Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology or simply IRCSET was an independent and autonomous research funding and monitoring body established in June 2001 by the Minister for Education and Science to promote science and engineering research in Ireland. IRCSET was one of the two research councils in Ireland through which Irish Government provided its state-funded scholarships to a limited number of researchers each year who are designated as Government of Ireland Scholar. In March 2012, the Irish Government merged IRCSET with its sister organisation, the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), thereby forming the Irish Research Council. IRCSET through its main program The Embark Initiative mainly aimed to encourage doctoral and masters level researchers to initiate and continue their research work in Irish Higher Educational Institutes. In addition to doctoral and masters level funding, IRCSET also provided support and financial assistance to post-doctoral researchers as well.
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