Research Newsletter – Issue 63: Information and Updates

There are now a total of 16 'Read & Publish' agreements in place with various publishers (including Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Sage, and Springer) allowing DCU authors (both staff and students) to publish Gold Open Access in almost 10,000 individual journal titles at no cost to themselves.

For the titles included in these IReL negotiated deals, article processing charges (APCs) will be covered as part of the agreement, ensuring DCU authors can maximise accessibility (and citability) of the published research without having to worry about the associated charges. What's more, all articles published Open Access (OA) via these agreements are fully Plan S compliant.

For more details on these agreements and the 10,000 titles included please see DCU library's guide on open access agreements or contact Fran Callaghan, Research Communications Librarian (fran.callaghan@dcu.ie).

Sophie has recently joined the Research Development Team and will provide expert advice and support on the preparation and content of competitive ERASMUS+ funding applications. Coordinating with the faculty-based Research Development Officers and the Research Support Team, Sophie will provide this pre-award support across all faculties. Please contact sophie.ball@dcu.ie if you are interested in applying to calls in these areas.

The European Commission has opened a call for expressions of interest for experts 2021-2027. External experts assist in the evaluation of grant applications, projects and tenders, and may be asked to provide opinions and advice in specific cases. New experts will be first requested to create an EU login account and register your profile; already registered experts can update their profile via the My Expert Area after login.

Further information and registration can be accessed via this link. 

Note: if you are already registered as an expert answering one of the previous calls for expressions of interest, and if you have opted to be eligible for all programmes, you will remain available in the database for current and future Programmes (e.g. Horizon Europe).

On the 24th of March the European Commission held an information webinar on how to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe. For those who missed this webinar, the recordings and presentations are now available on the EC web site here . Note that a second webinar in this series is taking place on the 21st of April and will provide an overview & discussion of topics such as Key Impact Pathways, Open Science, Gender Dimension, Dissemination, Exploitation & Communication etc. For more information on the event and to access the recordings and presentations after the webinar please see here.

Enterprise Ireland have launched a new website on EU Horizon Europe, the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Please note that any existing National Contact Points (NCPs) mailing lists will be discontinued in a few weeks’ time. If you wish to continue receiving updates from the National Support Network (led by Enterprise Ireland) in relation to Horizon Europe you will need to register via the new website https://horizoneurope.ie/ (scroll down to the bottom of the main web page to register and indicate your areas of interest in Horizon Europe).