Research
VP's / Deans of Research Meeting
January 9th 2009, 11h00 - 13h00
2. Minutes of meeting 8th December 2008 (attached)
3. Matter Arising from 2008 (report on a number of ongoing issues from 2009)
a. Conflict of Interest (report with EI and awaiting a response)
b. Research Integrity (significant development in this area led by UL)
c. Indemnity Insurance (being dealt with by NUIG)
d. EMBL Review (awaiting consultant’s report to Forfas)
e. SFI OIP (lobby to have 12 month spend extended as is the case with EI overheads)
f. Irish Universities Study (IUS) (Distribution of Researcher Survey to contract research staff)
4. Priorities 2008 (list of agreed priorities and progress made in attached document)
5. Building Ireland’s Smart Economy - A Framework for Sustainable Economic Renewal (R&D is a central part of this document and should inform priorities for 2009)
6. Proposed Priorities for 2009
a. Researcher Careers
b. SSTI Targets – doubling PhD numbers
c. Research Assessment?
d. Enterprise Development
e. Leverage Funding (EU and International)
f. Research Integrity
g. Immigration
h. Communications
7. FP6 Programme Evaluation (study underway by Forfas with Technopolis as consultants)
8. Agenda for 26th January UCC (have request from Andy Pollak Universities Ireland and Aidan Gough InterTrade Ireland to address the Group)
9. Euroscience 2010 (for information)
10. Royal Society Microsoft Award 2009 (for information)
11. Meeting dates 2009
a. IUA Council Meetings, 26th January UCC, 30th March UCD, 8th June NUI Galway, 12th October UL.
b. Also need to agree other possible dates throughout the year
12. AOB
