Irish Research Council

Irish Research Council

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Last update: Dec 6, 2024 Last update: Dec 6, 2024
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Legal residence:Ireland
Organization type:Academic institution
Funding agencies:Other
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Sectors:Education, Research
Education, Research
Nr. of employees:11-50
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About

The IRC is an associate agency of the Department of Education and Skills, under the aegis of the Higher Education Authority (HEA), and has the following mandate:

To fund excellent research within, and between, all disciplines, and in doing so to enhance Ireland’s international reputation as a centre for research and learning
To support the education and skills development of excellent individual early-stage researchers and to cultivate agile independent researchers and thinkers, while offering a range of opportunities which support diverse career paths
To enrich the pool of knowledge and expertise available for addressing Ireland’s current and future needs, whether societal, cultural or economic, and to deliver for citizens through collaboration and enabling knowledge exchange with Government departments and agencies, enterprise and civic society
To provide policy advice on postgraduate education, and on more general research matters, to the HEA and other national and international bodies. In giving us this role, Government requested that particular attention be given to the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
The mandate and unique role of the IRC generates a strong value-added dimension in the Irish research and innovation landscape.

The IRC Strategic Plan 2020‒2024 will underpin the continued delivery of our mandate within the Irish higher education and research system. This plan seeks to consolidate the unique role of the IRC in supporting all disciplines within the Irish research funding landscape and the suite of programmes that underpin this role. Furthermore, the plan articulates how the IRC will maximise its contribution to national progress and ambitions over the coming years.

Our values

In delivering on its mandate, the Irish Research Council’s core value is research excellence: across all disciplines, determined on the basis of independent peer review, in an open, objective, transparent and trusted manner. In addition, we uphold the following values:

Independence
Leadership
Researcher-centredness
Partnership
Professionalism
How we operate

We operate within the policy framework of the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority, but are independent in our funding decisions. To best deliver for citizens, we partner nationally and internationally with the research community, government departments and agencies, enterprise and civic society. We engage with the Iris

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