Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD and Minister for Finance and Public Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD recently visited Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) for the topping-out ceremony of
University Investment
Maynooth University has welcomed a capital grant of €25 million from Government for a major new building project to support the University’s rapidly growing student population. The €25 million contribution
IT Sligo has been successful in its application of funding for the development and upgrade of the K&L Block on the north campus. The €13.7 million capital investment will be
The European Commission has adopted the revised Erasmus+ Annual Work Programme for 2019, allocating an additional €251 million to the already planned €3 billion budget for the year, which will be invested
Teaching, research and student accommodation at Trinity College Dublin will be transformed over the next two years with the backing of a €100 million long-term European Investment Bank (EIB) loan
NovaUCD, the University’s Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs, is set to expand its capacity to house early-stage start-ups by over 50% with a €6.5 million development project. The project to
A far-reaching plan for the creation of the Grand Canal Innovation District in Dublin has been launched. The proposal from Trinity College Dublin is modelled on innovation districts in cities
University of Limerick electrochemist, Dr Micheál Scanlon has been announced as the recipient of a highly prestigious €1.5m European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant. Dr Scanlon is the only ERC
A startup incubator in Dublin run by Boston-based Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC) is set to be included in a €1bn technology and enterprise campus being planned by Trinity College. The
Galway research projects on Parkinson’s disease and antimicrobial resistant infections are among those set to receive commercialisation funding. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor has announced funding
Eight research projects at NUI Galway have been awarded funding to commercialise their ideas, from renewable energy to treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Under European projects such as Horizon 2020, researchers
Researchers at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick are playing key roles in a major new project investigating tax and evasion in the European Union. The Horizon 2020 COFFERS
Trinity’s newest research centre will find out in early May whether they will receive funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) after a round of interviews and applications that will determine
CÚRAM Investigator Dr. Martin O’Halloran has been awarded a second European Research Council (ERC) grant of €150,000 to support the development of a new medical device for the treatment of
Origin Enterprises plc and University College Dublin established a €17.6 million, five-year agriculture and crop science research programme, UCD announced on Monday. The collaboration combines the leading expertise of UCD
The UCC School of Pharmacy-led PEARRL (Pharmaceutical Education and Research with Regulatory Links) Network officially launched this week. The network, funded by Horizon 2020 and Marie Sklodowska-Curie innovation programme, aims
Technology Enabled Mental Health for Young People (TEAM), a new €4 million research and training network focused on developing new technologies to support the provision of mental health services for
Biotech start-up EpiCor Therapeutics won the UCD Start-Up of the Year Award 2016 on Thursday, November 17. It received a €20,000 prize as part of the overall winner award of
The materials science institute AMBER, headquartered at Trinity College in Dublin, will continue its cooperation with Nokia Bell Labs and the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for another 4 years. Both
RCSI’s Innovation team as awarded with the Knowdledge Transfer Initiative of the Year Impact Award at the national Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Awards 2016. The award was presented to the team
Work begins in an extension to one of University College Cork’s oldest buildings on a €15m one-stop shop for most student services . The six-storey student hub will put facilities
NUI Galway has begun an international three-year recruitment campaign to recruit 15 of the brightest emerging research stars, to support the delivery of an ambitious strategy to become a top-200
As part of the CONNECT national research centre for telecommunications, Maynooth University is to be the site of a new national radio test facility with aims of developing devices for
The Government has announced this morning a €50m expansion of the ADAPT Research Centre for Digital Content Technology at Trinity
One of the country’s biggest universities is planning to extend its technology facilities, adding around 30,000 square metres of teaching
Professor Eoin Casey and Dr Eoin Syron, both researchers in the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, were presented
DCU Alpha, an innovation cluster set up in 2013 and based in Glasnevin, has announced that it plans to support
It was announced last Friday that EMC, the US IT multinational and University College Cork (UCC) has officially launched the
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today opened the new €20.6 million Eolas building at Maynooth University.
Completely by coincidence, a joint Irish research team from University College Dublin (UCD) and The Open University (OU), has found
Healthcare services in Ireland could be transformed as a result of research conducted at the new Connected Health Technology Centrelaunched
The Irish Research Council has opened the 2015 call for the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme. The Terms and
Dublin, 14th November 2014 – Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation Damien English TD today announced the delivery of over €480,000 in
Today Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD today announced a new industry academic collaboration at the Synthesis
€5 Million funding through SFI research professorship programme will increase Ireland’s capability as a global centre for the “Internet of
Companies are turning to Irish research organisations to tap their knowledge for commercial endeavours at a rate 15pc higher in
The Irish Research Council (IRC) will offer €16.8m over four years to post-graduate students as part of this year’s post-graduate
AIB has invested in a seven-year Partnership and Innovation Initiative with UCD that will see the bank and the university
Waterford Institute of Technology’s TSSG and University College Cork’s Tyndall Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding to target €82m
Ireland’s Government is to invest €5m over the next five years in a new Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC) that
Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) will become a technological university, according to a new strategic plan published today. According to
Dublin’s University College Dublin (UCD) has been ranked fifth in a list of European universities that have produced venture capital
IT Sligo’s new €17m science building named after an Irish scientist who conducted research in a hayloft over his stables
As almost 57,000 students receive their Leaving Certificate results in Ireland today, Project Maths has proven its success and interest
Waterford Institute of Technology is to lead a €2.8m digital research project to boost regional economic development in Ireland’s south-east
The University of Ulster has launched a new stg£240,000 seed fund designed to stimulate growth and enhance competitiveness within the
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is recruiting 17 PhD scholars across a range of disciplines as part of its prioritisation
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has delivered what it says it the largest govt/industry collaboration yet – seven research centres in
Forty scientific projects ranging from microbiology to clean energies are to benefit from €23m in research funding, the result of
The Royal Society in the UK and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) have signed an agreement whereby Ireland’s leading young scientists
The President of the European Research Council has said Irish scientists are not winning as much research funding from it
More than 60 high-end science and technology research jobs, as well as 55 construction jobs, will be created at the
UCD and Trinity College based researchers receive €3.2million funding from Science Foundation Ireland. 27th March 2014: President of Ireland, Michael D.
Electronic engineer Dr Susan Rea is part of a team that is bringing researchers and control systems together at the
TechShop is coming to Ireland. The high-tech ‘maker space’ and Dublin City University (DCU) are today announcing an alliance that
Entrepreneurship, cybercrime and cyberwar will be amongst the topics under discussion at a series of events at Cork Institute of
Now in its fifth year, the BT Young Scientist Business Bootcamp will host 29 second-level students from across Ireland who
About two weeks ago, 180 mostly fourth-level PhD graduates crowded into a hall at University College Dublin (UCD) to take
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