We are delighted to announce that we are now accepting abstracts for the 2024 CoMH Research Conference Futures 2024
We welcome researchers from all career stages to submit abstracts to showcase and present their work
The theme of Futures 2024 Transforming Tomorrow’s Health and it will take place on Thursday 12th December 2024 in the WGB
Futures 2024 will showcase the diverse range of fundamental, translational and clinical research in CoMH that is central to UCC Futures and to the Academic Health Sciences in the South West region
Online Abstract Submission is now open and will close on Sept 06. Submit HERE
Queries may be sent to: comh@ucc.ie and please put Futures 2024 in the subject line
CoMH Research Funding SharePoint all relevant open and forthcoming calls
Latest Funding Opportunities & News
EU Funding
Interreg North-West Europe Call 5 Now Open
The Interreg NEW Europe Programme co-funds projects fostering transnational cooperation among partners with a joint approach to tackling common issues and contributing to policy development. The NWE Programme co-finances up to 60% of a project budget, with 40% of project costs covered by partners. Call 5 focuses on: Climate and Environment; Energy Transition; Circular Economy; Innovation and Resilience; Inclusive Society. It follows a twostep process. Step 1 Submission Deadline: 16 January 2025; Step 2 Submission Deadline: 10 July 2025. UCC Research Contacts: Paolo Saporito (psaporito@ucc.ie) and Martha Phelan (marthaphelan@ucc.ie).
Horizon Europe: Cluster 3 Civil Security for Society
There are 22 open calls for Horizon Europe Cluster 3 consortia-led projects in the areas of Increased Cybersecurity, Fighting Crime and Terrorism, Border Management, Disaster Resilient Society, and Resilient Infrastructure. Whilst not directly related to health, there may be great opportunity here for CoMH researchers to get involved as a partner. HEU Cluster 3 UCC Research Contact: Fiona Riordan fiona.riordan@ucc.ie. If you do see a topic which you are interested in and not sure how to go about finding a consortium, contact Ashleigh on ashleigh.byrne@ucc.ie to discuss.
CoMH Research Funding SharePoint all relevant open and forthcoming calls
Latest Funding Opportunities & News
EU Funding
Horizon Europe: Mission: Cancer
Enterprise Ireland Coordinator Support Grant Deadlines
For anyone wishing to coordinate any of the 6 new Cancer Mission Calls that launched recently (deadlines 18 Sept), applications to Enterprise Ireland for the Coordinator Support grant must be submitted internally to UCC Research by 9 July. The EI deadline is 10 July. UCC Research Contact: Fiona Riordan fiona.riordan@ucc.ie
The recent Cancer Mission First Project Cluster PolicyUnderstanding Cancer webinar brought together stakeholder and citizen perspectives on R&I, providing an early exposure to the cluster projects launched under the Cancer Mission. Watch the recording until 14 July using the password @HPP_webinar2024.
Horizon Europe: ERC Consolidator
Enterprise Ireland Coordinator Support Grant Deadlines
Enterprise Ireland offers up to €16,000 for applicants to the ERC Consolidator call to develop their proposals through their dedicated ERC Proposal Preparation Support Grant. ERC CoG applicants must submit their EI application internally to UCC by 14 July 2024, ahead of EI deadline 15 July 2024. (The ERC Consolidator Call deadline is 14 January 2025). UCC Research Contact: Niamh Mundow (niamh.mundow@ucc.ie).
CoMH Research Funding SharePoint all relevant open and forthcoming calls
Latest Funding Opportunities & News
EU Funding
Horizon Europe: MSCA PFs and COFUND Handbooks
The 2024 editions of the MSCA-NET proposal writing handbooks for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and COFUND calls are now available at the following link: https://www.iua.ie/for-researchers/marie-sklodowska-curieactions/resources-events-training/. Find more on all the available MSCA PF supports at MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Resources (sharepoint.com)
COST Actions. 60 new Cost Actions have been announced for 2024. Ireland can nominate two individuals to the management committee (MC) of each and nominations from interested parties are now being accepted. Interested individuals must complete and sign the Request to Join the Management Committee (MC) of a COST Action Form and return it to fiona.riordan@ucc.ie. All 60 Actions and the form can be found on the Funding Opportunities Page of the CoMH Research Funding SharePoint under ‘EU Calls - COST Actions’. You are also free to make an application to join a working group of the new Actions directly via the relevant webpage. Joining a COST Action is one of the easiest ways in which you can build up your European research network and works with experts in any field. Researchers at any career stage may request to join. The work of Actions often informs future calls for R&I funding.
