Information on Funders and Partners

Funders

The information on the CAIN site is freely available to anyone with access to the Internet. This free access could only be achieved through the generosity of the funders listed below.

CAIN, as part of ARK (Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive, was successful in securing funding from the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council). This funding began on 1 October 2006 and will end on 30 September 2011.


 

In June 2006 the University of Ulster was notified that a bid to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for research funding to support work on the CAIN site had been successful. The period of the funding is 1 October 2006 to 30 September 2008. The two-year project is on: 'Remembering': Victims, Survivors and Commemoration in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland.


 

In 2002 the CAIN project received funding from
the University of Ulster, and
The Atlantic Philanthropies


 

During 1998 the CAIN project received funding from:
the Department of Education for Northern Ireland (DENI), and
the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU).

 

The CAIN project was initially funded, during 1996 and 1997, by:
the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib) of the Higher Education Funding Councils.

 

Partners

The development of the CAIN service was initially undertaken (1996 to 1997) by three partner institutions:

the University of Ulster,
the Queen's University of Belfast, and
the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

CAIN has also received considerable support from:
INCORE (International Conflict Research), and
ARK (Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive).