The overall objectives of the Employment Based Postgraduate Programme are to:
1. provide researchers at Master's and PhD level with an invaluable insight into the commercial aspects of research and innovation.
2. facilitate research collaboration, knowledge transfer and networking between Irish-based private businesses/public bodies and researchers at Irish Higher Education Instiutions.
- The programme is open to all research disciplines.
- Applications will be accepted from candidates who have secured the support of an eligible Irish Higher Education Institution and an Irish-based private company or public organisation (Employment Partner).
- Successful applicants will be registered as postgraduate researchers in the Higher Education Institution but will be directly employed by the Employment Partner for the duration of their award.
- While the award will be made to an individual researcher, applications must include an Irish Higher Education Institution and any private company or public organisation based in the Republic of Ireland.
- The Programme is designed to enhance the skills and long-term career development prospects of funded researchers through exposure to academia, the private and public sectors and other socio-economic actors, thus extending the traditional postgraduate research setting and eliminating cultural and other barriers to mobility.
2013 Call Documentation (Now Open)
| FAQ deadline | 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 17 September |
| Application deadline | 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 24 September 2013 |
| Supervisor / Referees deadline | 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 01 October 2013 |
| Research Office Endorsement deadline | 16:00 (GMT) Tuesday 08 October 2013 |
| Outcome of scheme | Late November 2013 |
The Employment Based Postgraduate Programme 2013 is sponsored and funded by the Department of Education and Skills through the Irish Research Council
The Employment Based Postgraduate Programme is a key national mechanism through which to deliver on a number of particular objectives outlined in the government’s Action Plan for Jobs (APJ) and the National Research Prioritization (NRP) Exercise. For this reason a number of national research funders are partnering with the Council on this programme. Following from a successful collaboration under the pilot scheme in 2012, the Department of Food and the Marine (DAFM) will continue its strategic partnership with the Council for 2013. Our new strategic funding partners are Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEAI), Teagasc and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). In addition, Enterprise Ireland will act as a new strategic promotion partner and will promote the Employment Based Postgraduate Programme to employers across the economy.
Source: http://www.research.ie/scheme/employment-based-postgraduate-programme