TCD Researchers Receive Scholarships to Promote Study of Science, Engineering and Technology

Posted on: 04 May 2011

Fifty-five researchers from Trinity College Dublin have been successful in the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) EMPOWER and EMBARK funding schemes.

IRCSET awarded ten out of 37 EMPOWER 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme awards to TCD researchers. The scheme, which was open to researchers from all nations who are at an early stage of their postdoctoral research careers, is designed to further research in the sciences, engineering or technology and encourage excellence in research by developing links with research teams who have achieved international recognition for their work. The EMPOWER Scheme is targeted at developing the country’s international reputation as an important location in which to carry out world class research so that Ireland retains and attracts the highest level research and development capabilities for the future. TCD IRCSET EMPOWER awardees are listed below.

Under the IRCSET EMBARK 2011 Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme a total of 18 TCD researchers received awards. Through a range of highly innovative schemes, EMBARK invests in people and ideas, addressing individual research funding needs at Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral level and encouraging the most talented researchers to advance their careers in Ireland. The EMBARK initiative is aimed at knowledge creation for the future benefit of society and the smart economy and is designed to improve national competitiveness. TCD IRCSET EMBARK awardees are listed below.

All applicants for the IRCSET funding schemes are subject to assessment by international committees who specialise in each field. Further information is available www.ircset.ie.

IRCSET EMPOWER 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme awardees:

TCD Supervisors and Post doctorate Applicants:

Sylvia Draper, Chemistry – Postdoc: Yanfei Xu
Wolfgang Schmitt, Chemistry – Postdoc: Jian-Di Lin
Wolfgang Schmitt, Chemistry – Postdoc: Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee
Graeme Watson, Chemistry – Postdoc: Dario Marrocchelli
Biqiong Chen, Engineering – Postdoc: Tongfei Wu
Angus Bell, Genetics and Microbiology – Postdoc: Daniela Boehm
Sergey Frolov, Mathematics – Postdoc: Adam Rej
Michael Peardon, Mathematics – Postdoc: Christopher Thomas
Marina Lynch, TCIN – Postdoc: Niamh Murphy
Shane O’Mara, TCIN – Postdoc: Emma Fortune

IRCSET EMBARK 2011 Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme awardees:

TCD Supervisors and Postgraduate Applicants:

Martin Caffrey, Biochemistry and Immunology – Postgrad: Alan Coughlan
Rachel Evans, Chemistry – Postgrad: Niamh Fox
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Chemistry – Postgrad: Esther Surender
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson, Chemistry – Postgrad: Fergus Poynton
Graeme Watson, Chemistry – Postgrad: Aoife Kehoe
Naomi Harte, Engineering – Postgrad: Ailbhe Cullen
Brendan O’Kelly, Engineering – Postgrad: Lin Zhang
Ciaran Simms, Engineering – Postgrad: Mathew Lyons
Conor Houghton, Mathematics – Postgrad: Robin Tobin
Stefan Sint, Mathematics – Postgrad: Mattia Dalla Brida
Derek Doherty, Medicine – Postgrad: Yasmeen Ghnewa
James O’Donnell, Medicine – Postgrad: Jamie Marie O’ Sullivan
Yuri Volkov, Medicine – Postgrad: Gareth Clarke
David Chew, Natural Sciences – Postgrad: Ross Clark
Catherine Comiskey, Nursing and Midwifery – Postgrad: Maeve Daly
Lorraine O’Driscoll, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences – Postgrad: Robert Wallace
Louise Bradley, Physics – Postgrad: Graham Murphy
Peter Gallagher, Physics – Postgrad: Aidan O’Flannagain