College of Medicine and Health, Research and Innovation eBulletin, 26th February 2024

Funding Calls

‘An ambition of the 2023 - 2028 UCC Strategy ‘Securing our Future’ is to “align the South/ Southwest Hospitals Research Framework with that of the University to support the development of an Academic Health Sciences System” (Goal 1: Research & Innovation, Strategic Approach 1 5 v) UCC Academic Health Sciences was established in 2022 and the continued development of an Academic Health Sciences System is a key priority for the College of Medicine and Health

We are pleased to launch the Academic Health Sciences Seed Funding Awards (AHS Awards) to support new collaborations amongst the Academic Health Sciences System partners Funding is available through the continued support of our corporate partners Pfizer, Boston Scientific, Laya Healthcare and GSK The AHS Awards will support new research collaborations to develop larger grant applications to National and International Calls to support the on-going development of the work and to maximise impact. Projects should align to the UCC 2023 - 2028 Strategic Plan, Goal One: Research and Innovation by seeking to align to one or more of the UCC Futures areas

Professor Gerard O’Keeffe, Vice Head of Research and Innovation

Funding Up to €30,000 or Up to €10,000

Duration: 12 months commencing October 2024

Eligibility: Applications are accepted from a new collaborative team, of at least 2 applicants where the lead applicant is a member of CoMH Academic Staff of Lecturer Grade and above, with a primary affiliation to a member School and the Primary Co-Applicant is a member of Healthcare Staff in an affiliated Clinical Institution.

Deadline: 5th May 2024

Funding Calls

European Partnership for Personalised Medicine

Joint Transnational Call

‘Identification or Validation of Targets for Personalised Medicine Approaches

Eligibility Checklist

EP PerMed

(PMTargets)’

Applicant Guidelines

Call Text Partnering Tool

Preproposal Form

To ensure institutional endorsement of your application and to verify eligibility, notify UCC Research of your intent to apply euresearch@ucc.ie

Internal Deadlines

Budget Review / Approval to euresearch@ucc.ie: 1PM, 27th February

Submission to HRB Portal for UCC Endorsement: 1PM, 4th March

Call Deadlines

Pre-proposal Deadline: 5PM CET, 5th March

Notification of Pre-Proposal Results: 20th May TBC

Invite to Full Proposal Stage: 20th May TBC

Full Proposal Deadline: 5PM CEST, 20th June

Rebuttal Stage: Mid/End August

Notification of Funding Decisions: October

Project Start Date: End of 2024 / Start of 2025

Enquiries

eujointprogrammes@hrb.ie l +353 1 234 5000 (Siobhán Hackett, HRB) eu-Cofund@sfi.ie (Maria Nash, SFI)

Funding Calls

Issue Date:

JPI Antimicrobial Resistance JTC2024

’Interventions Moving forward to Promote ACTion to counteract the emergence and spread of bacterial and fungal resistance and to improve treatments (AMR Interventions)’

Applicants for HRB funding must focus primarily on Human Health as part of this call. To ensure institutional endorsement of your application and to verify eligibility, notify UCC Research euresearch@ucc.ie of your intent to apply.

Closing Date: 14th March

Call Details

Internal Deadlines

Budget Review / Approval to euresearch@ucc.ie: 1PM, 7th March

Submission to HRB Portal for UCC Endorsement: 1PM, 13th March

Interreg

North-West Europe Call 4

Call Overview

Guidance for Applicants Information Session

Key documents and links

Thematic Priorities Factsheets

Call Deadline (Step 1): 12NOON CET, 21st March

Call Deadline (Step 2): 26th September

For further information contact UCC Research Contact Point Dr. Paolo Saporito psaporito@ucc.ie

Wellcome Discovery Research Funding

Early Career Awards

Sample Application Form

Career Development Awards

Sample Application Form

Discovery Awards

Sample Application Form

Call Opens: 12th March

Deadline: 5PM GMT, 21st May

Prefunding Process Map

Call Opens: 12th April Deadline: 5PM BST, 25th July

Awardee Story

Call Opens: 17th April Deadline: 5PM BST, 30th July

Established Researchers Webinar

Useful Links

Research Culture

Grant Writing Tips

Funding Remit

Research Environment

Researcher Stories

Funding Calls

SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

Awards and Projects Stream Application Forms: Available on SESAME

Awards Stream - Rolling Call: Accepting Applications until further notice

Projects Stream

Notify Research Office of Intention to submit proposal: 15th March

Internal Deadline for Review of Draft Proposal / Budget: 10th April

Submission Deadline via SESAME platform: 1PM, 25th April

Eligible applicants planning to submit a proposal should notify UCC Research

Contact Point a.forde@ucc.ie

Call Document

SFI Impact Webinar

Research Impact

Call 6 Two Stage Call with topics on treatment persistency and use of real-world data / evidence.

Short Proposal Submission Deadline: 5PM GMT+1, 16th April

Full proposal submission deadline: 5PM GMT+1, 10th October

Call 7 Single Stage Call with topics on Heart Disease, Healthcare Workforce and Biomarkers.

Full Proposal Submission Deadline: 5PM GMT+1, 22nd May

Funding Calls

MCSA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Staff Exchanges

Deadline: 28th February

Notification of Call Results: June/July TBC

Info Webinar Recording Presentation

Past Funded Projects

European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant Scheme 2024

Call Opens: 29th May

Deadline: 28th August

Funding available from Enterprise Ireland (up to €16,000) to facilitate preparation and submission of a competitive ERC proposal.

Deadline for applications by Enterprise Ireland: 29th February

To discuss potential proposals at UCC Research - niamh.mundow@ucc.ie

Step by Step to ERC Application Process

Writing Part 1 of Proposal

Writing

Funding Calls

Graduate Studies - Doctoral Bursary Call Spring 2024

Guidelines and Application Form available HERE

Deadline: 5PM, 1st March

Call Outcome: Late March

Graduate Studies - Employment-Based PhD Call

Deadline has passed

Call Outcome: End of February

Scholarship Commencement: April / July 2024

American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation (ASCO)

Conquer Cancer Grants and Awards

Funding Opportunities

Young Investigator Award - Diversity & Inclusion in Breast Cancer Research

Deadline: 11.59PM ET, 14th March

Career Development Award - Diversity & Inclusion in Breast Cancer Research

Deadline: 11.59PM ET, 14th March

Grant Writing Tips, FAQ's, Webinars, Sample Applications and Resources available HERE

ISIDORe Open Calls

Deadline: Open while funding remains available

Respiratory Pathogens

Vector-Borne Pathogens and their Vectors

Other Pathogens with Epidemic Potential

Calls

Applied Partnership Awards (APA) 2024

Cycle 1 Deadline: 12NOON, 10th April

Cycle 2 Deadline: 12NOON, 18th December

To ensure institutional endorsement of applications, notify UCC Research at hrbapplications@ucc.ie of intent to apply.

Internal Deadlines

Cycle 1 Applications

Expression of Interest to: hrbapplications@ucc.ie by 1PM, 13th March

Budget Review/Approval to: hrbapplications@ucc.ie by 1PM, 2nd April

Submission to HRB GEMS Portal for UCC Endorsement: 1PM, 9th April

This call includes strong emphasis on Public and Patient Involvement (PPI), see page 14, Section 8 of Guidance Notes

Funding Calls

National University of Ireland

NUI Travelling Doctoral Studentships 2024

Disciplines: All Disciplines

Open to: NUI graduates planning on pursuing, or in their first year of, doctoral research with a substantial travel component

Value: up to €120,000 over 4 years

Closing date: 25th March

Further details

Full range of NUI Awards 2024

Should you have any questions, the NUI Awards Team can be contacted at awards@nui.ie

Irish Cancer Society

PhD Research Scholarship Programmes

3 different Cancer Research Scholarships

€22,000 minimum Stipend per annum over full-time (3 or 4 years) or part-time basis

Unique Mobility lement with all Scholarships

Translational & Clinical Research

Underserved Communities in Cancer Research

Cancer Survivorship Research

Applications are made through the Irish Cancer Society Gateway Grant Tracker Online System

Applicants must email grants@irishcancer.ie with a complete ‘Intention to Submit’ form, by 3PM Wednesday 13th March. Template available under Guidelines, FAQ and Documents section of each call.

Full Application Deadline: 3PM Thursday, 4th April

Seeking UCC Partners

for Proposal to DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-SPECIALEDU ‘Specialised Education Programmes in Key Capacity Areas’

UCC is a founding partner of UNIC (European University of Cities in PostIndustrial Transition), an ERASMUS-funded partnership of 10 Universities across Europe working with their cities and one another to tackle urban challenges and develop shared, sustainable futures through Teaching, Research & Community Engagement.

Professor Minna Isomursu, University of Oulu is coordinating an application to the Digital Europe Programme DIGITAL-2023-SKILLS-05-SPECIALEDUSpecialised Education Programmes in Key Capacity Areas and is seeking UCC collaborators.

Proposed Project: aims to develop learning content and teaching methods for Advanced Digital Skills for Degree Programmes educating professionals working with Health Data. Work may be done on a new or existing programme. The ultimate goal is that Europe would have more professionals who have capacity to use and innovate around Health Data. UL and TCD are also collaborating on this proposal.

Award Provides: 50% funding which covers the design of new learning content together with the consortium, and teaching of the content. It may be used for providing financial support for students, hiring external experts for teaching etc. The Call also asks for developing self-standing modules targeted for working professionals, but it needs to be in addition to Degree Programmes.