CoMH Research Funding SharePoint all relevant open and forthcoming calls
Latest Funding Opportunities & News
HRB
HRB Impact Award 2024 to be Launched in August. current or former recipients of HRB awards who have made a highly significant contribution beyond academic impact are nominated by their host institution. Deadline: 27 Sept. 2024.
Fulbright-HRB Health Impact Awards 2024 to be Launched in August. The Fulbright Commission and the HRB are offering a unique opportunity for Irish professionals with five or more years’ experience in their field to travel to the USA to undertake research or professional development in any area of health. Details TBC.
UK
/ International Funding
Wellcome: The next deadlines for the Wellcome Discovery Awards:
• Wellcome Early-Career Awards: 01 Oct 2024. See the CoMH ECA Process Map
• Wellcome Career Development Awards: 25 July 2024
• Wellcome Discovery Awards: 30 July 2024
If you are intending to submit a proposal to Wellcome, first read their new environmental sustainability funding policy
Charitable Funding
See the UCC Research Charitable Funding Opportunities Page on the UCC Research Support SharePoint
See more on these calls and many others in the health and healthcare space on the Funding Opportunities page of the CoMH Research Funding SharePoint and keep an eye on the UCC Research Funding Call Weekly Roundup emails every Wednesday
For information on the Pre-award supports available to you see the Pre-award Grants Supports Page & Subpages of our Research Funding SharePoint, and UCC Research Support
Also, all UCC staff have access to the UCC page on Research Professional which lists hundreds of miscellaneous calls
CoMH Research Funding SharePoint all relevant open and forthcoming calls
Latest Partner Searches on Crowdhelix
Seeking international collaborators for HORIZONMISS-2024-CANCER-01-05. Centre for Process Innovation Ltd, UK
Seeking Consortia Partners for Marie Curie Doctoral Networks 2024; Women's Health Biosensors. Dr. Joanna Tierney, Munster Technological University
Seeking International collaborators in the field of respiratory/cardiovascular diseases for Doctoral Network 2024 call. Girona Biomedical Research Institute Dr. Josep Trueta (IDIBGI) in Girona (Spain).
Seeking partners for HORIZON-MISS-2024CANCER-01-03: Accessible and affordable tests to advance early detection of heritable cancers in European regions. Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), located at the biomedical campus attached to the Germans Trias University Hospital, Barcelona.
See more and add your own partner search ad with Crowdhelix Collaboration Intelligence: https://crowdhelix.com/opportunities
Surveys, Consultations and Calls for Experts
Public Consultation for the development of the new National Rare Disease Strategy. The survey is available to complete during July. You can get more information on the group leading work in this area, the National Rare Disease Steering Group here.
Surveys, Consultations and Calls for Experts
Call for external experts for the SCHEER WG on risks for the health associated to the use of brain stimulators. The European Commission has requested the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) for a scientific opinion on risks for the health associated to the use of brain stimulators not having an intended medical purpose described in the group 6 of Annex XVI to Regulation (EU) 2017/745
Those with proven expertise (either by research publications in Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journals or by regulatory activity) in the following areas are needed:
• External brain stimulation by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields (medical or non-medical applications)
• Neuro ethics
• Neurologist with experience in the application of non-invasive (external) brain stimulation techniques
Anyone interested must submit an online application form and their CV
The closing date for the applications is 31 August 2024, 23:59, CET. Find out more and apply HERE
Surveys, Consultations and Calls for Experts
Call for Experts: Be a Speaker at CIRCLES final conference. The CIRCLES project aims to provide the scientific knowledge to exploit natural microbiomes for the sustainable production of high-quality food, with the ultimate objective to deliver new and healthier food applications. CIRCLES has explored microbiome interactions and circulations across 6 food chains.
The final conference of the CIRCLES project will be held in Brussels, 17 Sept. 2024. The project Team are seeking experts to participate in the panel Discussion on "Resistome dispersion from the CIRCLES food chains to the environment" with an intervention on food safety and potential risks in the resistome dynamics.
If you are interested, contact giacomo.sini@eufic.org.
If you are not located in Brussels and are not attending as a representative of another EU-funded project, you will be reimbursed for travel expenses.
Surveys, Consultations and Calls for Experts
Register and get involved in European Health Policy!
