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	MARINE INSTITUTE CALLS FOR FUNDING

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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. 

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	ENTERPRISE IRELAND CALLS FOR FUNDING

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Travel Grants

Enterprise Ireland provides travel grants for researchers who would like to visit other EU institutions to discuss potential FP7 collaboration. They will also provide up to €12,500 to researchers who are co-ordinating an FP7 proposal. More info 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. 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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	SFI CALLS FOR FUNDING

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Joint SFI / EI TIDA funding

The TIDA 2012 Feasibility Study call is open to SFI award holders and non-SFI award holders who have demonstrated their competitiveness through alternative sources of funding.  The call is also open to team members working in SFI funded labs. The deadline for submission of proposals is 13.00 hrs on 12th July 2012. The deadline for Pre-Approval is 13.00 hrs on 15th June 2012. A Webinar will be held on Thursday, 26th April at 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM to outline the details of the SFI/EI Technology Innovation Development Award (TIDA) Feasibility Study 2012 Programme. To reserve your Webinar seat now, please register here....

Research Infrastructure Call 2012

Emphasis in this call will be placed on collaborative efforts and on liaison with industry with the goal of strengthening and sustaining Ireland’s research base for all stakeholders. Co-ordinated institutional proposals to the Research Infrastructure Call 2012 are now invited for infrastructure not otherwise reasonably accessible. Further Information Full details of the Call are available on the SFI website - please click here

Indicative dates for SFI calls

Investigator Programme 2012:  for those who have been successful in the first round: 4th May. Research Offices will be notified about decisions: December 2012

SCDA 2012: Launch call: June/July 2012 Call deadline: Sept/October Decision stage: Q1 2013

ERC support programnme

The SFI ERC support programme supports the Irish host institutions of awardees of the ERC Starting and Advanced Grant schemes. This programme will assist Irish host institutions in providing the appropriate support to ERC awardees. Awards may also be made when an ERC awardee moves to an Irish institution during the course of their ERC award. Rolling call. For more information...........

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 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 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 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............... 

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........

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OTHER CALLS FOR FUNDING

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 NRA funding for road research

CEDR Transnational Road Research Programme: Call 2012 Published by: National Roads Authority (NRA ) Deadline: 10.June.2012. Topics are Recycling: Road construction in a post-fossil fuel society; Noise: Integrating strategic noise management into the operation and maintenance of national road networks; Safety: Safety of road workers and interaction with road users: Use of vehicle restraint systems; Road owners adapting to Climate Change. More info here...

Environmental Projects under the EU LIFE+ Programme 2007

Funding is available for Environmental Projects under the EU LIFE+ Programme 2007-2013. The sixth annual call for proposals under the Life+ programme was issued on 13th March 2012 – closing date 26th September 2012. To assist potential applicants, an information workshop will be held in the offices of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Custom House, Dublin 1 in May 2012. Further information is available from:  brian.earley@envion.ie

Intel Ireland

In 2012, Intel Ireland is offering a minimum of 14 scholarships through the IRCSET’s Enterprise Partnership Scheme to suitable candidates in the Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Computer Sciences.  Intel is also offering 3/14 scholarships in partnership with Tyndall National Institute in a selection of discipline areas. For more info………..

ICGEE Research Collaboration (ResCo)

The International Centre for Graduate Education in Micro and Nano Engineering has launched the Research Collaboration (ResCo) Programme designed to support researchers working in micro- and nano- engineering related areas to foster research collaboration with ICGEE member institutions in Ireland and abroad or industry and leading for example, to joint publications. More details 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.........

ESB Universities Ireland North/South Postgraduate Scholarship call open

Co-funded by the ESB. Three scholarships for energy and engineering. Two ‘open’ scholarships for study in arts, business, science and social science.  Each worth €15,000/£12,500. Closing date 25th May 2012. Aimed mainly at Masters students, for whom there are very few scholarships in Ireland. Find out more 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..........

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	Seventh Framework Programme

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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. 
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........ 

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...........

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...

