Research Supports

Research Support facilitates the development and promotion of research in TUS. Research Support aims to increase the research performance of TUS through supporting researchers in identifying funding opportunities and developing successful research proposals to attract external funding – delivering on the research strategy and ambitions of TUS.

Services Include:

Identifying sources of funding opportunities for researchers
Supporting researchers in the development and review of research proposals
Providing TUS endorsement for research proposals
Managing and coordinating Research Time Release programme
Managing and coordinating the internal President’s Doctoral Scholarship programme
Assisting researchers in identifying research partners both national and international.

Day-to-day support of researchers:

Liaising with Finance, Postgraduate Office and Technology Transfer
Advice on pre and post research award and management of same
Organising researcher training for career development
Support Research Ethics processes.

Expression of Interest TUS Research Proposal Submission Form

If submitting a research proposal for external funding using TUS as your host organisation you are required to notify the TUS Research Office in advance of submitting your application.

Additional to this, if you require support from the Research Office in the preparation, review and/or submission of your proposal for external grant funding, you are also required to notify the TUS Research Office.

Please use the link to the following MS Forms to notify the TUS RO https://forms.office.com/e/xnTF9FbSv3

The following timelines for completion of the form are as follows:

Multi Partner External Grant Funding, TUS as LEAD: 12 weeks (all EU TUS coordinated are encouraged to apply for an EI Horizon Europe Co-ordination Grant which has a timeline of 10 weeks in advance of the call for submission)
Multi Partner External Grant Funding, TUS as PARTNER: 6 weeks
Single Applicant / Investigator led External Grant Funding: 4 weeks

Funding Agencies

The following are among the research funding agencies we work with:

Enterprise Ireland works in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets.
- Collaborate with Industry in Ireland
- Commercialisation Fund for 3rd Level Researchers
Science Foundation Ireland is the national foundation for investment in scientific and engineering research.
Irish Research Council is an independent and autonomous research funding and monitoring body.
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation – Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years to 2020.
Health Research Board is the lead agency in Ireland supporting and funding health research.
Environmental Protection Agency is Ireland’s statutory body for the balanced and sustainable protection and management of the environment.
Royal Irish Academy supports scholarship and promotes awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society.
Wellcome Trust supports scientists and researchers in taking on big problems to improve health for everyone.
European Space Agency is Europe’s gateway to space – its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability.