Graduate Research and Innovations Fund
The College of Human Sciences has just closed their first round of graduate research and innovation funding for this current academic year. The following students were successful in obtaining funding:
- Ms Erin Baumann (School of Politics & International Relations) €500 in order to present a paper at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in San Diego, April 2012;
- Mr Adrian Corcoran (School of Economics) €250 to present a paper at the Spanish Economic Association in Malaga, December 2011;
- Mr Alan Fernihough (School of Economics) €367 to present a paper at the Frontier Research in Economic & Social History in Antwerp;
- Mr Robert Foley (School of Philosophy) €500 towards presenting a paper to the Southern Society for Philosophy & Psychology in Savannah, March 2012;
- Ms Valeria Llano-Arias, (School of Sociology) to give a paper to the "From social to politics. New forms of mobilization & democratization" conference in Bilbao, February 2012;
- Mr Mark McGovern (School of Economics) €172 towards the poster presentation at the Royal Society for Public Health in London;
- Ms Siobhan McPhee (School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Policy) €500 towards presenting a paper at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New York, February 2012;
- Mr Thomas Murray (School of Politics & International Relations) €500 to present a paper at the Left Forum in Pace University, New York, March 2012;
- Mr Andrew O'Connor (School of Philosophy) €300 towards the organisation costs of the joint UCD/TCD Philosophy Graduate Conference in February 2012;
- Ms Niamh O'Reilly (School of Education) €300 in order to present a paper at the European Conference for Education Research in Berlin, September;
- Mr Bart Zantvoort (School of Philosophy) €240 to present a paper at the Derrida Conference in Frankfurt, March 2012.
Grants of between €100 and €1000 may be made available by the College of Human Sciences to support the educational, training and research endeavours of graduate research students within the Graduate School. Such funds may be applied to (but are not restricted to):
- Participation at professional academic conferences (in Ireland and overseas) at which the student is presenting a paper (as sole or co-author) or poster.
- Participation in professional academic workshops, symposia, summer schools or Master Classes at other university or research institutions to which the student has applied and been accepted and which are deemed appropriate by that student’s DSP.
- Support for graduate student initiatives in organising graduate workshops, symposia or Master Classes to be held at UCD.
- Support for the purchase of research infrastructure (software licences etc) only where such purchase will result in a net gain to the graduate community as a whole. Co-funding (from School, thematic programme and/or external agency) is a pre-condition for the consideration of such applications.
- The event for which funding is being awarded must take place within six months before and six months after the submission deadline for the grant. Exceptions to this are only granted under very exceptional circumstances.
The fund cannot support basic research functions necessary to the research project itself such as field research, data gathering, data analysis etc. Applications to purchase personal computers, laptops or books cannot be accepted.
The following conditions apply to applications for the above:
- All applicants must be fully registered graduate research students whose primary supervisor is a staff member of a School within the College of Human Sciences.
- All applicants must be in satisfactory fee status.
- Incomplete and/or unsigned applications will not be considered.
- Notification of awards will be made publicly on the Graduate School web site no later than 10 working days after the deadline.
- Claims must be submitted within one month from the date of the event for which the award has been made, otherwise this award will be disallowed.
- A breakdown of costs must be included in the application.
At least two calls for applications under the GRIF are made each year (October and April). A template for such applications is provided and completed applications must be signed by a member of the student’s DSP/MRP. Each application will be judged under specific criteria by a subcommittee nominated by the Graduate School Board. The Graduate School Director shall chair the subcommittee.
In respect of applications for various categories of travel grant – and for indicative purposes only – the maximum likely award for Ireland-based events will be €250; for comparable events elsewhere in Europe, €500; and for exceptional overseas events, €750. All expenses (travel, subsistence, registration fees) must be specified in advance and itemised and evidenced by way of receipts on return. No funding will be made for non-receipted expenses and no advances may be paid. Students must submit original receipts and boarding pass stubs (if available) for reimbursement.
All claims for which the grant is sought must be submitted within one month after the event takes place, otherwise they will be disallowed.
All recipients of GRIF support for presenting papers at professional academic conferences will be automatically included as applicants to submit their paper at the annual College of Human Sciences Graduate Research Symposium and/or College-sponsored PhD roundtables.
The next round of applications will hopefully be held in March 2012.
Ms Margaret Brindley
Graduate School Manager
G209, Newman Building
Tel: 716 8268
Email: Margaret.brindley@ucd.ie
November 2011