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Given that sustained and substantial national investment in HSS capital and human capital infrastructures is essential for Irish researchers to effectively exploit research and funding opportunities effectively at the EU level, those who inform and manage HSS policy should: • Monitor carefully the HSS percentage share of total HERD and ensure that expenditure in HSS HERD does not continue to lag behind the EU-15 average. • Observe carefully the HSS HERD percentage allocation from indirect government sources so that changes in allocation mechanisms do not inadvertently damage the funding of the HSS. • Promote responsive funding instruments and strategically targeted initiatives to fund HSS capital and recurrent research expenditure. • Encourage and support participation in EU FP initiatives and other research structures. It is important to identify clearly and fully the true costs of HSS research and to ensure that HERD sources recognise and meet these costs. A significant issue is the nonpayment of institutional overheads by HSS funders. Consideration should be given to the development of a common and agreed protocol across all research-funding agencies and bodies for the payment of institutional overheads for research.
6. Research infrastructures for the HSS Research cannot flourish without appropriate infrastructures. The adequacy or otherwise of such supports is a significant factor in determining both the quality and output of research and consequently, the attractiveness of Ireland as a research location. While there has been significant investment in R&D infrastructure in recent years, ongoing investment in general and specific infrastructures is vital to overcome the historic deficit in HSS funding and to enable the HSS to make their full contribution to the cultural, intellectual, social and economic life of Ireland. For the purposes of this report, research infrastructures (RI), simply defined, include facilities, resources, equipment or services that are needed by the research community to conduct research in any field of science, including the HSS, and the associated human resources and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Research infrastructures may also be ‘single-sited’ (single resource at a single location), ‘distributed’ (network of distributed resources), or ‘virtual’ (electronic service provision). 20 While much of the recent discussion on RI has focused on tools and facilities associated with ICT, such as video conferencing and video streaming, digital text and data archives, and searchable electronic resources, it is also vital, if we wish to underpin research in a meaningful way, to emphasise the continuing and vital importance of more traditional ‘real-world infrastructures’ such as libraries, museums and archives, which can serve as inspirational and creative learning spaces as well as depositories of vital primary materials for HSS research. 6.1 KNOWLEDGE-BASED RESOURCES No less than any other field of science, empirical research in the HSS draws on a wide range of data from both historic (libraries, museums and archives) and the emerging electronic data infrastructures. The non-digital archive remains an indispensable resource across the HSS and is of particular importance to those engaged in work and research that deals with manuscripts, archival and museum collections. Archaeologists and those who exist within the umbrella of cultural heritage illustrate 20 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (2006), available online at: http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/survey2.htm (12 January 2006).
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A D V A N C I N G H U M A N I T I E
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References Bric, M.J. 1999 The huma
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