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Research Ireland’s Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme seeks to support academia-enterprise interactions through the placement of an academic researcher with an industry partner.
Opportunity Details
The placement stream will support academic researchers (at faculty, postdoctoral and late-stage PhD level) wishing to spend time basedin industry worldwide. Fellowships can be between 1 and 24 months in duration and can be taken on a full or part-time basis
In the context of this call, industry partners includesa wide range of enterprises including SMEs, multinational companies, registered charities and social or cultural organisations. Awards under thisprogramme can be made to academic researchers (at faculty, postdoctoral and late-stage PhD level) wishing to spend time in industry worldwidethrough the temporary placement of academic researchers with an industry partner
Fellowships can have a duration of between 1 and 12 months if full-time, and between 2 and 24 months if part-time.
Grants awarded under this programme will be subject to the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) under EU State aid guidelines.
The maximum Research Ireland contribution to the cost of each Fellowship is €100,000 direct costs to support the Fellow’s salary/teaching buy-out, travel and open access costs only. The industry partner must support the remaining costs related to the project in line with the permitted aid intensities under State aid guidelines.
Late-stage PhD students and postdoctoral researchers can apply. The placement stream also allows for applications from academic members offaculty.
Note
All proposals to the Placement Stream (Industry RD&I Fellowship) are to be submitted via SESAME, online grants and awards management system. If accessing SESAME for the first time, researchers should contact their local Research Office to get access to the system.
For more information, view the SESAME User Guides and FAQs on the SFI website.
Please note that Research Ireland expects a high volume of applications to be submitted to this programme and has limited SESAME helpdesk resources. To avoid any delays in submission, researchers should familiarise themselves with the SESAME system and online help resources provided well in advance of the Research Ireland and institutional internal call deadlines.
Queries relating to SESAME which are not answered in the SESAME FAQ document referred to below, should first be directed to your Research Body’s Research Office. If still unresolved, queries should be e-mailed to [email protected] . Please be aware that the response time for queries may be up to 5 working days.
Documents
For Placement Stream related queries, please contact [email protected]
Apply for Research Ireland’s Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme: Placement Stream