If interested, contact Professor Isomursu minna.isomursu@oulu.fi and cc Mathias Reckmann, UCC UNIC Programme Manager, mathias.reckmann@ucc.ie

Events

UCC Grand Rounds @ Cork University Hospital

For the first time, a joint session with University Hospital Waterford (UHW) Grand Rounds

‘Home and Away’ Hyperacute Management of

Ischaemic Stroke

Insights in relation to the delivery of care at both hub and spoke sites for Thrombectomy

Presented by:

Prof. George Pope, Consultant Geriatrician, University Hospital Waterford

Dr. Kirstyn James, Consultant Geriatrician, Cork University Hospital

Dr. David Ryan, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Cork University Hospital

Dr. Noel Fanning, Consultant Neuroradiologist, Cork University Hospital

Time and Date: 1PM – 1.50PM, 28th February

Venue: CUH Main Auditorium

Time and Date: 10AM – 11AM

Events

UCC Research – ERC Tuesdays

Series of in person Tuesday afternoon talks, with guest speakers from European Research Council evaluation panels and funded researchers. An opportunity for candidates to learn about projects being awarded and participate in Q & A sessions. #

2 1PM, 27th February Professor John Cryan, ERC Starting Grant Evaluation Panel Member

Professor, Adrian Favell, ERC Advanced Grant award winner and ERC Consolidator Grant evaluation panel member

Professor Alan Kelly

All speakers will discuss their experience and perspectives on what successful proposals look like. Professor Favell will also discuss his nonstandard inclusion of various partners on his own grant.

3 2PM, 5th March

Professor Paul Ross, Advanced Grant recipient

All three successful researchers applied to ERC more than once and will discuss their projects, their experience and provide advice to candidates, on Stage 1 and Stage 2 (the interview). Register

Professor Maria McNamara, Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant recipient

Dr Dónal Hassett, Starting Grant recipient

Events

HR Excellence in Research UCC

Researcher Online Orientation

Online welcome session to all UCC’s new Research Staff facilitated by the HR Research Team. This session introduces how HR Research supports staff, the HR Research team, policies and practice, and Professional Training and Development opportunities available in UCC. Representatives from the Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation and Innovation UCC will also be online to provide information and answer questions Time and Date: 2PM – 3.30PM, 29th February Join

Events

European Health Week 2024

13th to 17th of May

Details

School of Public Health

are planning a series of events as part of this annual initiative which commenced in 2019 targeting awareness growth around Public Health and encouraging collaboration among the community in Europe.

The team are happy to link in or synchronise with others in the College of Medicine and Health who may be organising activities.

If interested, please contact Dr. Monica O'Mullane m.omullane@ucc.ie

Research Essentials

Introductory Searching Techniques for Systematic Reviews (Brookfield BHSC, Room 2.25)

Time and Date: 11AM – 12.30PM, 28th February

Register

An Introduction to Metadata for Researchers

Time and Date: 10AM – 11.30AM, 28th February

Register

Designing Academic Posters

Time and Date: 10AM – 11.30AM, 13th March

Register

Podcasting / Audio Editing for Researchers

Time and Date: 10AM – 11.30AM, 14th March

Register

Introduction to Public and Patient Involvement (PPI)

5 ECTS Module for UCC Postgraduate Research Students commencing 9th April

The aim of the module is to introduce students to the principles and practices of Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in Health and Social Care Research. It will be delivered in a hybrid format through a series of interactive workshops, over a period of 4 weeks.

Module Outcomes

Define and explain (PPI) and its role and importance in research

Identify and define PPI partners' roles and involvement in different stages of the research process

Develop and apply strategies for building and sustaining meaningful PPI relationships

Develop and apply an approach to PPI that is underpinned by principles, values and ethics

Identify and apply an appropriate approach to evaluating and reporting PPI

Places are limited. Interested students are required to complete Expression of Interest Form before Friday 8th March.

Training

Epigeum Research Integrity Online Training -

Issue Date:

Epigeum Online Courses

Supervisors and Mentors should ensure new Research Postgraduates and Postdoctoral Researchers undertake the necessary training

Post Doc Development Hub – Online Training for Research Staff

Career Planning for You

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Making the Transition to Leading a Research Team

Time and Date: TBA

Introduction to Publication Ethics – Committee On Publication Ethics

Time and Date: 12NOON – 1.30PM, 26th February

Research Skills Training Programme

Targeted at Researchers at all career levels, this programme entails a series of workshops covering a wide range of topics including dissemination of research, the identification, capture and management of research funding, and research relevant policies.

