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Application forms & Information

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Online Application System

To apply for promotion to Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Professor in or Established Professor please click on this link. The online application system is available on this link. Please ensure you allow sufficient time to upload your application in advance of the round 9 deadline of 4:00p.m. (Irish Time) on 29th February 2024. For the February 2024 round of promotions the HR Portal is being used to accept applications. Each promotion option is advertised as a job under the Vacancies section. Please choose one of the following appropriate vacancies to submit your application:

Academic Promotion Established Professor - Leadership Track
Academic Promotion Established Professor - Research Scholarship Track
Academic Promotion Established Professor - Teaching and Learning Track
Academic Promotion Professor in - Leadership Track
Academic Promotion Professor in - Research Scholarship Track
Academic Promotion Professor in - Teaching and Learning Track
Academic Promotion Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor - Lecturer A
Academic Promotion Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor - Lecturer B

If you have any technical issues with the HR Portal please contact ISS or HR via the following avenues:

hress@universityofgalway.ie
ISS Helpdesk
Email: servicedesk@universityofgalway.ie
Telephone: 5777

Academic Promotions Scheme Application forms Round 9 ‌‌

Established Professor Application form - Leadership track/
Established Professor Application form - Research Scholarship track/
Established Professor Application form - Teaching and Learning track/
Professor in Application form - Leadership track/
Professor in Application form - Research Scholarship track/
Professor in Application form - Teaching and Learning track/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Application form - Contract type A/
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor Application form - Contract type B/
Appendix 1 - assessment of applications where leave has been stated / Aguisín 1 - Measúnú ar iarratais a bhfuil saoire luaite iontu
Appendix 2 / ‌Aguisín 2 - Sonraí na bhFoilseachán Foirmiúil
Head of School form/Foirm an Chinn Scoile
External Assessor Nomination form/Foirm Ainmniúcháin Measúnóirí Seachtracha
Applicant's 3 strongest/most important publications (applicants can either use this form or submit in freeform)
Applicant's list of next 20 strongest/most important publications (applicants can either use this form or submit in freeform)
Academic Promotions Application Checklist/ Scéim Arduithe Céime Acadúla Seicliosta Iarratais
(please use this checklist to ensure you have completed and submitted all the necessary documentation with your application)

Referees and External Assessors

Candidates should ensure in advance of their application that the nominated referees have agreed to provide a reference. This is in contrast to the names of external assessors. Candidates should under no circumstances contact anyone that has been listed as a possible external assessor.

Documentation & Information for Applicants

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌Academic Promotions Cumulative Figures Rounds 1 - 7

The table below has the cumulative figures for Rounds 1 - 7 of the Academic Promotions Scheme (application dates 2020 - 2023)

	Female candidates			Male candidates			Total candidates
Promotion Tracks	Applied	Success	Success %	Applied	Success	Success %	Applied	Success	Success%
PP Totals	20	9	45%	23	9	39.13%	43	18	41.86%
SL/AP Totals	52	34	65.38%	61	28	45.90%	113	62	54.86%
Grand Totals	72	43	59.72%	84	37	44.04%	156	80	51.28%

The numbers of applications in the "Professor in" category, of which there have been only two complete rounds, will, for GDPR reasons, be added after two further rounds.