Professor Eileen Connolly

Grant proposal generation – proposal review – research ethics for social science – gender and diversity content.

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Experience and Skills

Professor emeritus in politics, Dublin City University. Director of the Ireland India Institute from 2016 to 2020.

Proposal generation and review

Research proposal development, writing and review. Experience with EU funding schemes including Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020, specialising in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, and national schemes such as the Higher Education Authority and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs.

Research Integrity

Identifying the complex ethical issues and designing specialised ethical review structures for multinational and interdisciplinary projects and training programmes, in line with current best practice in data management and its application to complex research projects.

Gender and Diversity

Experience providing expertise on the gender and diversity dimensions of research and how to incorporate this increasingly essential aspect of funding applications.

Dissemination and Publication Strategies

Experience with high-level dissemination and publication strategies, utilising the most appropriate digital tools and media along side non-digital forms of communication to reach diverse audiences.

Past Projects

Global India

(2017-2021)

  • Developed this proposal for €3.8m of EU funding to support a world class doctoral network
  • Transnational network involving 6 EU and 6 Indian universities
  • Integrated gender dimension, designed ethical reviews and dissemination programme.

Around the Caspian

(2015-2018)

  • €3.8m of EU funding to create a PhD programme on an emerging energy hub
  • Developed gender dimension
  • Designed ethical oversight for research in a complex region. 

All-Island Economy

(2022-2025)

  • Proposal review and final submission advice for €450,000 funding from a philanthropy foundation
  • Original cross-border research on key economic issues
  • Extensive dissemination programme to government and business sectors. 

Gender & Cross-Border Cooperation 

(2021-2023)

  • Developed application from concept to submission to explore cross-border relationships between women’s groups in Northern Ireland and the Republic
  • Generated new research comparing gendered public policies