UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2019

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

EU Research Strategy Pilot Programme for College of Medicine and Health

funding within the Horizon Europe 2021-2027 framework. Professor Jonathan Drennan and Dr Nicola Cornally presented the School of Nursing and Midwifery strategy. The event also served as a networking opportunity and allowed for transverse research themes/topics to be identified across the Schools within the College of Medicine and Health. The programme was described as a landmark event in strategizing for European funding at School, College and University Level.

programmes and subsequently work to develop a realistic and achievable strategy for their School. School level strategy presentations were reviewed by Dr Seán McCarthy and feedback provided. On 12th December each School presented their work at an event hosted by the Head of College of Medicine and Health, the Vice President of Research and Innovation. The purpose of which was to gain future support to develop and implement the proposed strategy at local level with a focus on securing

The School of Nursing and Midwifery took part in the first pilot programme aimed at developing a European Research Strategy at School level. This was part of a larger pilot programme to support the development of a University wide strategy under the direction of Professor Anita McGuire and Dr Seán McCarthy. Dr Seán McCarthy was appointed as an Adjunct Professor to work closely with the UCC Research Support Services (RSS) team. A key goal of his appointment is to “Develop UCC’s Horizon Europe Strategy: This strategy will focus on positioning UCC to engage effectively at the European Commission policy level and ensure optimal alignment of institutional priorities with Commission research funding priorities. Specific actions will include maximising the competitiveness of UCC-led proposals, increasing the proportion of UCC researchers that engage with EU funding programmes and broadening the diversity of programmes with which we engage.” Against this background each School in the COM&H selected two members of staff to attend a series of workshops on Horizon 2020 funding

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