireland plans to develop future skills and investment is in the area of sustainability and ‘clean technology’.  DIT is involved in an exciting collaboration with a number of other public bodies - Dublin City Council, DCU, Ballymun Regeneration, Dublin Airport Authority, Fingal County Council, and North Dublin Chamber – to develop a green economic corridor that will position Dublin as a centre for ‘cleantech’ innovation, education and enterprise.   Running from Grangegorman to Dublin Airport it is called ‘An tSlí Ghlas-The Green Way’.  The aim of An tSlí Ghlas–The Green Way is to link business to investors and to develop trade partnerships with other green corridors internationally.  Launched last November, already this week it has been accepted as Ireland's representative in the Global Cleantech Cluster Association, a prestigious group of the top 20 cleantech clusters around the world.  This is a very significant validation of the work taking place and an opportunity for future international collaboration and investment.   To find out more, see www.antslighlas.ie 

DIT is playing a significant part in the development of An tSlí Ghlas–The Green Way and your input would be most welcome.  If you think you might have an interest in developing or joining a project in the ‘cleantech’/green area, or would like to find out more, please contact Andy Maguire at andy.maguire@dit.ie or by phone at 01 402 3309. 

New policy for adjunct staff

A new policy for the establishment of adjunct lecturers and professors has been agreed and approved by Human Resources. Read more here.......
Policy for Establishment of Adjunct Lecturers and Professors

New Guide for employing Researchers

The procedures for the employment of research staff are available on the DIT intranet  here..... 

DIT scholar's visit to Purdue

Paul Duffy a PhD research student who is working on his doctorate in mechanical engineering at DIT is currently spending time in Purdue University as a Fulbright scholar. An article in the University's  College of Technology News and Events section outlines his progress to date. Read about it here.......... 

Arrow now linked to Rian

Arrow, the DIT repository http://arrow.dit.ie/  is now being harvested by Rian: the National Research Portal www.rian.ie. The portal harvests material from the 7 universities and DIT and as such is a one stop shop  for access to Irish research. DIT research is attracting a large number of downloads http://www.rian.ie/en/stats/tableInfo on par with the universities. It is important that we maximise this opportunity to showcase our research so you should upload your research outputs to Arrow.
There is a simple submission process or you can contact Yvonne Desmond, yvonne.desmond@dit.ie who will be happy to do it for you.   

'If in doubt check it out' - The Moletest service

'A new technology developed at DIT means people worried about skin cancer can now photograph suspect moles and get them tested online' Read this article which was published in Innovation Magazine (with Irish Times) on Jonathan Blackledge and Moletest........'If in doubt check it out' 

Open access leads to more citations

In the latest issue of Research News Yvonne Desmond writes about the DIT mandate to publish the full text of research publications on the institutional repository. A recent paper on open access claims "Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research". Read it here........  Arrow is now also responsible for the publication of the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies (edited by Dr Kevin Lalor, DIT). Read it here....... If you are thinking of publishing a new journal then contact Yvonne.desmond@dit.ie to see how this can be done on Arrow.

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IRCHSS: HERA - new Joint Research Programme

This new call will be launched early February 2012 and will invite transnational consortia to submit proposals for humanities-centred research into the causes, conditions and consequences of cultural encounters.  With up to €18 million available, the research programme will fund new and exciting Humanities-centred projects on Cultural Encounters involving researchers from three or more countries.More info here...

 

New remit for SFI

Sean Sherlock TD, Minister for Research and Innovation, has announced the drafting of a bill to extend the remit of Science Foundation Ireland to include funding of applied research in order to support the development of research findings into commercial opportunities. The Bill will also provide for Science Foundation Ireland to focus its funding on areas of research which have the potential to deliver the greatest return to the economy.

