
Donald McD
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Experience 11 - 15 Years
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Languages English, Spanish
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Education Levels Master’s Degree
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Professional Bodies The Irish Forum on Natural Capital (IFNC)
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Willing to Sign a Non Disclosure Yes
Proposal writing activity targeted to SMEs, companies, HEIsand community organisations for national and EU programmes. Experienced in variousdomains ranging over bioeconomy, agri-food, health, biotechnology and lifesciences.
In-depth knowledge of Irish and EU research funding systems.
I have worked in a variety of EU grant funding support rolesover the past ten years extending across university research and consultancysectors in Ireland, UK and Spain. I have written successful FP7/Horizon 2020proposal submissions in biotech, health, nanotechnology and agrifoodareas.
An earlier career extending over 20 years within the Irishfood industry, in technical R&D and commercial business development roles,primarily within the Ingredients area.
Writing support servicing other areas include: reportpreparation, case studies, white papers, business plans, market studies,etc.
Specialisms
Consulting Services, Proposal Writer, Research Grant Applications
Education
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B.Sc. Microbiology
1979 - 1983 NUI Galway -
M.Sc. Biotechnology
1983 - 1985 NUI Galway
Work Experience
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14-10-2012 - 06-10-2017
EU Expert Evaluator
H2020-KBBE-2012, H2020-BBI JU-2017
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04-04-2017 - 30-06-2017
Proposal Writer
Two grant awards:
Accelerating l Innovation in Rail, round 4:
Emerging and Enabling technologies, round 2
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26-02-2021
Proposal support, multiple reviews, editing
H2020-MSCA-IF-2015: TSPO METALLODRUGS – €175k award
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26-02-2021
Proposal support, multiple reviews, editing
4 awards for TCD in 2015 totalling €1M
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26-02-2021
Proposal Writer
FP7-KBBE-212 (CSA): BIO-TIC - €2M award
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26-02-2021
Proposal Writer
FP7-Health-2012 (CSA): CARDIOSCAPE - €0.5M award