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Graduate Research and Innovation Fund Spring 2023/24

College of Social Sciences & Law

For 2024/25, please see Graduate Support Fund for Schools.

The College of Social Sciences and Law invite applications from Graduate Research Students registered to programmes in the College of Social Sciences and Law to apply for grants of between €100 and €750 to support their research endeavours in relation to conference attendance only. This fund is for participation at professional international academic conferences (in Ireland and overseas) at which the student is presenting a paper (as sole or co-author). Poster submissions will not be considered. It may be an online or in-person conference.

Applicants can only submit one application per academic year if successful in their request for funding.

The conference for which funding is being awarded must take place within six months before or six months after the deadline for the submission of the application. Exceptions to this are only granted under very exceptional circumstances.

Successful applicants, who are awarded funding, are required to present their research at the CoSSL Graduate & Postdoc Researcher Summer School which takes place in May 2024.

We welcome individual applications only. One conference per application and only one application per student. The fund cannot support basic research functions necessary to the research project itself such as field research, data gathering, data analysis etc. Applications to purchase personal computers, laptops or books cannot be accepted.

Terms and Conditions:

  • All applicants must be fully registered graduate research students whose primary supervisor is a staff member of a School within the College of Social Sciences & Law at the time of claim.
  • All applicants must be in satisfactory fee status at the time of claim.
  • Students not already in receipt of research costs (including travel) will be prioritised.
  • Incomplete and/or unsigned applications will not be considered.
  • Applicants must be presenting a paper. Poster submissions will not be considered.
  • Claims must be submitted within one month from the date of the event for which the award has been made, or within one month of the award, whichever is later, otherwise this award will be disallowed.
  • Claimants must submit their own claims and should not be put through by a third party.
  • Please fill in as much detail as possible so that the GRIF Judging Panel is able to assess the application to its best potential.
  • Applicants can only submit one application per academic year if successful.
  • Expenses related to travel insurance will not paid as PhD students are covered under University Travel Insurance. Take the time to review the particulars around University Travel Insurance and inform SIRC of arrangements.
  • Applicants who already have a travel allowance must provide more details.
  • Funding is only awarded as specified to awardee and is not transferrable.
  • Applicants must look for best value for flights and accommodation and provide details. Any additional personal travel around the conference will not be covered.

Applications:
Applications must be submitted using the (opens in a new window)Online Application Form. This application will be shared with your supervisor/member of doctoral studies panel to verify.

Academic support (supervisor/member of doctoral studies panel) must then be provided using the Online Approver Form. This will be sent to them along with the submitted application for verification.

Each application will be judged under specific criteria (noted below) by a sub-committee nominated by the Associate Dean, Graduate Social Sciences. A nominee of the Associate Dean, Graduate Social Sciences shall chair the sub-committee.

The sub-committee’s decision is final.

Indicative costs:
In respect of applications from individuals for various categories of travel grant – and for indicative purposes only – the maximum likely award for Ireland-based events will be €250; for comparable events elsewhere in Europe €500; and for exceptional overseas events €750.  All expenses (travel, subsistence, registration fees) must be specified in advance and itemised and evidenced by way of receipts on return.

No funding will be made for non-receipted expenses and no advances may be paid. Students must submit original receipts and boarding pass stubs (if available) for reimbursement.

Specific Criteria for judging applications:
The selection criteria will be assessed on:

  1. the value for money,
  2. impact to the applicant, School and College
  3. the quality of the application.

Applicants must sign that they have read and accept the terms and conditions (listed above) of the Graduate Research & Innovation Fund.

Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday March 29th 2024.

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UCD College of Social Sciences and Law

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