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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. Four successful applicants started their projects in June 2017.

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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Prof. Nancy Riggs (Volcanology) from the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, will spend 10 months in Trinity College Dublin in 2016/2017.

Prof. William Berry Lyons (Geochemistry) from the School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University and will be hosted by NUI Galway for 6 months in 2016/2017.

More on incoming Fulbright projects (pdf)

Fulbright (outgoing)

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Dr Aggeliki Georgiopoulou (Marine Geology) is a Lecturer in Sedimentology in UCD School of Earth Sciences and a member of the Marine & Petroleum Geology Group, University College Dublin. Dr Georgiopoulou has been awarded a Fulbright-GSI Scholarship to visit USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Centre, Woods Hole, Massachusetts for 5 months in 2018 to continue her research on submarine mass movements.

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.

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.