RIA Charlemont Grants The Royal Irish Academy’s Charlemont Grants Scheme was established in 2007 (formerly the RIA Mobility Grants Scheme). It is a travel grants scheme aimed at early-career postdoctoral researchers who are not more than seven years past the award of their PhDs at the start of the term of the grant period. The scheme, named in honour of the Academy’s first president, and notable Grand Tourist, James Caulfeild, the first Earl of Charlemont (1728–99), facilitates short international visits for the conduct of primary research in any subject area. This highly successful scheme speaks to one of the RIA’s fundamental missions by identifying and encouraging excellence in all areas of Irish scholarship and facilitating research on an international stage. The scheme awards on average 30 individual applications each year, with an annual fund disbursed of c. €40,000. The RIA Charlemont Grants The RIA Charlemont Grants Scheme is aimed exclusively at early-career postdoctoral researchers. Applications are open to all researchers who have obtained a PhD and who are within the first seven years of their postdoctoral career at the start of the term of the grant period. Grants are made available for short international research visits to any country, to support primary research in any subject area. All applications must demonstrate that funds are sought for a clearly defined, discrete piece of research, which will have an identifiable outcome on completion of the RIA-funded component of the project. Applicants can submit one application per grant round. The key objectives of the scheme are: to initiate one-to-one collaborations to explore opportunities to build lasting networks to facilitate initial project planning and development to gain access to ideas, research facilities and complementary equipment abroad to support the direct costs of research The scheme also facilitates applications from international scholars to visit Ireland, provided an Irish-based scholar is willing to act as host. Through its network of Members, its multidisciplinary committees and its strong links within international institutions, the RIA is able to source the very best national and international peer reviewers across a broad range of disciplines to ensure that all applications received are rigorously vetted to the highest international standards. The primary assessment criteria are: the research background of the applicant the strength of the applicant and host institution in the area of proposed research the mutual benefit of the collaboration the strength of the research proposal the potential contribution to the Irish research base I RA 2015 Recipients Humanities and Social Sciences Dr Erica Hennessy (DCU) Life Science; Intestinal Development, Nutrition, Stem Cells Dr Felix Behling (MU) Economic Sociology Dr Run Long (UCD) Physics; Chemistry; Materials Dr Margaret Brehony (NUIG) History; Sociology Dr Patrick Bresnihan (MU) Political Ecology and Environmental Politics Dr Alanna Maguire (DCU) Cancer Genomics Dr Aisling Ní Annaidh (UCD) Soft Tissue Biomechanics Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG) Irish History; British History; History of childhood Dr Martin O'Halloran (NUIG) Clinical Research and Biomedical Engineering Dr Clare Clarke (TCD) Nineteenth Century Literature Dr Anuradha Pallipurath (NUIG) Solid-state Pharmaceuticals Dr Eoin Daly (NUIG) Law; French Studies; Political Theory Dr Klaas-Jan Stol (UL) Software Engineering Dr Maria Falina (UCD) Modern European History Dr Silvia Tedesco (DCU) Chemical Engineering Dr Áine Mahon (UCD) Philosophy and Literature Dr Barry Wardell (UCD) Gravitational Physics; Theoretical Physics Dr Philip McDermott (UU) Sociolinguistics; Sociology of Language Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam (UL) History and Musicology “ The RIA grant was very important in helping me to advance my research and I believe that the overseas Dr Amy Prendergast (TCD) English networks initiated will be long-lasting and extremely Dr Fiona Smyth (UCD) Architecture; History of Architectural Acoustics Dr Maria Tesorieri (Independent) Archaeology important for my future career development. Selena Daly (Humanities, 2013) This funding was critical to realizing a discrete strand of my research, with both short- and long-term outputs. Conor Lucey (Humanities, 2013) Dr John Thompson (UCD) American History Dr Diarmuid Torney (DCU) International Relations The RIA grant demonstrated how invaluable international collaborations are, both on a personal and professional level, as well as showcasing Irish research on an international stage. Yvonne Halpin (Sciences, 2013) Dr Timothy Watt (QUB) Early-modern Irish History Sciences Dr Kamela Alegre (QUB) The collaboration germinated by the Royal Irish Academy Grant was very productive and successful. In the past 6 years, one review article and 10 scientific articles were published in highly respected international journals. Biochemistry; Structural Biology Dr Brendan Florio (UL) Nanotechnology; Mathematical Modelling Dr Guangbo Hao (UCC) Ultra-precision manufacturing; Robotics John S. Tse (Sciences, 2008) Dr Jessica Hayes (NUIG) Diabetic Fracture Healing and Regenerative Therapies www.ria.ie ” Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Tel: +3 53 1 676 2570
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