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All the research projects funded by Geological Survey Ireland between 2015 and 2020 have been compiled in one document and can be found here.

GSI Postdoctoral Fellowships

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These fellowships provide financial support for a 2 or 3 year postdoctoral position and research costs in an Irish 3rd level institute.

- More on GSI Postdoc Fellowships 2018 (pdf)

More on GSI Postdoc Fellowships 2016 (pdf)

GSI Griffith Award

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These elite awards provide funding for a teaching replacement and research costs in an Irish 3rd level institute. The aim is to support cutting edge geoscience research in Ireland. Expected impacts are high-impact journal publications and/or submission of ERC/Horizon2020 (or equivalent) applications.

GSI Short Call

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In 2015 Geological Survey Ireland redeveloped and relaunched the Short Call. This call provided funding for researchers in academia or industry on the island of Ireland for projects of less than 12 months duration, less than €25,000.
2015 submissions included topics such as minerals and mining, groundwater, marine mapping, geotourism, geophysics, geochemistry, communications and outreach, public perception of geoscience, earth observation and coastal and terrestrial landslides.

Fulbright (incoming)

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Since 2015 a number of US based researchers have been awarded a Fulbright-GSI incoming scholarship or fellowship to travel to Ireland. Information about our outgoing Fulbrighters are in the link below.

More on incoming Fulbright projects (pdf)

Fulbright (outgoing)

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Since 2015 a number of Irish based researchers have been awarded a Fulbright-GSI scholarship or fellowship to travel to the US. Information about our incoming Fulbrighters are in the link below.

More on outgoing Fulbright projects (pdf)

SFI-GSI Investigators Programme

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Geological Survey Ireland co-fund three projects to date under the SFI Investigator's Programme;
(i) Developing geochronology by LA-ICPMS imaging: applications of U-Pb calcite dating in raw materials research, (ii) Structure, evolution and seismic hazard of the Irish offshore: An investigation using the first broadband, ocean-bottom seismometer deployment offshore Ireland (iii) Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring Key Processes and Controls on Cold-water Coral Habitats in Submarine Canyons.

IRC-GSI Enterprise Partnership Scheme

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Geological Survey Ireland co-funds a number of projects under the Irish Research Council Enterprise Partnership Scheme. These includes projects funded in 2015; three postdoctoral researchers in the marine areas, one in radon risk mapping and an MSc in marine geoscience.

IRC-GSI Employment Based Programme

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The IRC Employment Based Programme is aimed as researchers based in industry. In collaboration with the IRC and the industry partner, Geological Survey Ireland supports employees undertaking an MSc (Research) for two years.

IRC-GSI Research for Policy & Society / COALESCE

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In 2016 Geological Survey Ireland partnered with the Irish Research Council’s programme for Research for Policy and Society. Four projects connecting physical and social science research were selected for funding and started in early 2017.

In 2018 IRC relaunched the programme as COALESCE.

More on IRC-GSI Policy & Society projects (pdf)

EPA-GSI

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Since 2016 Geological Survey Ireland have partnered with the EPA to fund research in the area of water resource estimation and management and sustainability and climate change. Projects funded under the EPA-GSI partnership are supported by the GSI Groundwater and Research Programmes.

GSI Targeted Project - Pyrite/mica in construction materials

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GSI and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, have awarded research funding which will help to improve our understanding of the effects of:

Topic 1: Excessive amounts of pyrite and/or muscovite mica in concrete blocks

Topic 2: Excessive and/or reactive pyrite in sub-floor fill

This research will support evidence-based decision making for policy-makers and standardisation bodies.

GEOTHERMICA (ERA-NET)

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GEOTHERMICA is an ERA NET Cofund under Horizon2020 and comprising 17 geothermal energy research and innovation programme owners and managers from 14 countries and their regions. In 2017 the network launched a call for innovative demonstration projects and technology development projects that accelerate geothermal energy deployment. Two Irish projects, both including strong industry participation, were funded and started in 2018.

ERA MIN 2 (ERA-NET)

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ERA-MIN 2 is an ERA-NET Cofund scheme under Horizon 2020. The network aims to implement an European-wide coordination of research and innovation programmes on raw materials to strengthen the industry, competitiveness and the shift to a circular economy. The objective of the ERA-MIN 2 isto strengthen the coordination of national and regional research programmes in the field of non-energy non-agricultural raw materials by implementing several activities.

iCRAG PhD Programme, Env. Geoscience

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iCRAG and GSI invite potential postgraduate student supervisors to submit proposals to its new Environmental Geosciences Postgraduate Programme. The programme’s research area is relevant nationally and globally and encompasses areas of clear future opportunity for iCRAG and Irish researchers to contribute to addressing global challenges in the areas of: Climate Change, Climate Action, Geoscience & Health, Soils, Water,and Marine Geosciences. These areas of research are of great significance to Ireland, given the challenges of climate change, sustainable development and health and the importance of agriculture to Ireland's economy. The identified research area aligns with priority research areas of the Irish Government, as defined in GSI Research Road Map. This proposed new research theme and future direction of iCRAG aligns with both the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the COP21 Paris Agreement.

Themes of specific interest to GSI include:

Applications of IODP data for marine geoscience.
Research optimising GSI hosted data (Tellus, INFOMAR, international datasets, etc.).
Increasing capacity and internationalisation of GSI-funded research to date.

iCRAG PhD Programme projects (pdf)

iCRAG Geohazards & Geotechnical Eng.

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The disciplines of science and engineering are highly complementary and many great discoveries have been made when scientists and engineers work together. Under the Geohazards and Geotechnical Engineering Spoke, iCRAG brings together scientists and engineers to tackle the research challenge of protection from Earth’s hazards.

This research aims to develop new engineering solutions to complex geotechnical problems based on the latest scientific information available. Problem areas include road building in karst terrains, the stability of submarine slopes in the continental shelf area, stability of peat, derisking offshore wind and a better understanding of the movement of offshore sea bed sediments during storms.

iCRAG GeoHaz. & Geotech. spoke projects (pdf)

SEAI-GSI

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SEAI and GSI have partnerd to co-fund research projects in the area of geothermal energy. 2019/2020 awards include larger scale projects to de-risk the subsurface and novel drilling techniques and a smaller scale project for improved information for shallow geothermal resources.

More on SEAI-GSI geothermal projects (pdf)

SFI-GSI Frontiers for the Future Programme

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GSI co-funds research under both strands of SFI’s new programme (i) Frontiers for the Future Projects provides funding for high-risk, high-reward research that facilitates highly innovative and novel approaches to research. (ii) Frontiers for the Future Awards provides larger scale funding for innovative, collaborative and excellent research programmes that have the potential to deliver economic and societal impact.