Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant

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Marie CurieInternational Reintegration Grant

• Madeleine Lowery
• UCD School of Electrical, Electronic Mechanical
  Engineering

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Neuromuscular Systems GroupSchool of Electrical,
Electronic Mechanical Engineering UCD
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• Neural Engineering Neuromuscular System and
  Human Motor Control

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Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Control of
Artificial Limbs
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Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant

• Carried out research in a non-EU country for gt 5
  years
• Not spent gt than 12 months in Member State during
  previous 3 years
• Research fields chosen freely by the applicants

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Characterization Of Oscillatory Neuromuscular
Drives
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Direct Benefits

• 80, 000 over 3 years
• PhD student
• Summer student
• Equipment for lab
• Travel
• e.g. Society for Neuroscience Conference
• Northwestern University
• Politecnico di Torino

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Knock-on Benefits

• Hit the ground running
• Support during transition phase
• Take on students quickly
• Maintain collaborations
• Core equipment to support new studies and gather
  preliminary data
• Combine with other funding sources

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Benefits to Institution

• Support postgraduate students
• Facilitate collaboration
• Basis for future grant applications
• Undergraduate teaching

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Points to remember

• Apply!
• Resources of IUA
• Solid scientific proposal
• Emphasise benefits to your career
• Link to Program Objectives (mobility, transfer of
  knowledge, interdisciplinary research etc.)
• Start ethical approval process early
• Watch start dates etc.

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• Acknowledgements
• Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant
  MIRG-CT-2006-044927
• Special thanks to Dr. Conor OCarroll, IUA.