Success for researcher from School of Law and Government in IRC enterprise programmes

Congratulations to Paula Dolan from the School of Law and Government on her success in being awarded funding under the Irish Research Council enterprise programmes.

The Enterprise Partnership Scheme provides researchers with the opportunity to pursue research in collaboration with enterprise while based at a higher education institution, while the Employment-Based Postgraduate Programme supports researchers to undertake research based in and employed by their employment partner.

Every year the Irish Research Council partners with around 70 organisations, ranging from multinational corporations to SMEs, public-sector agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The schemes provide a great opportunity for early-career researchers to train for the diversity of employment opportunities in industry, the public sector and the non-government sectors. Plus it’s a win-win for enterprises and employers as well because they benefit from a low-risk, flexible route to research collaboration and identifying new talent for innovation. 

For her collaboration, Paula Dolan will be based with Dublin City Council and will be conducting research entitled: Towards an appropriate Irish legal Infrastructure for social economy enterprises - an analysis of the relationships between legal infrastructure, organisational performance and public policy objectives. 

A further four researchers from DCU also received funding for their projects listed here: 

• Lorna Crean who will be based with Dublin Simon Community and conduct research on the desire for control in homelessness and addiction
• Kerron Ó Luain who will be based with enterprise partner An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta ags Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) and will commence a research project on The Gaelscoil Movement, 1973-93: An Oral and Digital History of Grassroots Language Activism
• Niall Ashfield will be based with Clinical Cancer Research Trust to investigate the combination of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and antibody-drug conjugates in HER2+ cancers
• Kanishk Verma will be based with Google and working on a project entitled Data-driven Toolkit for Combating Cyberbullying in Teens

You can read more here about the latest announcement by Minister Simon Harris of €7.9m funding for the Irish Research Council enterprise programmes.