Write a Grant with Us

CARPE welcomes applications for a wide variety of national and international grants and can support you in developing:

Major Individual Grants: e.g. ERC, IRC, AHRC, etc.

Major Collaborative Grants: e.g. Coalesce, Leverhulme, Wellcome Trust, etc.

Individual and Collaborative Arts Funding: e.g. Arts Council of Ireland, Arts Council Iceland,

Postdoctoral Fellowships: e.g. Marie Curie, IRC GoI, etc.

Postgraduate (PhD) Fellowships: e.g. IRC GoI, NUI Traveling Studentship, etc.

and more…

Further, CARPE is proactively interested in helping visiting national and international researchers apply for projects to be housed in UCC.

Have a look at the funding opportunities below and around the CARPE website (Current Research Projects, People, Clusters), and mail jg.rollefson@ucc.ie to begin the process of developing your grant application with us.

CARPE is currently involved in grants totalling over €5m in UCCs School of Film, Music & Theatre.

They include Major research grants from:

European Research Council

Fulbright Foundation

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Irish Research Council

Higher Education Authority Ireland

Enterprise Ireland

Leverhulme

Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK)

Wellcome Trust

China Education Ministry

And many more…

National and international arts grants from:

Arts Council Ireland

Creative Ireland

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

RTÉ

Cork Midsummer Festival

Arts Council England

The Swedish Arts Council

ArtsIceland

CAPES–Brazil

and others…

Sustaining Community Arts and NGO partnerships including:

Music Generation

Graffiti Theatre

Cork Migrant Centre

Cork City Council

Youth Music UK

Postcode Community Trust

La Place Centre Culturel Hip Hop

Philharmonie de Paris

LKCA Rotterdam

And more…

CARPE Job Postings

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Arts Research and Practice (CARPE), School of Film, Music and Theatre

15 Month, Fixed-term, Whole-time Post

Position summary

The SoundMind project aims to investigate novel, non-invasive methods of neuromodulation and Augmented Audio Reality (AAR) for those suffering mild cognitive impairment and dementia. SoundMind is funded by the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute and is led by Dr Alexander Khalil, Dept of Music, University College Cork.

We are seeking a cognitive scientist or neuroscientist to conduct novel Electroencephalography (EEG) and behavioural experiments focusing on neuromodulation, auditory processing, and music. Candidates must have a PhD in neuroscience, cognitive science, or a related field with significant experience in data analysis. Background in sound or music and/or experience in ecological settings is preferred but not required.

The successful applicant will be based at the Centre for Arts Research and Practice (CARPE) in the School of Film, Music, and Theatre, University College Cork and will work closely with Dr Alexander Khalil, project leader, and our collaborators at the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, led by Dr Gráinne McLoughlin.

Post Duration: 15 Months (with the possibility of extension)

Salary: €42,031 - €48,427 p.a. (IUA PD1 Salary Scale)

Project Title: SoundMind

For an information package including further details of the post see https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=070132