The name of the Principal Investigator who will be the research account holder for the Project funding. 

If your employment contract ends prior to the project end date please inform your Head of School of same. 

If you are unsure of your employment contract end date and/or employment status, please contact the HR Service Centre at hr@tcd.ie or by calling Ext. 3333.    

Most Principal Investigators are affiliated with a School or Area. For example, if you are affiliated with the Department of Botany, then you are affiliated with the School of Natural Sciences. However, if you are not affiliated with a school please see TRI in 4(i) and select Not Applicable for Q3. 

Examples of TRIs or Trinity Research Institutes include: Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI), Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity Long Room Hub (TLRH) and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN) and Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI). Examples of Non-Academic Areas include the Library, Science Gallery and Trinity Research and Innovation. 

Each Project is allocated a specific project code and account by TCD's Financial Services Division (FSD). Each account is set up under a specific School, TRI or Area. If the Project funding is not going to be housed in your affiliated School, then you will need to seek approval of your Head of School and the Head of Area/TRI where the funding will be housed by completing the 'Housing Letter' and returning it to the Contracts Office - rescon@tcd.ie.

The Project Funder, also known as a sponsor, will be named in your contract.

What category (in the dropdown menu) best describes the thematic elements of your research?

Basic - investigation and analysis focused on better or fuller understanding of a subject, phenomenon or basic law of nature. 

Applied - the use of theory to develop technology or techniques. 

Clinical - collecting evidence to determine the safety and efficacy of new medications and/or devices for treating disease. 

Experimental - controlling certain variables and manipulating others to observe if the results of the experiment reflect that the manipulations directly caused the outcomes. 

These should be clearly stated by the sponsor in your contract.

The total project funding comprises all direct funding (cash), in-direct funding (sometimes referred to as overheads) and the monetary equivalent of any in-kind contribution (e.g., materials, equipment, etc.). The TCD's total Project Funding should be clearly stated in the budget included in the contract for the Project. Note this figure is exclusive of VAT.

Please see the TCD policy on indirect costs, also known as overheads. Please note research services overheads should be calculated at 40%. Principal Investigator time contribution should also be charged to the Project.

Contributions given to the Project that have a monetary value, however are not cash payments. An in-kind contribution could be in the form of material or resource, e.g., use of equipment, office space, etc.

Projects are co-funded if funding is provided for the same Project by more than one Funder. Matched funding applies to Projects where there is an obligation on TCD to provide funding of any type (i.e., cash or in-kind), in addition to the funding being provided by the Funder(s). Unless Head of School approval to provide matched funding was already obtained (e.g., when submitting a funding application) then Head of School approval (via email, copying the Contracts Office rescon@tcd.ie will be required before the contract for the Project is signed.

In addition to gross salary the total 'on-costs' associated with the employment of a staff member on a fixed-term contract include (1) 10.85% employer's PRSI contribution and (2) 20% employer's pension contribution. Provision for redundancy costs should be included, expect where the Funder classifies redundancy costs to be ineligible. If these on-costs are not included in the Project budget they must be met by the School/TRI/Area etc. 

For all staff employment queries contact the HR Service Centre at hr@tcd.ie or by calling Ext. 3333.

Contact your school administrator for further details regarding ethical approval. Proof of current ethical approval for this Project will need to be provided to TCD Contracts Office where applicable.

“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

"Anonymisation" of data means processing it with the aim of irreversibly preventing the identification of the individual to whom it relates. Data can be considered anonymised when it does not allow identification of the individuals to whom it relates, and it is not possible that any individual could be identified from the data by any further processing of that data or by processing it together with other information which is available or likely to be available.  

"Pseudonymisation" means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

For further information on Data Protection please refer to TCD’s Data Protection website: https://www.tcd.ie/info_compliance/data-protection/

“Special categories of Personal Data” refers to personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.

If you propose to engage a third party to carry out part of TCD's research for a Project (i.e., a subcontractor to carry out analysis of samples or to create a website) or to engage a third party provide some other consultancy services/advice to TCD in respect of a Project, then a subcontract /consultancy service agreement will need to be put in place and procurement guidelines must be adhered to. The Contract Office will provide a suitable template agreement. If services to be rendered are greater than the value of EUR 1,500 then a subcontract must be put in place for further advice please see Procurement.

If the contract is solely awarded to TCD with no other recipients TCD is the Sole Awardee. If there are several other parties involved in the Project, as partners/collaborators/co-applicants then TCD is the Lead Collaborator.  If another party is Lead Collaborator for the Project, then TCD is a Collaborator. If TCD is providing research services/consultancy then TCD is classified as a research services/consultancy provider.

Where TCD is the Lead Collaborator on a Project involving other parties, depending on the type of Project and/or the source of the Project funding a collaboration agreement/arrangement will need to be put in place with the other parties. The Contracts Office will advise on the type of collaboration agreement/arrangement required depending on the Project and roles of the parties.

If you feel one of your personal or business relationships may cause conflict of interest in the Project, or are uncertain if a conflict may arise, please email the TCD Technology Transfer Office. Please also see the TCD Conflict of Interest Policy in pp. 15-16 of the Good Research Practice Policy.

See pages 27 - 28 of Good Research Practice Policy for Declaration of Interest Form