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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
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Colleges & Schools
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Accessibility & LanguageVertically Integrated Projects
The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is a transformative approach to enhancing higher education by engaging undergraduate and graduate students in long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty.
"Vertically Integrated" refers to VIP team compositions, which can include undergraduate, postgraduate (taught) and research students in addition to University staff. As of 2022 NUI Galway became the only Irish univeristy to join the VIP Consortium, led by Georgia Institute of Technology.
Through VIPs, students work in teams with faculty to address grand challenges. Students earn credits and can participate in multiple semesters, with returning students taking on additional leadership/project responsibilities.
VIP FAQs
What is a VIP?
VIPs are interdisciplinary research projects that recruit undergraduate students from a range of disciplines to work on discrete research outputs relevant to the project. VIPs have been rolled out in over 40 universities worldwide and they build the research impact of the VIP PIs and the employability and research awareness of the student members.
What does a VIP involve for Principal Investigators (PIs)?
- Proposing a long-term research project that undergraduate students can work on over successive semesters
- Recruiting a team of at least 5 undergraduates
- Tailoring the work to the students skills and the PI's project goals
- Dedicating 6 hours per semester (split between the VIP PIs) for fortnightly one-hour meetings with the team
- Setting students work on a specific task (research proposal, review, video, podcast)
Who can Apply?
VIPs are open to all disciplines.
How to Apply
If you are interested in proposing a VIP, please fill out the Expression of Interest form
Further Queries
Dr Denis O’Hora, Director of the MSc in Consumer Psychology, Designing Futures VIP Champion
denis.ohora@universityofgalway.ie
Dr Oonagh Meade, Lecturer in Transdisciplinary Research, Designing Futures
oonagh.meade@universityofgalway.ie
