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Ireland’s new competitive research and innovation funding agency, established following an amalgamation of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council.

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Research Ireland’s News Stories

Dr Aamir Hameed, Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine (awardee); Dr Ciara Murphy, Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine (awardee); Minister Lawless; and Dr Jennifer Dowling, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences (awardee).

News

Minister Lawless announces €34.5 million investment in cutting-edge research

November 2025

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Events

Celebrating 30 Years of Science Week: Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon Lands in Dublin

6 November 2025

Events

Macnas to make Cork premiere at Marina Market for Science Week 2025

6 November 2025

Diarmuid O'Brien, CEO of Research Ireland, Yvonne Tran, Intern at Research Ireland, Dr Ruth Freeman, Director of Research for Society, and Minister James Lawless.

News

The theme of Science Week 2025, ‘Then. Today. Tomorrow.’, celebrates the past, present and future of science

17 September 2025

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News

New clinical trial to advance seizure monitoring and improve epilepsy diagnosis

16 October 2025

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Science Week 2025

Science Week 2025 takes place from 9th to 16th November. Science Week celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025, with the theme Then. Today. Tomorrow.

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Gender Dashboard

As part of Research Ireland’s commitment to improving the representation of Historically Underserved Communities in its portfolio of grants, this Gender Dashboard provides an analysis of gender disaggregated data across a cohort of funding programmes since 2011.

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