Research FUNDING

Cancer research in the Discipline of Surgery is primarily supported by the National Breast Cancer Research Institute, a voluntary charitable organisation founded in 1991, of which Professor Michael Kerin is the research director. The NBCRI provides funding for research staff, undergraduate and postgraduate research projects and the purchase of laboratory equipment and consumables.

Funding awards have also been granted from other national agencies

Year	Agency	Awardee(s)	Details
2011	Breast Cancer Campaign	Grace Callagy (Pathology), MJK (co-applicant)	Project Grant
	Enterprise Ireland	Margaret Rae (Marine Inst.), RMD (collaborator)	Project Grant
	Irish Cancer Society MRCG/HRB	L. Barkley-Elliman (NCBES), RMD (co-applicant)	Project Grant
2010	Biomedical Diagnostics Institute	Terry Smith (NCBES), MJK (co-investigator)	ONC2: microRNA Project
	Breast Cancer Campaign	Nicola Miller, MJK	Breast Cancer Tissue Bank Funding
	Health Research Board	Maria Costello, RMD	Student Summer Project
2009	Health Research Board	Helen Heneghan, NM, MJK	Clinical Research Fellowship
	RCSI/Breast Cancer Ireland	Marion Hartmann, RMD, MJK	Breast Cancer Research Fellowship
2008	Molecular Medicine Ireland	Aoife Lowery, NM ,MJK	Clinician Scientist Fellowship
	Health Research Board	Shirley Potter, RMD, MJK	Clinical Research Fellowship
	Cancer Research Ireland	Roisin Dwyer, MJK	Project Grant
	Science Foundation Ireland	Amanda Devaney, NM, REM, MJK	UREKA Summer Student Project
	Cancer Research Ireland	KH Chang, M McCafferty, N McInerney, S Mahon	Travel Scholarships
2007	Health Research Board	Roisin Dwyer, Frank Barry, MJK	Project Grant
	Health Research Board	Nicola Miller, Roisin McNeill, MJK	Project Grant
	Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland	Fiachra Martin, RMD	Surgical Research Grant
	Cancer Research Ireland	S Potter, A Lowery, P Davoren, G Colleran	Travel Scholarships
	Health Research Board	Tomas Griffin, RMD	Student Summer Project
	Science Foundation Ireland	Emer McGrath, NM	UREKA Student Summer Project
2006	Health Research Board	Joseph Garvin, REM	Clinical Research Fellowship
	Cancer Research Ireland	Joseph Garvin, Aidan Manning	Travel Scholarship
	Marie Curie Fellowship	Howard Fearnhead (NCBES), NM, MJK	Transfer of Knowledge
	Enterprise Ireland	Howard Fearnhead (NCBES), NM, MJK
	Health Research Board	Kate Harrington, RMD	Summer Student Project
	Science Foundation Ireland	David Coyle, NM	UREKA Student Project

Co-applicants/awardees key: NM = Nicola Miller, RMD, Roisin Dwyer, REM = Roisin McNeill, MJK = Michael Kerin

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