 

SFI Appoints new DG

The Board of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has appointed Professor Mark Ferguson as Director General of the organisation. Professor Ferguson, a native of Northern Ireland, will take up the position on January 16th 2012. The appointment is for a five-year term. A leading academic for thirty years, Professor Ferguson is also a co-founder of Renovo, a biotechnology company developing novel pharmaceutical therapies to prevent scarring and accelerate wound healing. For more information please click here. 

Call for expressions of interest to join State Boards

The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons for positions on Boards of State Bodies and Agencies under the aegis of his Department where vacancies will occur up to 1st March 2012. Vacancies will occur on the boards of Léargas, the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland (QQAAI).  For more information......

  HRB research news

The Picture of Health 2011 presents a snap shot of some of the HRB-funded research projects that ended in 2010. A total of 105 HRB grants were completed that year, resulting in; 105 new international collaborations; 669 patients enrolled on cancer clinical trials across 14 hospitals; 18 new products and interventions in development; 38 PhD students trained across many health disciplines; 59 influences on policy and practice; leverage of over €11m in additional research funding. More information here....   

IFSAM Call for papers  now open

The International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) Conference will be held in Limerick, June 26-29, 2012. There will be a dedicated entrepreneurship and small business track at the conference, call for papers open now Closing date January 31st 2012. Full details here...

IRCHSS and IRCSET join forces

The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) will be merged with the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Science (IRCHSS) into a consolidated single council under the Higher Education Authority. The merger of the two Councils was announced as part of the Government’s Public Service Reform Plan. Read about it here......     

New Network for Sharing Data to Facilitate Innovation within the Dublin Region

DUBlinked is the idea of capturing, analysing and understanding the impact of the real-time human footprint across the city by linking data, people & technologies using a state of the art digital platform. This network is seeking participation and engagement from individuals, industry, public sector and academic members from the Dublin region. The members will help determine the focus of the initiative over the summer, and in September 2011 will see the first release of open data from all four Dublin local authorities here...      Contact ronan.farrell@nuim.ie

 New SFI online presence

SFI has been putting an increased emphasis on online communications in recent months has set up a number of tools you can use to follow SFI and join in the discussion/dialogue to promote Science in Ireland.  In particular:

LinkedIn – SFI Award Holders Group - SFI has set up a specific closed group on  LinkedIn for SFI award holders. The group can be used to network and exchange information across the SFI community of researchers, including conferences, events, collaborations, achievements, calls for programmes, jobs, etc. or other matters you might like to raise with each other. 

Facebook - SFI has recently set up a page on Facebook with a view to promoting the work of SFI researchers in a easily understandable manner/

Twitter -  If you are on Twitter you can now follow SFI and keep up to date an award announcements, calls for programmes, events and achievements from researchers, etc.

New Telecommunications Centre funded

Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock T.D.has announced Government funding of €19.5million, together with an industry contribution of almost €4.8 million, for the Centre for Telecommunications Research (CTVR). Headquartered in Trinity College Dublin, CTVR draws together researchers from six other universities and research institutions, including National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin City University, Tyndall National Institute in Cork, University College Cork and University of Limerick. For more information.....

Forfas and NCC reports on innovation and competitiveness

The innovation report takes an in depth look at trends and developments in Ireland's comparative innovation performance, using the results of the Community Innovation Survey 2006-2008. The aim of the paper is to establish Ireland's innovation performance at international level, identifying macro-level strengths and weaknesses, and to examine in greater detail where in particular these strengths and weaknesses lie. Download it here............. The National Competitiveness Council's Statement on Competitiveness Priorities highlights the main recommendations that the NCC believes need priority attention.  These concentrate on four key areas: Enterprise; Competition and Productivity; Fiscal Policy; and Improving Ireland’s Skills, Research and Infrastructure Base. Download it here............

Irish portal for research publications

RIAN (the Irish word for "path") acts as a portal to the holdings of repositories in seven Irish universities and the Dublin Institute of Technology and the site is managed by the Librarians' Group of the Irish Universities Association.  For more information.......    

  

Science Spin digital version

The latest digital edition of Science Spin is available here............

