IRISH HEART FOUNDATION
Noel Hickey Research Bursary
supported by an educational grant from Pfizer Healthcare Ireland
Support Notes to accompany Application form
Call for Heart and Stroke Research Proposals
The Irish Heart Foundation invites applications for research proposals. The proposals should
be in keeping with the Foundation’s mission to reduce premature death and morbidity from
cardiovascular disease. Approximately 10,000 people die in Ireland each year from diseases
of the circulatory and vascular systems.
The aim of the bursary is to promote original innovative work which is not easily funded
from other sources. Research applications in the clinical or epidemiological fields will be
particularly welcomed.
This bursary is open to everybody including business and non-medical personnel who may
have an original idea. In addition applications are invited from SPR’s, Registrars, SHO’s,
NCHD’s, GP’s and nursing staff. Funds available are limited and in the region of €5,000 -
€10,000 on a once off payment.
General Conditions
1. Each application will be appraised on the basis of a written application (on IHF pro-
forma) including named personnel (the role of each team member should be clearly
outlined), costings, nature of study, or other activity, and a brief summary including
its relevance to the work of the Foundation. This summary is mandatory and should
be written in a fashion that is clearly understandable by a lay person.
2. In some instances further information may be necessary through correspondence and
without the necessity for interview. Should the work result in a publication, busary
recipients may be asked to present at an agreed Forum. On completion of the work
successful applicants must summit a report on the outcome.
3. Applications which require ethics Committee and / or NDAB approvals, must submit
confirmation in writing that such approvals have been obtained.
4. All applications, where relevant, should give information regarding the statistical basis
for the research, and in particular, where appropriate, indicating the capability of the
project to address the issue. When a single application includes several related studies
the applicant should clearly define the most important one.
5. The bursary is awarded as a single payment.
6. Grant may be withdrawn at the sole discretion of the Irish Heart Foundation wherever it
considers that its interests are not being well served by the recipient of the grant in
question.
7. We require the completed application form in MS Word format to be sent
electronically to research@irishheart.ie and 2 hard copies must be submitted or the
application will not be accepted.
8. Closing date for receipt of completed application form is 5pm Wednesday 15th June
2011.
Financial Conditions
9. Awards are not transferable, and may only be used for the project expenses described in
the original application form.
10. Payment of grant will be made on a once off basis in advance.
11. Use of grant funds to offset general indirect institutional expenses or any other
unspecified expenses are not permitted.
12. In the event of work being discontinued before the expiry of the grant, immediate
notification must be given to the Secretary of the Irish Heart Foundation and unexpended
balances must be returned. Funds unused at the end of the grant period must be returned
to the Irish Heart Foundation.
Conditions for researcher
13. The Principal Applicant for the purpose of this grant is the first named author of the
grant application. The principal applicant is responsible for the overall management and
progress of the project. They are also the contact for all correspondence with the
Foundation, and responsible for submission of the report.
14. The Foundation shall not in any circumstances be deemed to be an employer by reason
of having made grants available under this scheme. Where a grant is made for the
employment of an assistant of any description, this person is in all cases considered as
being employed by the administering institution, which has received the grant from the
Irish Heart Foundation. The grantee is an independent contractor, who shall not hold
himself/herself out as an employee or agent of the Foundation.
15. The principal applicant shall inform the Foundation in writing in advance of any changes
in personnel or absence, where these persons were named as co-applicants to the project.
16. Travel expenses to attend meetings are not recoverable from the Irish Heart Foundation
or other expenses incidental to the project, not covered by the grant.
Conditions on use of research results
17. Any papers, articles of reports published concerning work, study or the research for
which a grant has been awarded, must acknowledge that Irish Heart Foundation as the
source of funds in all publicity and publications.
18. The result of any research work carried out with assistance from the Irish Heart
Foundation must not be patented or put to any commercial use by or on behalf of
grantee’s, or with their assistance, without the express permission and participation of
the Irish Heart Foundation, which may be subject to such terms and conditions as the
Irish Heart Foundation may consider appropriate.
19. The attention of the Foundation must be drawn in good time before either presentation or
publication of any results which appear to be suitable for commercial exploitation,
whether patentable or not, so that we may participate in any communications exercise.
“ I have read the above terms of research grant award, and I accept them”.
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