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Funding Opportunities - For Students

• April 2010 | Fulbright International Science & Technology Award 2011-2012
  

  The competition for the Fulbright International Science and Technology Award 2011-2012 is NOW OPEN for applications.

  This award offers a fully-funded PhD programme in the United States to approximately 45 candidates worldwide who demonstrate unique aptitude and innovation in a number of scientific fields.

  The Award recipients receive assistance in gaining admission to prestigious U.S. institutions and three years of fiscal support which includes: academic tuition and fee coverage, a monthly living stipend, book and supplies allowance, conference and research allowances, health and accident coverage, round trip airfare from home country to the United States , and specially tailored enrichment activities. Hosting U.S. institution are expected to provide support for the remaining expenses toward the completion of the Ph.D. J-1 visa sponsorship is granted for up to five years.

  Initiated in 2006, the Fulbright International Science & Technology Award provides students in science and technology with the US government’s most prestigious and valuable scholarship.

  For more information and for full application details please see http://www.fulbright.ie/irishcitizensawards/fulbrightinternationalsciencetechnologyaward & http://foreign.fulbrightonline.org/scienceandtech.html.

  The closing date for receipt of complete applications is strictly 12 noon on 31^st April 2010. Extensions to this deadline are not available under any circumstances.

  Please address any questions about this award to Sonya McGuinness.

  Oifigeach Cumarsáide & Eolais   Coimisiún Fulbright Teach Phlásóg an tSrutháin Bóthar Shíol Bhroin Baile Átha Cliath 4

  Communications & Information Officer The Fulbright Commission Brooklawn House Shelbourne Road Dublin 4

   

   

• April 2010 | Wellcome Trust - Postdoctoral Training Fellowships for MB/PhD Graduates
  

  This scheme provides a unique opportunity for the most promising newly qualified MB/PhD graduates, or those who have achieved a high-quality PhD during or before starting their medical degree. It will enable successful candidates to make an early start in developing their independent research careers, by undertaking a period of postdoctoral training and can be tailored to allow them to continue their postgraduate clinical training.

  Fellowships are for up to four years and, depending on the duration of the fellowship, would not be expected to exceed £350 000.  Fellowships provide:

  • Salary set by the host institution, according to age and experience
  • Research expenses (e.g. materials and consumables, animals, small items of equipment)
  • Travel and overseas subsistence support to attend scientific meetings

  Preliminary Application Deadline: 16 Apr 2010
  Full Proposal Deadline: 30 Jun 2010
  Weblink: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/Fellowships-and-personal-awards/Clinical-fellowships/WTX050468.htm

   

• March 2010 | Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Italian Government Scholarships & Grants 2010-2011
  

  The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers Irish citizens scholarships to assist them to study or carry out research for short and long-term periods at Italian universities or centres of excellence. The awards are offered at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

  These awards entail:

  • Financial support to offset the costs of studying in Italy

  • Exoneration from university fees for degree courses (not individual modules)

  • Insurance coverage for the terms of the scholarship

  Full Proposal Deadline: 31 Mar 2010

  Weblink: http://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Stranieri/Opportunita/default.htm?LANG=EN

Funding Opportunities - Principal Investigators

• August 2010 | Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)
  

  This is for top-class researchers who are currently located in a Third Country (ie not in an EU Member State or Associated Country) to come to work on a research project in Europe. The application should be made in liaison with the institution that would be willing to host the incoming researcher.

  Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IIF

  http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=usersite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=242

  Deadline : 17/08/2010

• August 2010 | Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development (IOF)
  

  This Fellowship scheme is for researchers from EU Member States or Associated Countries to carry out a research project in a Third Country (for a period of 1-2 years), followed by a mandatory reintegration phase of 1 year in an EU Member State or Associated Country.

  Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IOF http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=usersite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=243

  Deadline: 17/08/2010

• August 2010 | Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF)
  

  Researchers based in Europe (ie in an EU Member State or Associated Country) can apply to carry out a research project in a host institution in different EU Member State or Associated Country.

  Call Identifier: FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF

  http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=usersite.FP7DetailsCallPage&call_id=244

  Deadline : 17/08/2010

• May 2010 | Health Research Board - Cochrane Fellowships
  

  This scheme is open to individuals resident on the island of Ireland working in the health and social care area as health practitioners, researchers or policy makers. As intensive and continuous training will be provided as part of the Fellowship, applications are invited from those with no prior experience or training in conducting systematic reviews.

  The Fellowship provides the Fellow with protected time of up to two days per week for up to two years to conduct their review. The award covers systematic review training costs, salary-related costs and research expenses.

  Full Proposal Deadline: 20 May 2010

  Weblink: http://www.hrb.ie/research-strategy-funding/grants-and-fellowships/hrb-grants-and-fellowships/grant/40/

• May 2010 | Wellcome Trust - 4 year PhD Programmes
  

  Do you have a plan for a new PhD programme that reaches across the traditional boundaries of medical research? Could you train scientists in a clinical context; bring maths, chemistry, physics or engineering to bear on a biomedical problem; or link academic with commercial or health policy research?

