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Closing 7 January - 2019 Charlemont Grants

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

The Charlemont Grants Scheme is a high-impact travel grants scheme aimed at early-career postdoctoral researchers. 

Grants and Awards, Charlemount Grants

Four new members of DRI

Wednesday, 2 January 2019

The Digital Repository of Ireland are delighted to announce Trinity College Dublin, the National Archives, National University of Ireland, Galway and the National College of Art & Design / National Irish Visual Arts...

Digital Repository of Ireland

Kathleen Lonsdale Chemistry Prize 2018

Monday, 24 December 2018

Closing 12 noon Wed 9 January. Last call for submissions from Irish Ph.D. thesis students in the general area of Chemical Science.

Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee, Grants and Awards

'One hundred years of Irish foreign policy: looking back, looking forwards'

Thursday, 20 December 2018

Call for Papers for the 2019 International Affairs Conference - deadline: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 at 5.00 p.m.

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Standing Committee for International Affairs

Christmas in Berlin, 1939

Thursday, 20 December 2018

Read an Irish diplomat's accounts of Christmas (and New Year) in the German capital months after the outbreak of the Second World War.

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy

Making a new Book of Knockninny 1718

Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Three hundred years ago this month, Irish scribes were busy working on a new Irish manuscript. It was to be known as the Book of Knockninny.

Library, Library Blog

Rural Conversation Podcast and Report No. 1: 'Delivering economic development in rural Ireland'

Monday, 17 December 2018

The first event in the Rural Conversations Series was held in NUIG on 8 November. The report and podcast from the event are now available.

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Social Sciences Committee

Expert Statement: The Social Sciences and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Disciplines in Ireland

Thursday, 13 December 2018

This Expert Statement outlines the relationship between the STEM disciplines and the social sciences in Ireland through an analysis of the sites of collaboration, opportunities and challenges, and policy initiatives.  

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees, Social Sciences Committee

Closing 19 December - US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Applications closing on 19 December 2018 for the US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards 2019.

Grants and Awards, US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards

New statement from ALLEA on Plan S

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

ALLEA, (All European Academies - the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities), has released a statement considering Plan S, the initiative for open access publishing supported by a consortium of...

Policy and International Relations, International Activities

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