irc info day - university of limerick info day jan 2015... · 11:25 michael walsh irc supervisor...
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Time Speaker Topic
11:00 Michael Frain Information on the Postgraduate Application
Process
11:15 Conor McCarthy Introduction and Analysis of Last Year’s
Performance
11:25 Michael Walsh IRC Supervisor Experience
11:35 Michael Corbett IRC Student Experience
11:45 All Q&A
12:00 All Informal brokerage event
Agenda
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Historic Data – STEM Results since 2010
College 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
UCD 25 22 28 11 17
UL 18 12 15 11 16
UCC 32 7 16 16 9
NUIG 21 8 22 27 25
TCD 29 18 23 25 22
DCU 13 6 16 13 10
NUIM 4 5 8 6 5
Others 11 12 22 11 8
Total 153 90 150 120 112
Embark IRCSET Call Awards Comparative Data 2010-2014
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Enterprise Partnership Scheme 2014
College 2014
UCD 8
UL 5
UCC 6
NUIG 6
TCD 5
DCU 5
NUIM 2
Others 2
Total 39
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AHSS Results 2014
College 2014
UCD 20
UL 6
UCC 17
NUIG 21
TCD 27
DCU 6
NUIM 7
Others 2
Total 106
Government of Ireland Postgrad Scholarship 2014 - AHSS
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IRC Results 2014 - UL
• 79 applied from UL
• 26 Initial “Conditional” Awards
• 5 on Reserve list
• Hence - 32% success rate!
• Big improvement on last years 21% success
rate!
• National take was 222 out of 1051 app.’s
(21.1%)
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IRC Results 2014 S&E
• 49 applied from S&E
• 17 Initial “Conditional” Awards
• 5 on Reserve list from S&E
• 4 on Reserve were subsequently funded!
• Hence - 21 Successful in S&E - 43% success
rate!
• 1.7M€ in Funding!
• Big improvement on last years 21% success
rate!
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UL IRC Results – 2014
• 24 Unsuccessful in S&E
Sci & Eng CES Physics Chem (Educ) Beulah McManus Dr. Peter Childs 1.1 hons 2013 UL Reserve List
Sci & Eng CES Indus Biochem Michael O'Donnell Dr. Tewfik Soulimane 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng CES Phar & Indu Chem Killian Stokes Dr. Kevin Ryan 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng CES N/A Xinxin Xiao Prof Edmund Magner 1.1 hons 2011 China Conditional Award
Sci & Eng CSIS Masters in Music Tony Doyle Dr. Kerry Hagan 2.1hons 2011 TCD Conditional Award
Sci & Eng CSIS Comp Sys Farshad Ghassemi Toosi Dr. Nikola Nikolov 1.1 hons 2004 & 2009 Iran &Cyprus Conditional Award
Sci & Eng LS Equine Sc Caoimhe Delaney Dr Bridgete Younge 2.1 hons 2011 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng LS Biomed Eng Anushree Dwivedi Dr. Patrick Kiely 1.1 hons 2014 UL Reserve List
Sci & Eng LS Equine Sc Gillian Johnson Dr. Sean Fair 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng LS Biological Sc Jayne Mullally Dr. Achim Schmalenberger 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng M&S BSc& MSc Maths Padraig O'Shea Dr. Kevin Hayes 1.1 hons 2013 & 2014 UL/UCD Conditional Award
Sci & Eng M&S Mathematical Sci Kevin Brosnan Dr. Kevin Hayes 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng M&S Maths & Physics Kevin Devine 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng M&S Phy Educ & Maths &Msc Gary O'Keeffe Dr. Sarah Mitchell 1.1 & 2.1h 2013 & 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng M&S B Eng & MSC Niall McInerney Dr. Andrew Fowler 2.2 &1.1. hons 2012&2013 UCD & UL Reserve List
Sci & Eng MABE Mech Eng Timothy Conroy Dr. Ronan Grimes 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng MABE Aero Eng Ciaran Conway Dr. Jeff Punch 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng MABE Mech Eng Michael Corbett Dr. Conor McCarthy 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng MABE Biomed Eng Connor Cunnane Dr. Michael Walsh 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng MABE Biomed Eng Kian Eichholz Dr. David Hoey 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng MABE N/A Guang Ren Dr Maurice Collins 1.1 hons 2010 China Conditional Award
Sci & Eng Phys & Energy Energy Niall Dalton Prof. Bartek Glowacki 1.1 hons 2014 UL Reserve List
Sci & Eng Phys & Energy Energy John O'Donnell Dr. Robert Lynch 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng Phys & Energy Energy Marcus O'Mahoney Prof. Noel Buckley 1.1 hons 2014 UL Conditional Award
Sci & Eng Phys & Energy N/A Shima Alsadat Seyedmomeni Dr. Christophe Silien 1.1 hons 2013 Iran Reserve List
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2014 IRC Results -Analysis
Applicant No.
Quality of
the Research
Project (40
Marks)
Training &
Career dev
aspects (10
Marks)
Capability
of the
applicant
(30 Marks)
Suitability of
host
organisation
(20 Marks)
Total
Score
(100
marks)
1 31 8 26.5 17.5 83
2 37.5 9.5 28 19.5 94.5
3 33 9.5 29 19 90.5
4 35 9 25.5 19 88.5
5 37.5 9.5 28.5 19 94.5
6 25 6.5 22 16.5 70
7 36 7 26.5 18 87.5
8 34.5 8.5 26.5 17.5 87
9 38 9.5 28 18.5 94
10 37.5 9.5 25.5 19 91
11 32.5 8.5 26 19.5 86.5
12 32 8.5 25.5 16 82
13 37.5 10 28 19.5 95
14 38.5 9.5 28.5 18.5 95
15 38 9.5 27.5 19 94
16 38.5 9.5 28 19 95
17 32 8.5 28 17 85.5
18 32 6.5 24.5 17.5 80.5
19 36.5 10 29.5 18 94
Applicant No.
Quality of
the Research
Project (40
Marks)
Training &
Career dev
aspects (10
Marks)
Capability
of the
applicant
(30 Marks)
Suitability of
host
organisation
(20 Marks)
Total
Score
(100
marks)
20 27.5 7 20.5 13.5 68.5
21 29 8 24 15 76
22 31 6 23.5 18 80.5
23 33 6.5 25.5 17.5 82.5
24 35 8.5 26 19 88.5
25 26 8.5 28.5 19.5 82.5
26 33 7 25 19.5 84.5
27 31.5 7 25.5 16 80
Ave 33.64814815 8.35185185 26.296296 17.98148148 86.33333
Median 33 8.5 26.5 18.5 87
SD 3.845113819 1.23891093 2.162883 1.522153595 7.464016
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IRC Results - Conclusions
• Successful Applicants had very high Project scores!
• Host Institution scores have improved significantly
since last year
• Enterprise Partnership applicants got grants despite
low scores!
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IRC Results – Probable Reasons for Success
• Enterprise Partnership Scheme
– All 4 Enterprise Partnership Scheme IRC’s got
funded (1 reserve got it)
• Summer Bursary Scheme
– 10 UL40 Summer Bursary students applied, and 5
were successful!
• IRC Grant writing Workshop
– More awareness of effort needed
– Improved scores in research Environment
– Will run again this year
• Structured PhD
– 16 of 17 Successful PhD App.’s were Structured