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Economist Visitors Programme

Economist Visitors Programme to support the work of the Competitiveness Report (2011-2014). Open Call until : 30/06/2014. The purpose of this Call is to attract leading economists in academia, international organisations, governments and top research institutions to participate in the Economist Visitors Programme of DG Enterprise and Industry. Find out more here………..

2012 CONFERENCE ON ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITIES

In April 2012, the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre and FINPIN will host the “2012 Conference on Entrepreneurial Universities” in Münster, Germany. The conference will be a discussion forum for practitioners and researchers on entrepreneurship and education, where theory and practice are equally emphasised in the programme. More information here.... 

30 new COST networks funded by EU

The COST CSO approved 30 more research networks at its December meeting. Researchers can apply to join existing networks or apply for funding to set up a new network. The full list of new COST networks is available here................ 

Articles on educational studies sought

The Online Journal of Educational Studies (TOJES) aims to stimulate research, encourage academic exchange, and enhance the professional development of researchers who are interested in researches in educational science. Articles on focusing on research, current issues or/and applied practice in education are addresses in this journal are being sought. Click here for details....

World water forum

Every three years since 1997, the World Water Forum gathers all stakeholders. The goal of the 6th World Water Forum being held in Marseille 2012, is to tackle the challenges our world is facing and to bring water high on all political agendas. For more info.....

Advanced Battery Development for Automotive and Utility Applications and Their Electric Power Grid Integration

The "Advanced Battery Development for Automotive and Utility Applications and Their Electric Power Grid Integration" conference will take place in the city of Münster on March 6th and 7th 2012. This conference is focusing on battery storage systems for mobile vehicles and therefore it is mainly focused on lithium-ion batteries, but other technologies such as lead-acid batteries for micro hybrids will be part of the conference as well.  More information is available here..... Call for Papers or please contact the organizer Mr. Hollain at Eurosolar : email ires@eurosolar.com 

New European programme named

"Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation" is the new name for the next Framework Programme. It will be an integrated funding system that will cover all research and innovation funding currently provided through the Framework Programme for Research and Technical Development, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). We are told that these different types of funding will be brought together in a coherent and flexible manner. Research and innovation funding will focus clearly on addressing global challenges. Needless red tape will be cut out and access to programs and participation will be made easier and simpler!
 

International Review of Social Research

International Review of Social Research, an international, scholarly peer-reviewed journal, is currently seeking submissions. The journal publishes original work (unpublished anywhere else), grounded in all areas of sociology, social/cultural anthropology and cognate disciplines such as cultural studies, social policy and industrial relations. We also encourage the submission of research articles that cover emergent, borderland and unexplored topics in both sociology and anthropology. All research topics and methodological strategies are considered valuable, as long as articles are both theoretically and empirically grounded. Comparative, ethnographic, critical and space-sensitive approaches are particularly welcomed. More information here.... 

Research directory for social scientists

The Net4Society Research Directory is an online directory in English of actively involved researchers and key players (including Civil Society Organisations) in the Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities (SHH) theme of the 7^th Framework Programme of the EU (FP7).  The Net4Society Research Directory is designed to facilitate co-operation in the context of FP7. It gives you the possibility to find and to be found by key players in SSH.   To learn more about Net4Society and to register your details  log onto............... 

Erasmus Jean Monnet InfoKit available

The 7th edition of the Erasmus / Jean Monnet InfoKit "What's new in EU higher education initiatives?" has been published. It provides information on the new general call for proposals under the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union for 2011. You will also learn more about other open or forthcoming calls for proposals of direct interest to universities, academics and associations and about EACEA activities. Please click here to read the InfoKit....(in English only).  If you have any questions email EACEA-ERA-NETWORKS@ec.europa.eu.

  COST project application online

A video supporting a European monetary unifications, from Antiquity to modern times (EMU) application for  the creation of a European COST network is available here On the website you will find all information on the project if you are interested in getting involved.