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......  

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Funding for COST action

3rd Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) COST Action IS0902 on "Systemic Risks, Financial Crises and Credit – the roots, dynamics and consequences of the Subprime Crisis" . Will fund up to 7 short term scientific missions by exceptional junior researchers to develop linkages and scientific collaborations between participating institutions involved in the Action. Application deadline is May 18th 2012. Objective is to strengthen the existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution in another COST Country to foster collaboration (e.g to draft proposals, undertake research etc). STSMs are particularly intended for young scientists.Duration: from 1 week to 3 months (6 months under approval of the MC for Early Stage Researchers (less than PhD + 8 years) between 04-06-2012 and 28-02- 2013. Eligibility: Normally a postgraduate.

Samsung call open

Samsung has just called its 2012 Global Research Outreach programme where they are trying to identify potential long term collaborators across a range of different technologies, telecoms, lifesciences, energy, materials and many more. There are about 70 projects up for grabs. The initial details are here on page 2.

ERC grant news

The ERC Starting Grant will now be split into two calls for proposals (Starting and Consolidator), and there will be a single deadline for each call (instead of one deadline per domain until now).  Also the Advanced grant call deadline (22nd Nov) is earlier than in the past. More information here.....

Call for proposals EAC / S03 / 2012 - Pilot project for the development of knowledge partnerships

The European the Commission has published a call for proposals on the development of Knowledge Alliances. Following last year's call for proposals (EAC/19/2011) and building on its success, the European Parliament (EP) has decided to allocate also for 2012 one Million Euros to the further development of this pilot action. This action will also allow preparing the implementation of the Knowledge Alliances proposed in the upcoming Erasmus for All programme 2014-2020. The Knowledge Alliances are part of the Innovation Union flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 strategy; they are structured partnerships between education institutions and innovation players, aiming at developing Europe's innovation potential. All relevant documents for the call for proposals are available here.....    Deadline 28 June 2012

EFSA Annual Work Programme

An open calls for tenders planned to be launched under the EFSA Annual Work Programme for Science Procurement Projects in 2012 is available here along with a list of all open calls (DIT is registered as an EFSA organisation)

Humanities research funding

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

 

Logistics project funding available

This year the EC will fund a large-scale Demonstration Project (~€25M EC Funding) on Logistics and Supply Chain Security.Your feedback and suggestions for an Irish-led consortium of perhaps 30 partners should be sent to Michael.Murphy@enterprise-ireland.com

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...........

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]

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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Innovation @ DIT' Research showcase

We are currently organising a showcase of research projects, centres and institutes which will be held on June 19th from 3pm to 7pm in DIT Aungier St as part of the Dublin City of Science programme. We are inviting an audience of companies, funders, professional organisations, media and so on to the event and would like to hear from anyone who is interested in participating. Please email brendan.j.orourke@dit.ie for more information. You can register for the event  here…………..

Inventor competition

DIT Inventor Competition 2012. Organised by Hothouse Technology Transfer Office, the competition recognises innovation and creativity in DIT.
Three awards: 
•         Best Overall Invention Award sponsored by Hanna, Moore & Curley Patent Attorneys-prize €1,500
•         Best Staff Member, Post Grad and Researcher Invention Award sponsored by DIT Hothouse-prize €500
•         Best Undergraduate Student Invention Award sponsored by DIT Hothouse-prize €500              
More info here......  

Fiosraigh scholarship call open

The third edition of Fiosraigh, Research Scholarship Programme. The programme offers a number of different scholarship options to new and current DIT PhD students and to academics who wish to support a PhD student. Please find attached the full terms and conditions of the programme. Further details can be found online here....

Student Enterprise Competition Winners

Nero-Hero took 1st place in the grand final of the 2012  Bolton Trust / DIT Student Enterprise Competition which was held in the DIT Bolton St campus on Wednesday March 28. Read more here....