  The Wellcome Trust wants to support up to four new Four-year PhD Programmes in the UK and Republic of Ireland. These programmes will give scientists the training and experience needed to drive discovery and translation in research areas inspired by the Trust’s strategic challenges:

  • Maximising the health benefits of genetics and genomics
  • Understanding the brain
  • Combatting infectious disease
  • Investigating development,ageing and chronic disease
  • Connecting environment, nutrition and health

  These new programmes are intended for the support of basic scientists rather than clinicians, and will join the programmes already funded by the Trust, which are renowned for the excellent training they give to aspiring researchers.

  The principal applicant should be the proposed director of the programme, and a recognised international leader in his or her field.

  Please see http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/Other-initiatives/WTX058687.htm

  Preliminary applications should be submitted by 11th. May 2010.

  Full applications, if invited, will be required by 13th. September 2010, and decisions will be announced in December 2010.

• April 2010 | Centre for Ageing Research & Development in Ireland - CARDI Ageing Research Grants Programme
  

  CARDI is inviting applications for grants to fund cross-border and inter-disciplinary research and to create networks of academics with the public, private and voluntary sectors to examine issues arising out of an ageing society in Ireland, north and south.
  This call focuses on research that concentrates on the priority issues relating to ageing and older people in Ireland. Funding of up to €100,000 will be available for individual research projects, normally of 12 months duration.
  Anybody seeking funding must submit the two-page summary (the PAR8 form) by noon on Wednesday 7 April 2010. The full application form will only be available through email, and sent to those who submit a PAR8.
  Summary Deadline: 12 noon, 7 Apr 2010
  Full Proposal Deadline: 12 noon, 24 May 2010
  Weblink: http://www.cardi.ie/grantprogramme

• April 2010 | European Science Foundation - Workshops & Conferences Grants
  

  Listed below are two European Science Foundation (ESF) Calls for Proposals, which will open this month and for which Irish researchers are eligible.  The ESF Conference Call applies to conferences which will take place in 2012 and may be of particular interest since this will be the year when Dublin will be the City of Science.

  ESF EXPLORATORY WORKSHOPS:

  These small, interactive group sessions are aimed at opening up new directions in research to explore new fields with a potential impact on developments in science. The workshops, which usually last 1-3 days, have a wide participation from across Europe and involve mature scientists as well as young, independent researchers and scholars with leadership potential. The relatively small scale (in terms of people involved) provides an ideal platform for focus on the topic and for all participants to contribute to discussions and plan follow-up collaborative work.  Interdisciplinary topics are greatly encouraged.

  ESF funds approximately 50 workshops every year.

  Eligibility: Applicants should be individual scientists/researchers based at European universities/research institutes (in the broad sense) in ESF Member Organisation countries (including Ireland).

  Awards will be to a maximum value of €15,000

  Call for Proposals opens: 8^th  March 2010

  Submission deadline: 29^th  April 2010

  Workshops must take place during 2011.

  Further information may be found at: http://www.esf.org/activities/exploratory-workshops.html

  ESF RESEARCH CONFERENCES :

  The ESF Research Conferences Scheme provides the opportunity for leading scientists and younger researchers to meet for discussions on the most recent developments in their fields of research. It acts as a catalyst for creating new ,synergistic contacts throughout Europe and the rest of the world. ESF Research Conferences are open to scientists world-wide, whether from academia or industry.

  The European Science Foundation invites scientists to submit proposals for high-level research conferences to take place in 2012 within the framework of its Research Conferences Scheme in the following scientific domains:

  Molecular Biology ; Brain, Technology and Cognition; Mathematics; Physics/Biophysics and Environmental Sciences ; Social Sciences and Humanities

  Eligibility: Applicants should be individual scientists/researchers based at European universities/research institutes (in the broad sense) in ESF Member Organisation countries (including Ireland).

  Awards will be to a maximum value of €40,000

  Call for Proposals opens: 15^th March 2010

  Submission deadline: 15^th September 2010

  Conferences must take place during 2012

  Further information may be found at: http://www.esf.org/activities/esf-conferences.html

  Source : UCD College of Life Science Director for International Research

   

   

