Staff Responsibilities
Professor Ray Stallings - Director of Research and Innovation
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- Representing Research on the Senior Management Team.
- Leading the planning and implementation of the research strategy and the running of RCSI's Institute of Research, including Research Support Services and Infrastructures.
- Promoting Inter-institutional Collaborations and Research Programmes
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Professor Fergal O'Brien - Deputy Director of Research and Innovation
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- Deputising for the Director.
- Assisting with planning and implementation of the Research Strategy and the running of RCSI's Institute of Research, including Research Support Services and Infrastructures.
- Promoting Inter-institutional Collaborations and Research Programmes.
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Dr Paola Della Porta - Associate Director of Research
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- Planning, management and review of research support services, operations and infrastructure
- Planning and management of the implementation of research policies and procedures
- Liaison with funding agencies
- Negotiating and signing off on research contracts, collaboration agreements, research proposals and grant agreements.
- Provision of guidance and coordination in the planning and reviews of institutional research strategy and collaborative research programmes.
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Dr Aoife Gallagher - Head of Innovation
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- Planning & implementation of the College strategy for technology transfer, commercialisation and industry engagement.
- Development of policy, procedures and guidelines relating to intellectual property and commercialisation
- Protection and management of the RCSI Intellectual Property portfolio.
- Support for the development of RCSI technologies with commercial potential to a commercially ready state
- Negotiation of agreements for the commercialisation of IP.
- Provision of advice and support on all aspects of commercialisation and intellectual property
- Setting of targets, coordinating and reporting of outputs to external agencies
- Preparation of grant applications, financial and technical reports to Knowledge Transfer Ireland
- Institutional signatory on Industry agreements, commercialization agreements, NDAs and MTAs
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Dr Seamus Browne - Head of Industry Partnerships
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- Planning, development and implementation of RCSI's Industry Engagement Strategy
- Promotion of RCSI's research capability and expertise to Industry with a view to generating funded collaborative, contract and consultancy engagements
- Liaising with national agencies who fund academic-industry collaborations
- Promotion of industry funded (or co-funded) opportunities to RCSI Researchers
- Provision of advice and support for researchers seeking to engage with Industry on contract collaborative, contract and consultancy engagements
- Review of project plans supported by industry and approval of industry-related grant application and registration
- Negotiation of agreements with industry for contract, collaborative and consultancy engagements.
- Co-ordination of post-award project management assistances to PIs on Industry projects to ensure rapid project activation, timely invoicing for company contribution and mid-project relationship management.
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Dr Derek John - Case Manager
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- Commercialisation of RCSI Research assets; technology, infrastructure and expertise
- Identification and protection of Intellectual property, patent prosecution, and exploitation through marketing & industry engagement.
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Dr Niamh O'Dowd - Senior Research Officer
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Co-leading (with Fiona Manning) the action plan for the delivery of institutional support to researchers in the preparation of grant applications, including training initiatives
Delivery of project management and administrative support in the preparation of large grant applications
Provision of support, advice and training to researchers on international research funding programmes
Co-Coordinating with HR the implementation of the HR Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) Action Plan
Representing the ORI at the Research Reputation Enhancement Group
Coordination of the integration of support to national and international grant applications
Approval of grant application and registration forms for international funding schemes;
Co-leading (with Clare Muckian) roll-out of RESEARCHconnect web-based tool for identifying funding opportunities. |
Dr Fiona Manning - Senior Research Officer
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- Co-leading (with Niamh O'Dowd) the action plan for the delivery of institutional support to researchers in the preparation of grant applications, including training initiatives
- Management and delivery of project management and administrative support in the preparation of grant applications in particular for national funding programmes (e.g. SFI, HRB) and clinical research
- Provision of support and advice to researchers on the scientific aspects of grant applications in the area of technology transfer and commercialisation (e.g. EI schemes)
- Promotion of the interactions between clinicians & scientists and the engagement of RCSI clinicians and affiliated hospitals in research.
- Develop and implement a strategy for public patient involvement in research.
- Approval of grant application and registration forms for national funding schemes.
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Ms Stephanie O'Connor - Research Officer
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- Tailored Pre-award and Post-award proposal support and advice to researchers on the preparation of European and national funding grant applications in the area of ethics, dissemination and outreach and project implementation.
- Coordination of dedicated research support to clinicians
- Support in the development and implementation of a strategy for public patient involvement in research.
- Coordination and admin support of the RCSI Annual Summer Research Studentship Programme and Research Summer School.
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Ms Clare Muckian - Research Officer
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- Provision of Pre-award support and advice to researchers on the preparation of grant applications in the area of budgets, letters of support, submission requirements, electronic submission systems, and grant writing workshops.
- Coordination of the planning, communication and review of new ORI activities, policies and procedures.
- Coordination of post-award admin support, including coordination of the submission research reports to funders.
- Support and management of the dissemination of ORI activities, policies and procedures through the Staff Induction Programme, the Staff Portal and the Researcher Handbook.
- Support to research staff on the use of the Research Management e-System.
- Co-leading (with Niamh O'Dowd) roll-out of RESEARCHconnect web-based tool for identifying funding opportunities.
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Mrs Cathy O'Byrne - Assistant Research Officer
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- ORI administration and support
- Support and communication for research recruitment
- Marketing and communications support for ORI including events and websites.
- Provision of support in the planning, implementation and review of the HR strategy for researchers.
- Provision of support in the organization and running of the annual Research Day.
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Ms Michelle Kelly - Contracts Officer
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- Drafting, negotiation and management of RCSI research agreements (including non-disclosure agreements, materials transfer agreements, consultancy, infrastructure access, services agreements and collaborative research agreements).
- Management of agreement related correspondence and communications with RCSI academics, industry and other universities.
- Management of agreement tracking, monitoring and data entry into ORIs IP and Contracts management systems.
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Dr Christopher Byrne - Research Institute Support and Development Manager
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- Management and administration of Institute of Research initiatives, such as institutional seed funding calls, funding support for research infrastructures, infrastructural plans.
- Promotion of access to and quality of central research infrastructures and core facilities.
- Coordination of institutional research reviews, quality reviews, site visits and reports.
- Development and implementation of an institutional research dissemination strategy and coordination of institutional research events.
- Management of the Institute of Research budget and shared research space.
- Monitoring of the up-keeping of institutional equipment inventory.
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Dr Niamh Clarke - Research Ethics Committee (REC) Convenor
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- Convenor for the Research Ethics Committee, support and management of research ethics proposals.
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