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Health Research Board annual report and accounts 1992 |
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Since the last Annual Report the new Board held its first
meeting in March 1992 and quickly embarked on a
vigorous and innovative programme of research
development. The then Minister for Health. Dr. John
O'Connell, made additional funding of £68.000 available
over two years for an important Health Service Research
project on Surgical Audit. with funding from the National
Lottery. Otherwise. our budgetary position did not
change significantly. thus making new initiatives difficult.
However. the Board targeted European sources of
funding by making Irish researchers familiar with the ECBIOMED
I programme. There was initial disappointment
in the outcome of the first round of applications where
114 European Concerted Actions were approved. While
there was no lrish-led consortium funded. encouragingly
Irish researchers participated in twenty-six of the
approved Concerted Action projects. As a result of this
experience, the Board made a special effort to alert the
Irish Research Community to the opportunities that
would become available under the second round of this
programme and. a series of information meetings were
held in Cork and Dublin to familiarise research workers
with the optimal strategies in applying for grants. The
fruits of this exercise became apparent when on the
second round five of the successful consortia were led by
Irish scientists and physicians. This can be regarded as a
significant breakthrough achievement and the Board is
determined to augment this initiative in the future. In
particular. the Board is conscious of the limitations for a
small country of European research-grant mechanisms
which are on a Concerted Action basis only. While this
provides useful funding to facilitate interaction between
European Scientists. it does not deliver realistic amounts
of true research funding which can be applied to research
projects. Thus. this granting mechanism favours the
larger Member States within the E.C. and would tend to
penalise smaller countries. where the research
community is not well endowed with native funding.
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Keyword(s):
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HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD; ANNUAL REPORT |
Publication Date:
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1992 |
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Type:
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Report |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Unknown |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Institution:
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Lenus |
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Publisher(s):
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Health Research Board (HRB) |
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2017-04-26 07:45:20 |
