Developing Environmental Research Potential (DERP) Scheme

The Developing Environmental Research Potential (DERP) Scheme was launched in 2007. It is intended to enable outstanding early career researchers develop into team leaders of international standing and to prove their ability as independent principal investigators (PIs).

Awards under the DERP scheme are of five years duration and the grant is made to host institutions in Ireland. Funding is provided to cover salary and related costs of the PI over the period and also to cover the costs associated with two PhD studentships to run within the timeframe of the award.

How to apply:

Proposals are invited periodically through calls advertised in the national press and on this website.

Successful DERP applicants:

• Project: Developing Better Pollution Sensors - Dr Ber Alcock, Institute of Bioengineering and Agroecology, NUI Maynooth
• Project: Developing Early Warning Systems to Help Decision Makers - Dr Ioannis Dokas, Cork Constraint Computer Centre, University College Cork
• Project: Tackling Novel Pollutants - Dr Brian Quinn, Biology Department, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
  
  

For further information:

Download the list of projects funded under the DERP Scheme

Contact: Dr Shane Colgan (s.colgan@epa.ie).