Topic: The Evaluation of Funding Proposals under Horizon Europe: Perspectives from Evaluators

Time and Date: 12NOON – 1PM, 29th February

Venue: CACSSS Seminar Room, O’Rahilly Building (ORB G27) and Online (Join HERE)

The Programme is listed as a CPD course. Attending 5 sessions will entitle researchers to a Certificate of Completion. Inperson attendees will be required to record their attendance in a Feedback Form / those joining online should join the Teams link via their UCC account to ensure attendance is recorded. For further information about the programme, contact Dr Paolo Saporito psaporito@ucc ie

2024 Programme Schedule

Resources

HRB Clinical Research Facility UCC

The HRB CRF-UCC provides the dedicated infrastructure and experienced research staff working to the required international quality standards that are critical for the successful conduct of regulated and other forms of complex patient-focused research.

Contact Erin Crowley, Academic Study Co-ordinator at academic-cordinator@ucc.ie for information on supports that the CRF can provide for grant applications or study.

Resources

College of Medicine and Health - Research Funding Resource

Funding Opportunities, Grant Supports, Latest Funding and Policy Information, Clinical Studies Information and Support, College of Medicine and Health Funding News

UCC Access Only via link or QR Code

Inclusion Health Research Group (IHRG)

An inter-disciplinary group within the College of Medicine & Health of academics, researchers and practitioners committed to establishing more equitable and inclusive health care provision.

Members are welcome from any discipline with an interest in this area.

Enquiries to IHRG Co-Convenors:

Dr. Angela Flynn Angela.Flynn@ucc.ie

Mary Cronin mary.cronin@ucc.ie

Resources

Cancer Research @UCC

Issue Date:

SharePoint resource provides access to information about facilities, research supports, communications assets and latest news from Cancer Research @ UCC and the UCC Clinical Trials Group.

UCC Access Only via link or QR Code

HNN 3.0 Health-NCP-NET

• Factsheet on Health Funding in EU4Health and Horizon Europe

• Health NCP Net Information on Clinical Studies Annotated Template

• Horizon 2020 Evaluation

Digital Scholarship Studio at Boole Library

Equipment Loans

3D Printing

Library Studio

Video Recording Studio

Specialist Peripherals

3D Scanning

VR Digital Environment Lounge

Resources

UKRIO

Research

Integrity Office

New Resources

AI Challenge

Managing Research Misconduct Investigations

Misconduct in Research Procedure

Mental Health and Well-being

Widening Participation

Research Culture Initiatives in the UK

• Recommended Checklist for Researchers

• Responsibilities of a Research Assistant/Technician in improving research culture

• Culture Change of the Research Excellence Framework REF 2028

• Correcting the scholarly record, and dispelling myths around corrections

• Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist

• Advice to unhappy complainants in research misconduct investigations

• Webinar Link - How Openness Facilitates Collaboration

Subscribers can access the UKRIO portal which includes new resources and functions for networking

Resources

Advances in Clinical Practice Guidance reviewed

Review into National Rare Disease Strategies

State Indemnity Guidance

SIG 10: Indemnity and Insurance Arrangements for Clinical Trials Health Research Between DSA Healthcare Enterprises and Academic Institutions

ecrin - EU-X-CT Initiative Mapping Exercises

EU Cross-border Clinical Trials Multistakeholder Initiative

Survey 1

aims to map all regulatory frameworks or legal guidance about cross-border access to clinical trials that already exist in Europe

Survey 2

aims to map all the different paying schemes for crossborder access to clinical trials that already exist in Europe

Survey 3

aims to gather information from Investigators and Sponsors / Clinical Operations Experts who have already participated or engaged in cross-border trials

The Health Research Board (HRB) will employ Researchfish to record outcomes, impact and output for HRB funded projects. The platform will enable Principal Investigators (PI’s) to carry out outcome reports and connect their portfolio of projects.

Opportunities

IGNITE Start-Up Incubation Programme: Open Call for Applications

Applications now being accepted from recent graduates interested in starting a business with IGNITE UCC.

Closing date: 26th February

Interviews for those shortlisted: 4th March

Programme commencement: 8th April Details Apply Info Webinar Participant Testimonal

Opportunities

Would you like to host a Postgraduate student from the MSc Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Programme for their 4-month Computer-Based Research Project in Summer 2024?

No supervisory bioinformatics expertise required. Most of the students have life science background and should all be trained and self-sufficient enough to learn and apply standard bioinformatics methods. Any combination of Life Science and Data Analysis is welcome. This is an excellent opportunity to test candidate PhD students / R A’ s and to generate preliminary data for grant applications.

Deadline for Descriptive Abstract to M.Claesson@ucc.ie indicating whether physical lab attendance during the summer is required: 1st March

Project allocation will take place later that month and will be based on the students’ preferences and Semester 1 marks. The current class is the largest so far, thus the chance of getting a student is high.

Start Date: Late May/early June

Minor Thesis Submission Deadline: 1st October

Should you have questions on suitable topics and enquiries

contact Marcus J. Claesson, PhD

Associate Professor in Bioinformatics, School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland M.Claesson@ucc.ie