Irish HEIs secure share of €8.2m Capacity Building Support
By Aoileann Ní Bhroin
Six Irish HEIs are among the award winners in the 2017 Erasmus+ Capacity Building Measures Action. A total of nearly €8.2m will be shared by the recipients with University College Dublin set to lead a project entitled “Improving Healthcare Outcomes in Chronic Disease – Enhancing the Curriculum at Masters Level” with almost €1m in funding support from the EU.
Capacity-building Projects are transnational co-operation projects based on multilateral partnerships, primarily between higher education institutions (HEIs) from Programme and eligible Partner Countries. They can also involve non-academic partners to strengthen the links with society and business and to reinforce the systemic impact of the projects.
The next call deadline will be in February 2018.
The National Agency at the HEA is holding an Info Day on Tuesday 24 October 2017 in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin to promote opportunities under this initiative. Further details in due course.
See list of the successful Irish HEIs below.
| HEI | Project Title | Co-ordinator/Partner | Amount € | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College Dublin | Improving Healthcare Outcomes in Chronic Disease - Enhancing the Curriculum at Masters Level | Dr. Mary Casey (Co-ordinator) | mary.casey@ucd.ie | 999,788 |
| University College Cork | Assessment Tools for new learning environments in higher education institutions | Dr. Marian McCarthy (Partner) | mmccarthy@ucc.ie | 981,022 |
| Dublin City University | Academic Integrity for Quality Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Institutions in Georgia (INTEGRITY) | Dr. Mark Glynn (Partner) | mark.glynn@dcu.ie | 856,834 |
| Trinity College Dublin | Tuning India | Dr. Aidan Seery (Partner) | seerya@tcd.ie | 950,864 |
| University College Cork | Master Programme in Industrial Engineering for El Salvador and Guatemala | Marguerite Reardon (Partner) | Marguerite.Reardon@ucc.ie | 730,525 |
| Trinity College Dublin | Towards Excellence in Applied Linguistics. Innovative Second Language Education in Egypt | Prof. Juliette Hussey (Partner) | jmhussey@tcd.ie | 986,682 |
| Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology | Tuning environmental competences in Asian fishery education for sustainable development (TUNASIA) | Dr. Ian O'Connor (Partner) | ian.oconnor@gmit.ie | 771,007 |
| Dublin Institute of Technology | Growing Indonesia: a Triangular Approach | Prof. Brian Norton (Partner) | brian.norton@dit.ie | 998,732 |
| Dublin City University | Increasing the Conformance of Academia towards Rehabilitation Engineering | Prof. Dermot Brabazon (Partner) | dermot.brabazon@dcu.ie | 914,469 |
