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Sexualities and Gender in Postgraduate Research: A Graduate Student Round-Table Symposium

Sexualities and Gender in Postgraduate Research: A Graduate Student Round-Table Symposium

Maynooth University’s Sexualities and Gender (SexGen) Research Network are hosting a round-table symposium, ‘Sexualities and Gender in Postgraduate Research: A Graduate Student Round-Table Symposium’. The Symposium features presentations from: – Mariza Avgeri (Law): ‘Towards a theoretical framework for assessing transgender asylum claims’ – Veronica Barry (History): ‘Case-study of Franco’s Spain to examine the role of the Sección Femenina (Women’s […]

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MA, PDip (Public Policy) @ NUI Galway

MA, PDip (Public Policy) @ NUI Galway

The NUI Galway MA in Public Policy prepares its graduates to work in government, public bodies, civil society organisations, NGOs, International organisations, businesses and other fields and organisations that require an expert understanding of policy-making. It offers specialised modules in specific policy areas including: Environmental and Rural policy; Peace, Security and Development; Gender; Disability policy; […]

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Master of Science (MSc.) in Artificial Intelligence @ DBS

Master of Science (MSc.) in Artificial Intelligence @ DBS

In computer science, Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. According to a recent report by Forbes, by 2022 AI skills will be required in every industry and could create up to 22 million new jobs globally. Recent findings […]

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Funded Postgraduate Places Available on IMI programmes

Funded Postgraduate Places Available on IMI programmes

Funded Postgraduate Places: Irish Management Institute are offering numerous free or heavily-subsidised places on Professional Diplomas this autumn to those seeking to upskill or reskill under the Government’s new Postgraduate Skills Provision initiative. IMI has been allocated funding for a number of places on our Professional Diploma programmes. The Professional Diplomas are academically validated and […]

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School of English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series 2020-21

School of English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series 2020-21

Dr Jade Dillon (Mary Immaculate College) will present a seminar Alice in Asia: Examining Kaneko Kuniyoshi’s visual (re)imagining of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass as part of the School of English Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series 2020-21 in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub. Dr Jade Dillon is a lecturer in the Department of […]

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COALESCE Research Fund

COALESCE Research Fund

The Irish Research Council have announced the third call under a COALESCE Research Fund for research that addresses national and global societal challenges. COALESCE builds on and brings together two of our former funding programmes, namely Research for Policy and Society and the New Horizons Interdisciplinary Research Awards. The call seeks to fund excellent research addressing national and […]

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71 Research Grants Valued at €53 Million Given for Future Programme

71 Research Grants Valued at €53 Million Given for Future Programme

71 Research Grants valued at €53 million have been announced by the government to support frontiers research across 12 Higher Education Institutions through Science Foundation Ireland. Commenting on the programme, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD said: “Congratulations to all the researchers who have received funding today as […]

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Post-Doctoral Researcher, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute

Post-Doctoral Researcher, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute

University College Cork are inviting applications invited from suitably qualified candidates for a Post-Doctoral Researcher, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute. This is a research role working on a project funded by SFI under the Future Innovator Prize, Zero Emissions Challenge, titled ‘Electrofuels in a Circular Economy’ (EFACE). EFACE investigates the development of a Power to […]

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€21m Funding for 296 New Research Projects

€21m Funding for 296 New Research Projects

Funding for 296 New Research Projects: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, has announced funding for 209 Postgraduate Scholarships and 87 Postdoctoral Fellowships under the Irish Research Council’s Government of Ireland programmes. The awards represent an investment of over €21 million in early career researchers across all academic disciplines.  Full list of Government of Ireland […]

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Four MIC Postgraduate Students Awarded Government of Ireland Scholarships

Four MIC Postgraduate Students Awarded Government of Ireland Scholarships

Four postgraduate students from Mary Immaculate College (MIC) have been awarded scholarships under the Irish Research Council’s Government of Ireland programme announced recently by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD. MIC PhD students, Geraldine Brassil, Louise Curtin, Edmond Gubbins and Mateus Miranda were amongst 209 early career researchers to receive such a scholarship. This highly competitive scholarship programme is the only […]

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Tracking the Careers of Doctorate Holders: EUA-CDE Thematic Peer Group Report

Tracking the Careers of Doctorate Holders: EUA-CDE Thematic Peer Group Report

European University Association have released a report which analyses the careers of doctorate holders. In recent years, European universities and other stakeholders have taken interest in career tracking in doctoral education as one of the ways to better understand the potential professional future of doctoral candidates. This report reflects the outcomes of the work of […]

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NUIG 164-20 Postdoctoral Researcher, I-Form Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing in Ireland, College of Engineering

NUIG 164-20 Postdoctoral Researcher, I-Form Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing in Ireland, College of Engineering

Applications are open from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, specific purpose position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with I-Form, the SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing in Ireland at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This Postdoctoral Researcher position is funded by Science Foundation Ireland and is available from 02 January 2021 to 30 November […]

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UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2

UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2 within UCD School of Medicine (Systems Biology Ireland). The RAS-RAF signalling pathway plays a critical role in controlling the proliferation, differentiation and survival of cells. Most of these functions are carried out by RAF activating the ERK pathway. […]

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GlobaLeaders Doctoral Fellowship Programme

GlobaLeaders Doctoral Fellowship Programme

GlobaLeaders is a new doctoral fellowship programme funding researchers to become leaders in the transition towards sustainable societies. 48 doctoral fellows will benefit from a multifaceted training programme. The Doctoral School supervises 21 doctoral programs covering together all EPFL fields of research. Each program is responsible for recruiting doctoral students, organizing their supervision and monitoring […]

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Targeted Funding for Researchers of €47 Million Affected by COVID-19

Targeted Funding for Researchers of €47 Million Affected by COVID-19

The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has confirmed that targeted funding for Researchers of €47 million will be provided to support contract researchers and research students whose work has been seriously disrupted by the pandemic. The funding was secured by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and […]

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IRC-ESO Studentship Programme

IRC-ESO Studentship Programme

The Irish Research Council (IRC) & the European Southern Observatory (ESO) awards studentship positions each year, based in both Germany and Chile. The IRC-ESO Studentship Programme offers an invaluable training opportunity for the next generation of Astronomers and users of ESO facilities. Studentships are open to students enrolled in a PhD programme, preferentially but not […]

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Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship 2021 Programme

Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship 2021 Programme

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and managed by the Irish Research Council. The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is unique in the Irish research landscape and complements other channels for funded postgraduate education in […]

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Visioning the Future of Artistic Research Doctorates in Ireland

Visioning the Future of Artistic Research Doctorates in Ireland

How might we envision the PhD of the Future? What next for the Artistic Doctorate in Ireland? In this ‘Visioning the Future of Artistic Research Doctorates in Ireland’, seminar, Visioning the Future discuss these and other questions which seek to bring together multiple strands of thinking and discussion to propose what might be done next […]

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The Young Systematists’ Forum

The Young Systematists’ Forum

Are you a postgrad student or early career researcher working on systematics? The Young Systematists’ Forum will be held (online) on 23rd and 24th November. Registration is FREE and abstract submission is open. REGISTER HERE! The annual Young Systematists’ Forum represents an exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work, often for […]

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