How Ireland gets on in COST

Information on Ireland's performance in the EU's COST programme is available here: http://www.cost.eu/library/newsroom/irelandfocus You can also access the COST Actions (past and current) in which Ireland participates by clicking on “About COST” and then enter Ireland under the “COST countries” section of the COST website. Here you will find l the Actions listed per country - http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/cost_countries?countrycode=IE.  

New COST actions

The COST programme funds researcher networks and helps build consortia for an FP7 funding proposal. The latest round of Actions has just been announced and DIT colleagues Dr Louis Gunnigan and Professor Gerald Farrell are part of two of the Actions. You can still join these actions and any of the ones that are still running if there is room - up to two delegates per country can be on the Management Committee. For more information on COST Actions see here........  The latest Actions are here: List of approved COST projects

Software available to help with FP7 applications

FP7 Proposal Writing and Project Management Software is available here: More info here..... 

FP7 health webinar slides

Slides from a recent webinar about the FP7 Health programme are available here....

Information on climate and health from the National Academies

The National Academies has some interesting publications based on their expert consensus reports, these booklets are designed to improve public understanding of today's most important and complex scientific, engineering, and medical issues on climate and health. See here for more details.....

New partner search facility for food researchers

A new partner search tool is available from the EU NCP project BIONET. It's a funded network of all NCPs across Europe. It is worth filling it in. You will find the partner search info on the left hand side of the screen. Click here for details.........

   

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DRE's series of Research Clinics open to DIT staff and held in venues across DIT. More info here..  

 

 Support Programme

The Directorate of Research and Enterprise has introduced a new programme of Research Support Training events. The seminars and workshops are open to DIT researchers and are held in venues across DIT. For more information check here...... 

Training events are also listed in our Events calendar

Green Works courses

Green Works offers courses aimed at educating and upskilling the workforce, preparing students for the growing opportunities within Ireland’s Green Economy. Find out about their courses here.............

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New Opportunities for 2012

 

 

 For information on any research posts or DIT funding opportunities for postgraduate students see the Opportunities section on the website here...........

Opportunities on Euraxess

You can find out about the latest job / student opportunities being advertised on the EU portal Euraxess here............. 

Calls for Papers

Academic Journals provides free access to research information to the international community without financial, legal or technical barriers. All the journals from this organization will be freely distributed and available from multiple websites...this site also has links to upcoming calls for papers Read more....

CFPWiki

You can search for calls for papers on WikiCFP which also has links to IEEE and ACM calls - a lot of ICT calls but there are other categories as well. You can link to CFPWiki here..........

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REPORTS

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Annual report from Sci.dev net now available

Sci.dev net was established in 2001 to use internet-based science journalism to help place science at the heart of the development agenda. Their latest annual review is available here: view a copy here

New report on global water issues

The Carbon Disclosure Project has just published its Water Disclosure Global Report 2011  that will greatly interest anyone interested in the issues for businesses of sustainability threats and opportunities. Read more....

UNESCO Science report available

The UNESCO 2010 World Social Science Report was launched on the 25th of June. The Report focuses on the numerous divides that characterize much of current social science’s production and use, and threaten the role of social science expertise and its capacity to address world global challenges. Several hundred social science specialists from all over the world have contributed their expertise to this report. The report is now available here...

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NEWSLETTERS

Science & Technology Newsletter - September 2011

genSET Newsletter June 2011

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Hothouse.....

Hothouse is DIT's hub for commercialisation activities. Find out about intellectual property, commercialisation opportunities and setting up a new business venture. Hothouse Programme - DIT's award winning Innovation & Technology Transfer Centre

DIT Hothouse launches Researcher Video series....

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All events are listed in our Events calendar available here on the DRE website ............ 

In our events calendar you can choose to copy an event to your own calendar or you can set yourself a reminder so you won't ever miss an event that you are interested in. There are opportunities to submit abstracts, posters and to make presentations at many of these events.

We will keep you updated on the main events added each week and if you want to add any events to the list please email us and let us know!

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