Grant recommendation rationale for grantee application G-15228 for the Centre for Disability Law and Policy by the National University of Ireland, Galway

Context

Galway University Foundation received funding from Atlantic for several projects such as the centre for Disability Law and Policy [CDLP] at the National University of Ireland, Galway [NUIG]. Research conducted at CDLP is placed at the disposal of the disability community in Ireland and abroad. Specifically, the centre’s work is to conduct high-quality research on a range of disability policy challenges of critical importance to people with disabilities. It also focuses on providing research that will not only point out problems in policy but offer solutions. The centre’s “compass for change” is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 2001, Professor Gerard Quinn, formed an informal research unit on disability law and policy at NUIG. The formation of the CDLP coincides with one of the most intensive periods of disability law reform in Ireland as well as internationally.

In 2008, The Atlantic Philanthropies awarded their second grant amounting €2,800,000 to the Galway University Foundation. Over the course of three years NUIG was to improve disabled people’s access to their rights and services by developing an independent research capacity, a Centre for Disability Law and Policy, to inform future policy, service delivery and advocacy efforts.

Description:
A six-page rationale produced by The Atlantic Philanthropies' staff detailing grantee project G-15228 titled Centre for Disability Law and Policy. Headings include: Programme objective and project context, intended outcomes, activities, planned outputs, evidence base evaluation and dissemination, risk and mitigation.
Type:
text and business records
Creator:
The Atlantic Philanthropies, 1982-2020
Subject:
Curated collection--Grant documentation, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), National University of Ireland, Galway. Centre for Disability Law and Policy, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--Disability, Grant 15228, Disability awareness, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006006221, Curated collection--Ignacio Campoy Cervera, Curated collection--Gerard Quinn, Curated collection--Stephanie Ortoleva, Law reform, and http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075323
Grant:
Grant 15228
Grantee:
National University of Ireland, Galway. Centre for Disability Law and Policy
Year of Grant:
2008
Location of Grantee:
Galway
Rights:
The material is copyright of either Cornell University, The Atlantic Philanthropies, or where listed, the original authors or commissioning bodies. This collection is being made available under CC BY-NC-ND license, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
Attribution:
Cornell University Library, Digital Repository of Ireland, and The Atlantic Philanthropies
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.th840j71h