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Early Career ResearcherDevelopment Programme
DIT 10 October 2018
Dr Andrea Valova
Assistant DirectorProgrammes & Resources
Agenda
Our mission is to enable and sustain a vibrant and creative
research community in Ireland
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1. Introduction
2. What influences the role of the Irish Research Council
3. Current role of the Irish Research Council
4. Overview of research funding opportunities
5. Tips for researchers and their supervisors & mentors
Introduction
Our mission is to enable and sustain a vibrant and creative
research community in Ireland
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• Irish Research Council created in 2012, merger of IRCHSS and IRCSET
• Agency of Department of Education and Skills • Operating under the aegis of the Higher Education
Authority• Funding excellent research in all disciplines
• no research prioritisation• no disciplinary/institutional quotas
• More about the Council and what we do on our website
Our mandate
Our mission is to enable and sustain a vibrant and creative
research community in Ireland
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• Fund excellent research within, and between, all disciplines
• Support the education and skills development of excellent
individual early-stage researchers
• Enrich the pool of knowledge and expertise available for
addressing Ireland’s current and future needs, and enabling
knowledge exchange with government departments and
agencies, enterprise and civic society
• Provide policy advice on postgraduate education, and on
more general research matters, to national and international
bodies
Some metrics
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research community in Ireland
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• Total of 8,300 individual research awards made by Council
• 6,420 early-career awards• 395 individual enterprise/employment partners
to-date• 854 collaborative enterprise awards to-date• 1,300 research awards made in last two years• 6,600 individual international peer reviews
commissioned for 2017-2018 applications alone
What influences the Council’s role
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research community in Ireland
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1. National policies
2. European landscape
3. Broader international landscape
Council delivery under national policy and strategy
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research community in Ireland
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European and broader international landscape
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research community in Ireland
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1. H2020• National Delegate, Societal Challenges 6 “Innovative,
Inclusive and Reflective Societies”• National Contact Point (ERC for ASSH)• Co-funding national MSCA office (IUA)
2. Memberships, partnerships and engagement• Science Europe, Humanities in the European Research Area
(HERA), GENDER-NET, New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe (NORFACE)…
3. Council’s International Engagement Strategy 2018 -2021
Unique role
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research community in Ireland
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• Addressing the three key pillars of national research and innovation policy framework: research for knowledge, research for policy and research priorities
• Supporting the broad development of excellent people in our higher education institutions
• Delivering on the high-level skills agenda of the Department of Education and Skills, to include innovation, creativity, and advanced analytical skills as well as expert knowledge
Innovation in enterpriseBringing skills, talent & research to enterprise
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research community in Ireland
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Ireland-based companies cultivating AHSS links
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research community in Ireland
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Overview of research funding opportunities
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research community in Ireland
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Funding excellence in all disciplinesand all levels of research career
• Individual awards• Frontier research• Research for policy and society• Knowledge exchange• Interdisciplinary research• Intersectoral collaboration• Recognition of excellence and impact• Details on Council’s website
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Council supporting researchers at all stages of research career
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research community in Ireland
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Overview of research funding opportunities
Postgraduate Scholarships (Research Master, PhD)
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research community in Ireland
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Government of Ireland
Postgraduate Scholarships
Employment Based
Postgraduate Research
Scheme
Enterprise Partnership
Scheme Postgraduate
Scholarships
Full time studentEmployed by Partner, registered
full time studentFull time student
Scholarship 16k/year + fees + up
to 2,250 research expenses
Salary minimum 16k/year + fees
+ up to 2,250 research expenses
Scholarship 16k/year + fees + up
to 2,250 research expenses
up to 2 years structured RM, up
to 4 years structured PhD
up to 2 years structured RM, up
to 4 years structured PhD
up to 2 years structured RM, up
to 4 years structured PhD
Irish Research Council 100%
funded
Council funding 16k towards
salary costs + 8k for fees and
research expenses; Partner:
minimum 8k
Council funding 66%, Enterprise
partner 33%
no partnerPartner must have operational
base in Ireland
Enterprise Partner based
anywhere
Postdoctoral Fellowships
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research community in Ireland
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Government of Ireland
Postdoctoral Fellowships
Enterprise Partnership
Scheme Postdoctoral
Fellowships
H2020 MSCA COFUND
CAROLINE Fellowships
1 or 2 years 2 years programme closed
€31,275 + PRSI + Pension where
researcher eligible
€31,275 + PRSI + Pension where
researcher eligibleH2020 MSCA rates
up to €5k for research expenses up to €5k for research expenses MSCA rates (€9,600 per year)
Irish Research Council 100%
funded
Funding: Council 66%,
Enterprise partner 33%
European Commission and
Council 100%
Researcher employed by and
based in Irish HEI
Researcher employed by and
based in Irish HEI, placement
opportunity in Enterprise Partner
Researcher employed by an Irish
HEI/RPO with secondment to
NGO/International
Organisation
Enterprise Partner based
anywhere
location of secondment
depending on fellowship type
GOIPD Fellowships types
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One-year fellowships:• To prepare a doctoral dissertation for publication through a
variety of high quality published outputs e.g. monographs, peer-reviewed articles, edited volumes
• No mobility requirement – can be held at the HEI where PhD degree was awarded/current appointment held
Two-year fellowships:• To develop either a new research project or a research project
that demonstrates a significant development of the subject of the doctorate through a variety of appropriate, feasible and clear published outputs.
• Mobility requirement
Who have we supported and where do they go?
Total numbers funded 2000-2016
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6,424
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships
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research community in Ireland
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Considerations before applying
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• Read the call documentation in full• Am I eligible?• Am I a good fit for the scheme?• Is my idea a good fit for the scheme?• Is prospective partner organisation eligible/good fit for
the scheme?• Am I prepared to accept conditions of the award?
• Value• Start date• Conditions of award
• Am I ready for the challenge?
Tips for early career researchers
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• Start early• Read the call documentation again….• ….and follow the guidelines!• Understand aims of funding scheme and ensure good match• Maximise benefits• Write for assessors: experts *and* non-experts• Self-assess against evaluation criteria• Ask for advice and feedback, engage with Research Office• Listen - but make your own decisions: it is your proposal!• Research integrity starts with proposal preparation• Submit well ahead of deadline• Be open-minded, patient and kind
Evaluators’ consideration of your proposal: Meeting scheme’s objectives
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Impact / Career training and
development
Projectfindings Methodology
mastered?
New specialist knowledge/skills
acquired?
Networks built thanks to supervisor / institution?
Publications?
Presentations at conferences?
Involvement in teaching
activities?
Tips for supervisors/mentors
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• Considerations before agreeing to support an applicant• Applications are work of the future award holders• Broad advisory role: disciplinary and beyond (research ethics,
sex/gender dimension…)• Applying for funding as part of ECR’s training and career
development• Understand aims of funding scheme and help applicant to
ensure good match• Engage with institutional supports• Submit your form well ahead of deadline• Be open-minded, patient and kind• Post-application support
When the results are out…
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• Successful? • CONGRATULATIONS!• Award acceptance procedure• Progress reporting• Compliance with terms and conditions of the award• Read T&Cs again!• Acknowledgement of funding, Open access….
• Not successful?• TRY AGAIN!• Council’s schemes highly competitive• Unable to fund all high quality applications