Membership
There are five different types of LDCRC membership:
Full membership: Members of staff of the University of Limerick or University Hospital Limerick who meet the full membership criteria set out below.
Researcher Membership: Postgraduate/postdoctoral researchers and other research or clinical staff may apply provided their supervisors are full LDCRC members. Please submit 2-page CV with a brief statement of eligibility.
Affilliate Membership: Individuals who have evidence of research in cancer and who do not meet the criteria for full membership.
Industry Membership: Available by invitation.
Community Membership: Available by invitation. If you would like to become a member, please read through the membership criteria below if you meet said criteria you can fill out the application form. If you have questions or want a paper copy of the form, please email us at ldcrc@ul.ie
- Opportunities to network and collaborate with LDCRC members across both academic and clinical groups.
- Access to future internal funding streams.
- Access to national funding streams through the All-Island Cancer Research Institute.
- Invitation to LDCRC events (workshops, networking events, seminars etc).
- Invitation to Annual Research Retreat for LDCRC members.
- Access to LDCRC infrastructure, e.g. equipment, services (discounted rates), patient access and tissue banking etc.
- Access to Cancer Clinical Trial Unit.
- Links with National Clinical Trial Organisations – such as Cancer Trials Ireland (can refer researchers for membership especially to translational research group of CTI) – and Blood Cancer Network Ireland (trials and biobank for blood cancer research).
- Links with international experts in cancer care.
- Support for grant writing (via grant writing workshops/panels.
- Access to LDCRC members who have full membership of AACR and can sponsor abstracts at AACR meetings.
- Invitation to join the LDCRC MS Teams channel.
(Members of staff of the University of Limerick or University Hospital Limerick)
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Academic |
Clinical |
Publications |
Senior/joint senior in cancer research or a closely related field in the *last 5 years. Please highlight up to 3 research publications in the last 5 years |
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Grant income |
Evidence of relevant funding as PI or co-PI within past 5 years. |
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Research Impact in cancer research |
Markers of impact; this might include metrics eg. H-Index or other markers of impact. |
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Academic and/or Clinical leadership |
e.g. Membership of cancer related organisations – Member of National/International review bodies etc. |
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Expertise in Clinical Cancer Care |
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Expertise in a clinical specialty e.g. pathology, surgery, oncology, clinical trials with research publications. (minimum 5 years) |
*Leave of absence for maternity, caregiving, illness etc. will be taken into account. Please indicate if you wish any leave of absence to be taken into account.
Publications |
Evidence of research activity in cancer research or a closely related discipline – please highlight up to 3 research publications in the last 5 years |
Research Impact in cancer research |
H-index, Google Scholar, Social Media, Publons |
Clinical leadership (if relevant) |
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Conference presentations |
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Other relevant awards |
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Postgraduate/postdoctoral researchers and other research or clinical staff may apply provided their supervisors are full LDCRC members. Please submit 2-page CV with a brief statement of eligibility.
Available by invitation