DIT students in University of Houston

As part of a broad and university-wide memorandum of understanding between the University of Houston and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) two optometry students spent some time attending UH as part of their optometry degree programme. You can read about it here…

Call for Papers for Inaugural Dublin Gastronomy Symposium

The symposium will take place in DIT, Cathal Brugha Street in the first week in June 2012. The title of this year’s symposium is “Gastronomy: Past, Present and Future”. Proposals for papers around the theme of the Symposium are welcome. gaining traction; molecular gastronomy, gastro-tourism, gastrosophy, gastrosophers, gastro-porn, gastronomica. 
If you are interested in attending this inaugural symposium, whether or not you are intending to give a paper, please contact Dr. Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire by phone (01 4024432) or e-mail  mairtin.macconiomaire@dit.ie

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......

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............  

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.................

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

 

 

Professor McNamara appointed to EUA-CDE Steering Committee

Professor 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.

 

 

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).  For more information...............

 

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.........

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

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  

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....   

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

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. 

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. 

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

'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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SFI RESEARCH NEWS

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SFI receives 449 Proposals under Investigator Call

The deadline for submissions under the new SFI Investigators Programme 2012 has just passed.  SFI received 449 proposals - 295 submissions under the Investigator Projects category and 154 under the Investigator Awards category.

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. 

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.

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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....   

 
Peer reviewers needed

IRCSET is looking for evaluators to join their peer review panel to carry out assessments for all its postgraduate and postdoctoral funding Calls. There is generally an online review process followed by a panel meeting. Assessors receive a fee for taking part – dependent on number of proposals assessed. All details here………………

New Research Council launched

The Minister for Research and Innovation, Seán Sherlock, TD, has formally launched the new Irish Research Council – a merger of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) and the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET). Minister Sherlock also used the occasion to announce the launch of the Research Council’s new Industry-based Postgraduate Programme. Under this Programme, students will undertake their research in close collaboration with an enterprise partner, and will be based in the company. More info 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

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............

Science Spin digital version

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

  

The Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA)

The Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA) held an Ocean Energy Industry Forum in Dublin- presentations available here……..
MRIA has a jointly delivered  world class Masters degree in ocean energy. Now looking for views particularly with regard to market demand and course content. See the questionnaire here... – if you have time, complete and return to chairman@mria.ie

Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2011

The National Competitiveness Council as published Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2011 which focuses on the national competitiveness issues of most importance to the enterprise sector and identifies policy recommendations required to address these issues. Download it here…

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COST RESEARCH NEWS

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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.....  
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  the Actions listed per country.....

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

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................ 

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FP7 RESEARCH NEWS

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FP7-Aeronautics and Air Transport (AAT)-2012-RTD-L0

The Level 0 Call for Aeronautics and Air Transport is still open and will close on 14th March 2012: Level 0 research is defined as research into 'breakthrough and emerging technologies' and 'radical new concepts'.
For details on Level O Topics more info here....

Surface Transport: FP7-TRANSPORT-2012-MOVE-1

Please be aware that the call FP7-TRANSPORT-2012-MOVE-1 is still open: Closing Date 1st March 2012.  For details see here..
Partner Request for this call: available  here.....
The Transport Research Arena-2012 will be held in Athens from 23-26th April 2012. Registration is now open... 

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....

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OTHER RESEARCH NEWS

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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.........

FSA publishes priorities on science and evidence

The Food Standards Agency has published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2012. The plan outlines priority science and evidence activities for the coming year, including potential areas for research funding and workshops that will help develop the Agency’s evidence base. Find out more here...

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.... 

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.

   

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

 

Training events are also listed in our Events calendar

  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...... 

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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HEA strategy

New HEA strategy report is available here.............................

Forfas Research Prioritisation strategy

This report from the Research Prioritisation Steering Group, which has been adopted by Government, identifies 14 priority areas that will become the focus of future State investment in research and innovation.You can download it here................

Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators

This report provides data on key indicators for monitoring progress on Ireland’s investment in science, technology and innovation and the quantifiable returns on that investment to date. Read it here..................

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NEWSLETTERS

SFI newsletter is available here.......................

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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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