Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office RESEARCH Quarterly Report Oct - Dec 2013 Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 No of Applications by College ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Value of Contracts Signed by College ..................................................................................... 1 1.3 Value of Funding Awarded by Funding Agency ...................................................................... 2 2 Contracts Signed .............................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Association for International Cancer Research ...................................................................... 3 2.2 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) .................................................... 3 2.3 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ................................................................................ 3 2.4 EU/FP7..................................................................................................................................... 4 2.5 Enterprise Ireland ................................................................................................................... 4 2.6 Health Research Board ........................................................................................................... 4 2.7 Irish Cancer Society ................................................................................................................. 4 2.8 Science Foundation Ireland .................................................................................................... 5 3 Notable Funding Developments ...................................................................................................... 6 3.1 EU ............................................................................................................................................ 6 3.1.1 FP7 ................................................................................................................................. 6 3.1.2 Marie Curie ................................................................................................................... 6 3.1.3 European Research Council .......................................................................................... 6 4 Research Office ................................................................................................................................ 7 5 Research Accounts ........................................................................................................................... 9 6 Technology Transfer Office – IGNITE ............................................................................................. 11 7 Library ............................................................................................................................................ 14 8 Appendix ........................................................................................................................................ 16 8.1 Recent Contracts Signed ....................................................................................................... 16 8.2 Recent Outputs ..................................................................................................................... 27 8.2.1 Recently Published ...................................................................................................... 27 8.2.2 Recently Added to IRIS ................................................................................................ 38 Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office 1 Executive Summary This report outlines research funding awarded to the University from October to December 2013. A total of 135 grant applications were submitted through the Research Office in this quarter and 83 research contracts were signed, with a total value of €14,714,372. This first section provides a summation of the total number of applications/contracts signed by each college and a breakdown of funding received by funding agency during the period. Details of all contracts signed and research outputs follow in the body of the report and appendix. 1.1 No of Applications by College College No of Applications Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies 13 Business, Public Policy, & Law 10 Engineering & Informatics 43 Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences 24 Science 45 Grand Total 135 1.2 Value of Contracts Signed by College College Total € No of Contracts Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies €3,427,078 9 Business, Public Policy, & Law €295,318 5 Engineering & Informatics €3,861,501 34 Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences €1,186,452 8 Science €5,944,024 27 Grand Total €14,714,372 83 Total Amount of Funding by College Arts, Social Sciences, & Celtic Studies 23% 41% Business, Public Policy, & Law 2% Engineering & Informatics 26% Medicine, Nursing, & Health 8% Sciences Science 1 Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office 1.3 Value of Funding Awarded by Funding Agency Funding Body Total € No of Contracts Enterprise Ireland (EI) €1,094,190 13 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) €514,476 5 EU €2,394,487 8 Health Research Board (HRB) €2,983,782 5 International €281,925 2 Irish Business €1,002,005 10 Irish Cancer Society €551,611 1 Irish Research Council (IRC) €828,643 11 Other Government €1,682,027 9 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) €3,381,226 19 Grand Total €14,714,372 83 Percentage of Funding Awards by Funding Agency Enterprise Ireland (EI) 4% Environmental Protection Agency 7% (EPA) 23% EU 16% Health Research Board (HRB) 11% International 6% 20% Irish Business 7% Irish Cancer Society Irish Research Council (IRC) 4% 2% Other Government Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) 2 Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office 2 Contracts Signed The following significant research contracts (€150,000) were signed with external funding sources in the last quarter. A full list of all contracts signed is given in the Appendix. 2.1 Association for International Cancer Research Name Title Programme Value of Award Noel Lowndes A conditional approach to probing ATR function Association of €246,925 during DNA synthesis International Cancer Research; Project Grants Total €246,925 2.2 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Name Title Programme Value of Award Xinmin Zhan Development of a Water Use and Waste DAFM; FIRM; €627,550 Management Framework for the Dairy Processing RSF; CoFoRD Industry Dagmar Stengel Profiling and Optimising checmical composition of DAFM; FIRM; €286,155 Red Sea Vegetables for enhanced bioactive yields RSF; CoFoRD Dagmar Stengel Science based intelligent/functional and medical DAFM; FIRM; €163,020 foods for optimum brain health, targetting RSF; CoFoRD depression and cognition Michael Cairns Enzymatic generation of sialylated lactose from DAFM; FIRM; €364,698 waste whey using marinederived sialyltransferases RSF; CoFoRD Total €1,441,423 2.3 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Name Title Programme Value of Award Eoghan Clifford Suitability of Municipal WWTPs for the Treatment Environmental Protection €159,970 & Mark Healy of Leachate from Landfills in Ireland Agency (EPA) Strive Medium Scale Damien Martin CRiMsON (Consolidation of Irelands Environmental Protection €179,863 Greenhouse Gas and Transboundary Agency (EPA) Monitoring Project Research Fellowship; Climate Change Total €339,833 3 Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office 2.4 EU/FP7 Name Title Programme Value of Award Conchúr Ó Novel Composite Materials and Processes for FP7; PEOPLE; IAPP €810,253 Brádaigh Marine Renewable Energy Stefan Decker OpenCube FP7; ICT €198,400 Henry Curran Experimental and Computational Tools for FP7; PEOPLE; ITN €369,171 Combustion Optimization in Marine and Automotive Engines Colin O'Dowd Impact of Biogenic versus anthropogenic FP7; Env €344,167 emissions on clounds and climate: towards a holistic understanding Bart Bonsall Renew Interreg IV €399,242 Total €2,121,233 2.5 Enterprise Ireland Name Title Programme Value of Award Stefan Decker Smarter data platform Commercialisation Fund €171,472 Peter McHugh Minally invasive hip fracture fixation device Commercialisation Fund €241,612 Maria Tuohy Accelerating Catalyst for enhanced Enzyme Commercialisation Fund €275,357 Production by Fungal Cell factories Total €688,441 2.6 Health Research Board Name Title Programme Value of Award Molly Byrne Health Psychology: Designing and implementing Health Research Board €1,488,660 effective behaviour change interventions to (HRB) improve Population Health and Health Services Research Leaders Research in Ireland Psychological therapies for chronic pain and Health Research Board €1,358,900 Brian McGuire adjustment difficulties in multimorbid health (HRB) conditions: Development and delivery of eHealth Research Leaders solutions Total €2,847,560 2.7 Irish Cancer Society Name Title Programme Value of Award Michael Kerin ICT Breast Predict collaborative cancer Irish Cancer Society €551,611 research centre Total €551,611 4 Quarterly Report Oct – Dec 2013 ort 2008 – 2009 Research Office 2.8 Science Foundation Ireland Name Title Programme Value of Award Manfred Large scale integration and provision of internet