Research Culture Pilot Projects

Following the Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Cancer Research on 17 September, we're delighted to announce that the Interdisciplinary Seed Funding Call is now open.

This pilot is run jointly by Trinity Research and Trinity St James's Cancer Institute (TSJCI), in partnership with the Trinity Long Room Hub. It supports one-year interdisciplinary projects on cancer that bring together researchers from across the Trinity and TSJCI communities.

Key details

• Funding: Awards of up to €7,000 per project (total budget €28,000)
• Duration: One year Deadline: 5pm, Monday 14 December 2026
• Call document: Read the full call for eligibility, funding bands, evaluation criteria and FAQs
• How to apply: One team member submits via the application form
• Questions or looking for collaborators? Contact Dr Maedbh King (maedbh.king@tcd.ie) or Dr Patricia Doherty (patricia.doherty@tcd.ie).

If you met potential collaborators at the colloquium, we hope this gives you a concrete way to take those conversations forward. If you have an idea but no collaborator yet, get in touch and we'll be happy to help you make connections.

Applications are now closed for this initiative, and all applicants have been notified of the outcome. Reach out to project leads with any questions: maedbh.king@tcd.ie; adam.partridge@tcd.ie

Trinity Research is running a series of pilot activities and initiatives to test practical ways of supporting positive research cultures and strengthening research quality across our community. Each pilot project includes built-in evaluation processes, buttressed by insights from conversations and feedback from across College functions and career roles/levels, to better understand what works, what doesn't, and what could be adopted more widely.

These pilots are categorised as internal evaluation, not formal research and, as such, do not require formal research ethics reviews. However, Trinity Research strives to model integrity, transparency, and inclusivity in the design, implementation, and evaluation of all our activities. Your participation is voluntary and you may withdraw at any time without consequence. Any data you provide will be used solely to inform this evaluation and a resulting research culture action plan. With your separate consent, anonymised findings may also be shared in publications or presentations. Any such outputs will be clearly identified as internal evaluation findings, not research results. Furthermore, efforts will be taken to ensure that the risk of unintended personal data disclosure is minimised in any outward publication or presentation in line with Trinity College Dublin’s Data Protection Policy, the GDPR, and national best practice set out by the CSO Data Strategy 2026-2028.