4 NEW Thematic Networks on EU Health Policy Platform
1. Advancing Precision Medicine for Europe's Cancer Patients with AI-powered Imaging – led by the European Society of Radiology
2. Profiling Cancer Genomes using AI and Natural Language Processing - Methodologies for Hotspot Identification - led by the Robert Koch Institute
3. Beyond Boundaries: A Global Continuum for healthy generations – led by 6 universities from 5 EU Member States
4. Brain Health and Brain Research Innovation - led by the European Brain Council
These Thematic Networks will be drafting their Joint Statement from now until November, asking you to contribute by participating in a series of webinars and sharing your ideas and feedback. You might just meet your next collaborator!
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/hpf/
This Fortnight’s Events & Training
EU-PROMENS CAPACITY BUILDING EVENTS
EU-PROMENS is an EU4Health-funded programme to enhance and improve the capacity of health professionals across Europe through European Exchange Programmes
Participants from different professional profiles and experience levels will be selected in order to foster peer-topeer learning and multi-disciplinary collaboration. They will take part in a two-week programme with study visits to service providers, workshops and job-shadowing around distinct technical themes. All travel, accommodation, and board expenses are covered by the project
Find current and forthcoming exchange visit opportunities here
Meeting challenges of today with a multidisciplinary approach to mental health will take place in Zagreb from 06.10.2024 - 14.12.2024 And registration is NOW OPEN UNTIL 29 JULY
2025 European Prize for Women Innovators NOW OPEN for applications
There are 3 prize categories:
1. EIC Women Innovators category: Open to women founders and co-founders from the EU and ACs
2. EIC Rising Innovators category: Targeting promising innovators under the age of 35
3. EIT Women Leadership category: Focused on women with a direct link to the EIT Community
Application deadline: 25 Sept 2024 17:00 CET
This Fortnight’s Events & Training
Smart Health Summit
10 Sept | Croke Park Dublin
Sponsored by EIT Health Ireland-UK, the Business Post’s Smart Health Summit is where health and care leaders meet to explore smarter health technology tools and solutions that enhance patient outcomes and productivity
Registration is now open
The event attracts hundreds of senior healthcare professionals from around Ireland to hear cuttingedge case studies, inspiring insights from leaders at the frontline of digital healthcare transformation, engage in open and pragmatic discussions about the challenges, failures and real-life successes of navigating digital transformation in healthcare today
Research Resources and Supports
Communicating Your Research
Epigeum Research Integrity Online Training
Postgraduate students and early-career researchers: it is recommended to take the 8 core modules. Experienced researchers: it is recommended to take at least the first two core modules and specialist modules that are relevant to their research area. It is recommended that Research Integrity training should be undertaken/retaken at least once every three years.
Find out more HERE
For queries on Epigeum Research Integrity Training at UCC, email researchintegrity@ucc.ie
Post Doc Development Hub
Find out more HERE
Research Skills Training Programme
The 2024 UCC Research Skills Training Programme is targeted at researchers across all disciplines and at all career levels. The Research Skills Training Programme is listed as a CPD course. Attending 5 of the sessions below will entitle researchers to a certificate of completion
2024 Programme Schedule
Clinical Research Support Research Resources and Supports
The HRB CRF-UCC provides infrastructure and expertise to achieve the required international quality standards for the successful conduct of regulated and other forms of complex patient-focused research.
The team also provide advice during the development of PatientFocused Research proposals for Wellcome and HRB Funding Calls - Study Design, Statistics and Analysis, Data Management
Contact Erin Crowley, Academic Study Co-ordinator at academic cordinator@ucc.ie
Research Support at UCC Library
The Library offers a huge range of services and supports for research.
The Research Support Guide which is designed to inform UCC researchers of research-focussed services and resources available through the library
Research Essentials Series - Open Access Publishing Workshop Presentation held in February 2024 is available HERE Presentation Recording is available at this link (UCC Access Only)
Research Box is a new data management service that will enable UCC researchers to securely store, manage, and share data in an easy-to-use secure environment - all data will be stored securely in UCC
ResearchBox will launch at the end of June and information will be communicated in due course
The Digital Scholarship Studio provides access to a wide range of specialist software including software from the Adobe Creative suite, video editing, sound editing, 3D rendering, 3D printing, scanning and more. Find out more and make a booking HERE
The Digital Scholarship Studio
Research Resources and Supports
See the full range of research supports available to CoMH researchers on our research Funding SharePoint, the UCC Research SharePoint and the UCC Library Research Support page
