1 / 9

Research Career Opportunities in Ireland with Science Foundation Ireland Dr. Niamh O’Dowd

Research Career Opportunities in Ireland with Science Foundation Ireland Dr. Niamh O’Dowd. Objective is to create a critical mass of internationally recognised excellence in basic research Supports basic research in strategic fields relevant to Ireland’s industrial development.

tarmon
Download Presentation

Research Career Opportunities in Ireland with Science Foundation Ireland Dr. Niamh O’Dowd

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Research Career Opportunities in Ireland with Science Foundation Ireland Dr. Niamh O’Dowd

  2. Objective is to create a critical mass of internationally recognised excellence in basic research • Supports basic research in strategic fields relevant to Ireland’s industrial development Science Foundation Ireland • Biotechnology • Information & Communications Technology • Supports researchers drawn from Ireland and globally to carry out their work in Ireland • Manages a fund of £560 (2000-2006)

  3. Areas of FocusBiotechnology 1) Signal Transduction in Cellular Contexts 2) The Immune Process including Molecular Medicine 3) Functional Genomics also:Relevant Underlying Platform Technologies (e.g. DNA chip array technology, proteomics, bioinformatics and structural biology) Outstanding proposals in other areas will also be considered

  4. Areas of FocusInformation & Communication Technologies 1) Software Reliability in Complex Software-Intensive Systems 2) Optical Transmission and Switching Technologies (including related Nanoscience) Outstanding proposals in other areas will also be considered

  5. Current Call for Proposals: Principal Investigators • Established leaders with outstanding contribution to basic research, at international level • Proposed research programme must demonstrate potential for further major contributions to field • Funding for P. I. and team (up to 12 people) of up to €1.3m annually to a max. of €6.5m over 5 years • Funding covers salaries, equipment, consumables, travel, refurbishment and overhead contribution

  6. Current Call for Proposals: Principal Investigators • Rolling call • Application must be endorsed by Research Body • Assessment by International peer review • Feedback

  7. Current Call for Proposals: SFI Fellows • Outstanding researchers at the early stage of their career • Funding for SFI Fellow and team of up to €325k annually to a max. of €1.6m over 5 years • Typical team includes SFI Fellow, post-doctoral/ post-graduate researchers and technical support • Funding covers salaries, equipment, consumables, travel, refurbishment and overhead contribution

  8. Current Call for Proposals: SFI Fellows • Rolling call • Application must be endorsed by Research Body • Application accompanied by PhD supervisor review • Must nominate two further reviewers, including current Research Director. • Assessment by International peer review • Feedback

  9. Current Call for Proposals Details available: www.sfi.ie Make yourself known: info@sfi.ie

More Related