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For Science Week 2026, Research Ireland invites you to experience WATERLICHT, a dream landscape that explores the power and poetry of water. ...

Could medicine become more personalised to you? Explore the future of personalised medicine at ‘Creating ME-dicine: A Celebration of Personalised Medicine’,...

For Science Week 2026, Research Ireland has commissioned artist Daniel Doyle of Fleeting Sculpture to create a series of ice sculptures exploring the connections between water and life. ...

The MSCA Presidency Conference 2026 brings together 250 researchers, policy makers, funders, research managers, institutional leaders, industry representatives and other stakeholders from across Europ...

Research Ireland invites Expressions of Interest from Eligible Research Bodies to host and operate Ireland’s National Node for the European Social Survey (ESS) and deliver Ireland’s participation in E...

Research Ireland invites Expressions of Interest from Eligible Research Bodies to host and operate Ireland’s National Node for the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC). ...

Research Ireland congratulates Prof. J.C. Séamus Davis of UCC’s School of Physics on receiving the 2026 Institute of Physics’ Michael Faraday Medal and Prize – one of the most prestigious honours in s...

Irish-based researchers and practitioners have been successful in the recently announced Horizon Europe Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society funding call results from the European Comm...

New national funding programme will support research teams to develop innovative solutions to key cybersecurity challenges facing Ireland ...

The Research Ireland Forum 2026 will take place in-person on Monday, 30 November 2026 in Dublin. The Forum will bring together our community of researchers with sector leadership and policymakers from...

Researchers at Tyndall National Institute have contributed to a major international breakthrough, demonstrating a new class of programmable microchips that could help enable the next generation of 6G ...

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has launched the first annual report from Research Ireland, highlighting the agency's role in supporting ...

Last month, I had the incredible privilege of attending the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, an opportunity made possible by the generous nomination and funding from Research Ireland. It was truly ...

My name is Ronan Lordan, and I am a circadian biologist. I’m a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and NeuroAdapt Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the FutureNeuro Research Centre for Translational Brain Sc...

Art history expert uncovers new identities, putting names to Renaissance faces ...

Research Ireland has today announced six new awards under the UK-Ireland Collaboration in the Creative Economy Research Networking Awards programme....

Three Ireland-based organisations have been selected for funding for large-scale researcher training programmes under the 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND call....

My name is Cara-Lena Nies and I’m a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork. My area of expertise is computational materials chemistry, specifi...

Five Ireland-based researchers have today been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, with a value totalling almost €9million....

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has today announced details of Science Week 2026, the theme of which is Water: From Molecule to Ocean’....

All-island study explores the role of crime and security journalism in Irish democracy in partnership with the Irish Council for Civil Liberties...

Ireland’s largest free festival of makers, crafters, coders and inventors returns to Leopardstown Racecourse for two days this August...

Rinn Pharma & Biopharma, Ireland’s national centre for Research & Innovation in Making Medicines, is pleased to announce its inclusion in the NordicPharmaTrain (NPT) network, marking a significant ste...

Over 99% of Irish farms operate as family enterprises, where the boundaries between work and home life are often blurred. A new report from the FarmFaMHealth project has revealed the unseen and overlo...

An international team of volcanologists, working on Carlingford Mountain has found that magma “plumbing systems” beneath Earth’s surface can fluctuate between solid- and liquid-dominated states, provi...

Researchers have recovered and analysed the first ancient smallpox virus genomes ever identified in the Americas, providing the strongest direct evidence to date that the disease was introduced throug...

Irish Collaboration aims to progress novel intradermal therapy towards clinical trials...

Irish Collaboration aims to progress novel intradermal therapy towards clinical trials...

he ReSToRE international Summer School, organised by the iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences, the International Union of Geological Sciences, and Centro de Estudios del Cobre y la Mi...

Come Fly With Me: Aviation, tourism and Irish design examines Irish cultural history through the exploration of aviation- and tourism-related graphic design....

Academic-industry partnership to trial a lower-risk heart disease treatment using advanced imaging ...

In May this year, almost 200 people interested in Public Engagement met for a one-day Consensus Conference hosted by Research Ireland at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. ...

Five Ireland-based researchers have today been awarded European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants, among Europe’s most prestigious and competitive awards for established research leaders....

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has today announced that 337 primary schools across Ireland have received a Research Ireland Curious Mind...

Seven major new Research Ireland centres – comprising an overall investment of €460million – has been announced today by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Ja...

Research Ireland acknowledges the open letter and the engagement it reflects. A research community willing to challenge, question and advocate for its disciplines is a healthy one, and we take the con...

Research Ireland has today launched the Research in Ireland Barometer 2026, a new national project designed to build a richer, more inclusive understanding of how people across Ireland encounter, eng...

