Una Europa Events and Opportunities

Explore upcoming events and opportunities to get involved in Una Europa below. For more event listings, along with news from the wider community, visit (opens in a new window)una-europa.eu.

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Date (2026)	Who is it for?	Details
Expressions of interest by 20 January; takes place 3 March	UCD researchers with an interest in Horizon Europe funding for Sustainability projects	Una Europa is organising a virtual matchmaking event for the focus area (opens in a new window)Sustainability, scheduled for 3 March 2026. The event aims to bring together researchers from across the alliance to form highly competitive consortia for the upcoming Horizon Europe Pillar II calls, particularly Cluster 6, 5, and 4. UCD researchers are invited to (opens in a new window)submit expressions of interest by 20 January. Questions? Contact the UCD EU Research Office, (opens in a new window)euresearchoffice@ucd.ie
22 January 2026, 2pm Irish time	Researchers interested in novel developments in Future Materials and Technologies	Join us for the eleventh webinar in our series, where we explore materials research and technologies at University College Dublin by Dr Nadia Elghobashi-Meinhardt and Assistant Professor Liana Zoumpouli. Dr Elghobashi-Meinhardt will highlight research in the field of computational biophysics, which aims to understand the relationship between structure and function in complex chemical and biological systems using state-of-the-art computational chemistry, modelling, and simulation techniques. Dr Zoumpouli will guide us to research 3D printing porous ceramics in complex shapes for efficient water treatment. (opens in a new window)Find out more and register online
Apply by 6 February	UCD academics with an interest in Cultural Heritage and related disciplines	Calling UCD academics with an interest in (opens in a new window)Cultural Heritage. There are up to 3 vacancies on the Una Europa Self-Steering Committee (SSC) for Cultural Heritage. SSCs invite, assess, and select project proposals to build annual work plans for delivery. At alliance level, SSCs meet virtually once per month and in-person twice a year at Una Europa General Assemblies. (opens in a new window)Find out more details and how to apply

Date (2026)

Who is it for?

Details

Expressions of interest by 20 January; takes place 3 March

UCD researchers with an interest in Horizon Europe funding for Sustainability projects

Una Europa is organising a virtual matchmaking event for the focus area (opens in a new window)Sustainability, scheduled for 3 March 2026. The event aims to bring together researchers from across the alliance to form highly competitive consortia for the upcoming Horizon Europe Pillar II calls, particularly Cluster 6, 5, and 4.

UCD researchers are invited to (opens in a new window)submit expressions of interest by 20 January.

Questions? Contact the UCD EU Research Office, (opens in a new window)euresearchoffice@ucd.ie

22 January 2026, 2pm Irish time

Researchers interested in novel developments in Future Materials and Technologies

Join us for the eleventh webinar in our series, where we explore materials research and technologies at University College Dublin by Dr Nadia Elghobashi-Meinhardt and Assistant Professor Liana Zoumpouli.

Dr Elghobashi-Meinhardt will highlight research in the field of computational biophysics, which aims to understand the relationship between structure and function in complex chemical and biological systems using state-of-the-art computational chemistry, modelling, and simulation techniques.

Dr Zoumpouli will guide us to research 3D printing porous ceramics in complex shapes for efficient water treatment.

(opens in a new window)Find out more and register online

Apply by 6 February

UCD academics with an interest in Cultural Heritage and related disciplines

Calling UCD academics with an interest in (opens in a new window)Cultural Heritage. There are up to 3 vacancies on the Una Europa Self-Steering Committee (SSC) for Cultural Heritage. SSCs invite, assess, and select project proposals to build annual work plans for delivery. At alliance level, SSCs meet virtually once per month and in-person twice a year at Una Europa General Assemblies.

(opens in a new window)Find out more details and how to apply