• Up to €10,000 to support all academic grades to re-engage with their research upon returning from long-term leave 
  • Available on an ongoing basis all year round 
  • Non-competitive grant 
 

 2.Research Capacity Building Grant (Lecturer or Post-Doctoral Researcher/Research Fellow)

  • Academic staff who took an extended period of leave connected with caring with a grant of €5,000 
  • To help mitigate the impact of extended leave on research activities 
  • In 2020/21, eligibility was extended to PD Researchers/Research Fellows 
  • Competitive grant 
 

 3. Research Consolidation Grant    (Senior Lecturers)

  • €5,000 for female SLs to consolidate research development 
  • Phase 2 of the Promotions Project

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