The Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) is delighted to announce a new data mining grant programme to support greater use of existing research on ageing issues. 

Funding:

CARDI is providing up to €80,000 for research projects involving the use of existing data sources in Ireland, North and South. It welcomes applications in the range of €5,000-€10,000 and will not award grants of more than €20,000.

Objectives:

• To support analysis of existing quantitative data from an all-Ireland perspective, where appropriate supplemented by analysis of qualitative data;
• To stimulate research activity on the priority needs of older people within a policy and practice context in Ireland.

Sources:

Sources may be statistical data issued by bodies such as the Central Statistics Office or the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency or data collected by government departments or administrative, regulatory or inspection bodies.

To maximise the use of existing data this programme will support research involving the extraction, collation and analysis of existing data from an all Ireland perspective and summarising it into information relevant for policy or practice.

Who should apply:

Applications are invited from individuals, or groups from academic, non-profit and voluntary and community sectors.

Duration:

Research projects should normally last no more than six months and may not exceed nine months. All work must be completed by September 2011.

Deadline:

The deadline for applications is 12.00 hours (noon) on 1^st October 2010

Full terms of reference (TOR), the application form and research governance procedures may be downloaded below:

CARDI Data Mining Grant Programme TOR

CARDI Data Mining Grant Programme Application

CARDI Research Governance Procedures

 

For more information please contact:

Paul McGill, Strategic Research Officer, CARDI. Tel: 00353(0) 867 904 158, E: paul@cardi.ie