The Wellcome Trust ISSF scheme will help UCD’s researchers to overcome systemic barriers to career and network development that will unlock future research potential within the University and beyond. The fund will support outstanding research in biomedical sciences, clinical sciences and the medical humanities that will enable UCD to strategically advance research in these areas and to leverage further funding from the Wellcome Trust and other sources. In particular, the fund will be used to support initiatives in the Personalised & Translational Medicine and One Health arenas, enablers for which include 1) facilitating the early stages of medical and veterinary clinicians in research careers, 2) support for excellent mid-career academics who have suffered a loss of track record due to external circumstances, and 3) the development of stakeholder networks. Particular emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary research and on research that translates into real benefit for patients and society. To enable inter-institutional activity, academics will be encouraged to seek collaboration with other Wellcome Trust-funded institutions. Three cross-cutting initiatives are envisaged for support as follows:
a. Clinical Primer scheme
b. Mid-career Stimulus and Diversification scheme
c. Networks of Excellence scheme
