IICN Research Grants

Two independent grants of up to 20,000 euro each

• Two Independent IICN Grants 2019

  Applications are currently invited for two independent IICN Grants to be awarded in 2020. Please click the link to follow for details 2020 IICN Grant. The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday, December 15th, 2019

• The IICN invites applications for two independent grants of up to €20,000.

  Aim

  The aim of the grants is to support research and educational activities in the clinical neurosciences.

  Areas covered

  The grants are open to all areas of clinical neurosciences and are not disease specific. The grants may serve to support a larger research project, for example by financing MRI slots or a specific piece of equipment for a larger study. Alternatively, the grant may be used more broadly for an educational project, for example, funding the costs of an invited lecture series.

  Eligibility- who should apply?

  • Only IICN members in good standing may apply.
  • The project must be conducted at a centre in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
  • Applicants should not have received another IICN grant (eg., Sanofi Genzyme Research Grant) within the previous five years.
  • IICN members may submit applications for more than one research or educational purpose. However, an individual applicant will be awarded a maximum of one grant.

  Value of the Grants

  Two grants of a value up to 20,000 euro each are available.

  Proposed start date

  The successful applicant will be awarded the grant at the end of September, 2019.

  Application

  To download an application form please click on the following link IICN Grant Application Form 2019

  Applications must be sent by email to info@iicn.ie and one signed copy must be sent by post to: Grants Committee, Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, PO Box 351, Limerick, Ireland.

  The deadline for this application is 12th July 2019.

  Further information

  This Grant application should be read in conjunction with the IICN Grant conditions at the following link IICN Grant Conditions 2019

  Please contact the IICN manager by email at info@iicn.ie or by telephone at +353 (0)61 622652 for any queries relating to application or conditions of the grants.

• IICN / Sanofi Genzyme Fellowship Grant 2018

  Six applications were received for this Fellowship Grant from Principal Investigators in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Detailed review and assessment was conducted by the scientific committee with specific review by international experts assessors for each application. The award recommended to the IICN Board of Directors was approved and was made to the application from Dr. Colette Donaghy, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry. The title of Dr. Donaghy’s research is “Validation of circulating exosomal diagnostic and prognostic biomarker candidates for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”

  Dr. Brian Sweeney, IICN Treasurer and Board Member presented the 2018 IICN / Sanofi Genzyme Fellowship Grant award to Dr. Gavin Cluskey, with Mr. Colin Beautyman, Sanof Genzyme, Dr. Stephen Hunt and Dr. Michael Kinney, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast,

• Applications were invited for two independent grants of €20,000 each to support research and educational activities in the clinical neurosciences. Eight applications were received and assessed by the Scientific Committee.
  Grants were awarded to two projects:

  1. Dr. Jane Cryan, Beaumont Hospital and her team for her project “The Establishment of a Brain Tumour Biobank Facility”
  2. Prof. Orla Hardiman, Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College and her team for her project “Development of Novel Non-invasive Biomarkers in Spinal Muscular Atrophy”