Leading Irish neuroimmunologist Prof. Denise Fitzgerald has been awarded €6.26 million Research Professorship funding from Research Ireland to investigate ways that ageing affects how the immune syste...

Four-year programme will investigate how a person’s blood group can influence bleeding, clotting and transfusion outcomes....

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has announced funding of €20 million for 22 high-risk, high-reward research projects through the Research...

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless TD today announced the opening of the Phase One call for applications under the landmark INSPIRE Research Infr...

Research Ireland welcomes you to join a webinar presentation of our 2026 Programme Plan. The webinar will be held twice, as per the details provided below: ...

Professor Konstantinos Salonitis is the new Director of I-Form, the Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Manufacturing hosted by University College Dublin....

Cork’s much-loved outdoor science celebration returns this summer, as Cork Carnival of Science takes over Fitzgerald Park on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June 2026...

Queen’s University Belfast today celebrated the launch of the STEM Passport for Inclusion in Northern Ireland....

A joint funding investment of over €8.3m million has been allocated to six projects through the latest round of the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme....

The MSCA national support service in Research Ireland is hosting a webinar on the 2026 MSCA Doctoral Networks call. ...

Research Ireland is pleased to announce that 15 additional projects, with a total investment of €9.76 million, have been funded under the Research Ireland Pathway Programme. ...

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, today announced over €6.9 million in prize phase funding for four research teams across the final two cha...

Research Ireland has published its 2026 Programme Plan, developed and influenced on the back of engagement with the research and innovation community across Ireland over recent months. ...

Although the demand for employees with strong STEM skills continues to rise, recent research shows that many Irish students are not fully prepared to pursue STEM-related careers. Aligned with the obje...

Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton, T.D. has today officially launched a research report showcasing the success of CodePlus, a computing education outreach programme for girls....

From maternal health and workplace equity, to ethical AI in healthcare and Ireland’s institutional past, eight new research projects supported under the Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges...

Research Ireland has today announced €3 million in funding to support 38 enterprise-linked postgraduate research projects, through its Enterprise Partnership Scheme. ...

The Age-Friendly AI training programme, Ireland’s National Artificial Intelligence Literacy Initiative for Older Adults, was officially launched at Johnston Central Library in the Farnham Centre in Ca...

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has today announced an investment of €17 million to support nine key infrastructure projects through the ...

The MSCA national support service in Research Ireland is hosting an information webinar on the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call on the 22nd April....

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, First Minister Michelle O’Neill, and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly MLA have pledged support to a $20 million investment in a new U.S.-Ireland Research Transla...

Research Ireland has today announced €4.4 million to support 46 fellowships across all disciplines under its Enterprise Fellowship programme...

Discover how past Government of Ireland programme awardees are driving real‑world impact and helping to shape Ireland’s future....

€36.3 million in funding announced for 341 research projects through the Research Ireland Government of Ireland postgraduate and postdoctoral programmes. ...

The U.S.-Ireland Research Translation and Commercialization Initiative will help teams accelerate the translation of their science and engineering research into real-world solutions ...

Long-term funding to support pioneering work in brain repair, advanced electronics, and cancer treatment ...

The work, led by teams at Trinity and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes....

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has today presented the prestigious Research Ireland St Patrick’s Day Medal for 2026 to Prof. Lynne S. Taylor, Retter Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy at Purdue University,...

Memorandum of Understanding strengthens UK-Ireland research and innovation collaboration ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has presented 25 students from underrepresented backgrounds with scholarships to study a range of STEM courses....

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, and Minister for Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton TD, have today announced almost €6 million in f...

Research to develop future approaches and strategies for the use of AI-generated software code in academia and industry is to be conducted by Lero, Ireland’s top software research centre, at Universit...

Research to develop future approaches and strategies for the use of AI-generated software code in academia and industry is to be conducted by Lero, Ireland’s top software research centre, at Universit...

Research Ireland launched its inaugural strategy Curiosity, Capability, Competitiveness – Charting Ireland’s Research and Innovation Future 2026–2030’, aimed at building a research and innovation syst...

To celebrate Engineer’s Week Curious Minds, SEAI and ESERO Ireland are hosting a webinar series “Engineering Inspiration“....

The new ARC Hub for HealthTech, a multimillion-euro Government investment to drive regional development by accelerating the commercialisation of cutting-edge, patient-focused research, has been offici...

Announcement of €2.6 million in phased funding for five research teams focused on renewable gas production, energy system integration and intelligent gas network technologies....

Research Ireland has today announced 63 New Foundations awards, with a total investment of €754,352, to support community-engaged research across Ireland. ...