• March 2010 | UCD Innovation Bursaries - Call for Proposals
  

  UCD Innovation Bursaries: Call for Proposals Interdisciplinary PhD & Post-Doctoral Programmes Through the TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance, the two universities have committed to ensuring that innovation and entrepreneurship skills are an outcome of doctoral education and post-doctoral training.  To this end, both institutions are launching up to 10 PhD studentships (4-years from Sept 2010, new entrants only) and up to 5 post-doctoral bursaries (up to €5K each), to be awarded in UCD in 2010. Programmes must be interdisciplinary and contribute to an exploration of one of the UCD priority research themes: Earth Sciences, Energy and the Environment Global Ireland Health and Healthcare Delivery Information, Computation and Communications NOTE 1: This call is for Academic and Research staff of UCD only at this point. In April 2010, successful programmes will be published and a call for applications for the studentships will be advertised both nationally and internationally. The studentships will only be open to new entrants in 2010. Interested applicants should check this webpage in late March for further details. NOTE 2: Only one application per UCD staff member will be considered. However, there is no restriction to the number of applications on which UCD staff may be a co-lead. Applications should be submitted in electronically. All required parts should be in one file, and be sent as a PDF attachment to: Emer.Cunningham@ucd.ie. Full Call for Proposals and applications forms: Deadline for submission of ALL required documentation is 4pm, Wednesday 24th March 2010 Late and/or incomplete applications will be deemed ineligible

• April 2010 | Wellcome Trust - People Awards
  

  People Awards enable you to explore the impact of biomedical science on society, its historical roots, effects on different cultures, or the ethical questions that it brings, by supporting activities such as events, debates, exhibitions, art projects and drama productions related to biomedical science. Applicants can apply for up to £30 000, for projects lasting a maximum of three years.
  Full Proposal Deadline: 30 Apr 2010
  Weblink: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/People-Awards/

• April 2010 | Wellcome Trust - Arts Awards
  

  Arts Awards support imaginative and experimental arts projects that investigate biomedical science. All art forms are covered by the programme: dance, drama, performance arts, visual arts, music, film, craft, photography, creative writing or digital media.

  Small to medium-sized projects (up to and including £30 000)
  Funding can either be used to support the development of new project ideas, deliver small-scale productions or workshops, investigate and experiment with new methods of engagement through the arts, or develop new collaborative relationships between artists and scientists.
  Full Proposal Deadline: 30 Apr 2010
  Weblink: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Public-engagement/Grants/Arts-Awards/

• April 2010 | European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes and Novo Nordisk - Research Grants 2010
  

  The EFSD/Novo Nordisk Partnership for Diabetes Research in Europe Programme will accept applications from all fields of diabetes research and including both basic and clinical research. Research will be supported through the award of grants of up to Euro 100,000 for basic research projects and Euro 400,000 for clinical research projects.
  
  All individual EFSD applicants must be paid-up EASD members. Applications are invited from single non-profit institutions or groups of such institutions from Europe and associated countries.  Equipment may be included in the proposal budget.
  Full Proposal Deadline: 1 Apr 2010
  Weblink: http://www.europeandiabetesfoundation.org/Novo_2010/Novo_2010_%20RFA.html

   

• April 2010 | European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc - Paul Langerhans Grant on Interaction between the Brain, Gut, Liver and Periphery and its Importance in Diabetes
  

  The Programme invites applications for research projects in this area. In particular, proposals dealing with the following are especially, but not exclusively, welcome:
  • Physiology of release and action of gut hormones including glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypetide (GIP); islet hormones including amylin and glucagon; localisation and expression of GLP-1, GIP, amylin and glucagon receptors and their regulation;
  • Impact of hyperglycaemia on expression, release and action of gastrointestinal and pancreatic hormones;
  • Cross-talk between gut, brain and islet signals;
  • Neural regulation of the gut and islet and the role of central neurohormonal signalling in diabetes and obesity;
  • Changes in entero-insular interaction induced by bariatric surgery;
  • Neurohormonal regulation of weight loss, including gut, pancreatic and adipocyte-derived hormones.
  Both in vitro and in vivo studies – in animal models as well as humans – will be considered.
  Grants will be available of up to Euro 100,000 for basic research and up to Euro 300,000 for clinical research.
  Full Proposal Deadline: 20 Apr 2010
  Weblink: http://www.europeandiabetesfoundation.org/Amylin/EFSD-Amylin-RFA10.html

• March 2010 | Health Research Board - Cochrane Training Courses
  

  The aim of the Cochrane Training Courses is to build awareness and capacity in conducting systematic reviews on the island of Ireland. Two short courses (‘Introduction to Cochrane’ and ‘Cochrane Systematic Review Course’) will be run on a number of dates in 2010. Application for these free courses must be made through the HRB online eGrants system.

  Application Deadline: 26 Mar 2010

  Weblink: http://www.hrb.ie/research-strategy-funding/grants-and-fellowships/hrb-grants-and-fellowships/grant/6/

Disclaimer

This page does not proport to be an exhaustive list of all available funding opportunities but rather highlights some of those which have been brought to the attention of the UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science.  Students are strongly advised to discuss research opportunities with our academic staff who will be able to provide information on both research interests and funding opportunities.  Principal Investigators are encouraged to sign up to the University alerts from both the Office of the VP for Research and from the College of Life Science.  This information is provided in good faith.  The UCD School of Medicine & Medical Science is not responsible for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions.