Dr Patrick Anthony awarded the Maurice J. Bric Medal of Excellence and Dr Carlos Matellan receives the Thomas Mitchell Medal of Excellence
Professor Alistair Nichol and Associate Professor Brian O'Donoghue announced as recipients of the Health Research Board Applied Programme Awards.
Five UCD research researchers have received awards to work with civic partners and increase the evidence base for policies and practices that will have a tangible impact.
The Met Éireann Weather and Climate Research Professorship will incorporate a €1 million annual investment for an initial period of five years.
UCD ranks 1st in Ireland and 21st university in Europe for Horizon Europe funding
Three UCD researchers have been selected amongst sixteen IRC Advanced Laureates for 2023. Each awardee will receive up to €1 million in funding over a period of up to four years.
EIRSAT-1, a student-built satellite from UCD, has been successfully launched into space, officially becoming Ireland's first-ever satellite.
A poem created by students from around Ireland in collaboration with UCD and MoLI has been etched on the side of Ireland's first satellite.
This new co-centre will bring together world-leading researchers from institutions across Ireland and the UK for the first time, with research expertise in specific areas that are core to food system transformation.
The project will support the development of an economically sustainable and expanding space industry in three initial clusters.
Professor Niamh Nowlan and Dr Aidan Regan among 308 researchers across Europe to receive the prestigious ERC Consolidator grants for 2023
Prof Emma Teeling highly commended and 5 Research Allies from UCD announced.
Funding will support projects addressing national priorities ranging from health promotion and disease prevention strategies to improving the delivery of health services for those who need them.
RTÉ will broadcast a special documentary shining a light on the lived experience of cancer patients, their contribution to research and the ongoing work of research centres that will shape how cancer will be treated in the future.
EIRSAT-1 has left Irish shores for the last time as preparations begin ahead of a planned November launch in North America.
New international research led by UCD scientists at CEPHR and the AIID Cohort has been published in Nature Communications.
Seven UCD researchers across AHSS and STEM receive funding through the SFI-IRC Pathway programme.
The Brenner lectureship presented at the world's premier nephrology meeting, recognises a distinguished scholar who has made a significant impact on kidney disease research.
Scientists have detected tellerium in the explosive aftermath of two neutron stars merging. The detection may help reshape our understanding of the cosmos.
Two UCD researchers have won coveted ERC Synergy grants. Their groundbreaking projects will explore how bats defy the ageing process, and new ways to mitigate the risk of volcanic disasters.
New all-island research from UCD and Queen’s University Belfast highlights the health and economic impact of the Good Friday Agreement on cancer across the island of Ireland in the last 25 years.
International symposium led by Systems Biology Ireland (SBI) and Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at UC San Francisco highlights groundbreaking research.
AI PREMie provides timely and accurate prognosis of preeclampsia which claims the lives of 50,000 mothers and 500,000 babies each year.
The risk of a new pandemic remains high due to climate change, lifestyle changes and global travel. A new UCD study aims to improve surveillance for new infectious threats and create a national optimised pathway for imported fever.
Minister Simon Harris TD has announced €5 million in funding to provide candidates with the opportunity to collaborate with an enterprise or employer on a research project of mutual interest.
Three UCD research initiatives have received funded through the HEA’s Open Research Fund. The projects will help to build capacity in open research practices and enhance the national and international visibility of our research.
Starting 1 October 2023, Professor Gibney will follow on from Professor Dolores O’Riordan's tenure as Director of the Institute from 2013 to 2023.
In partnership with Mzuzu University in Malawi, the team is working to reduce deaths from childhood pneumonia.
The Ulysses Scheme is funded by the Irish Research Council in collaboration with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of France in Ireland and Campus France.
Minister Simon Harris opens All-island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI) Showcase event in Dublin today, bringing the cancer research community together to discuss strategy for the future.
A joint initiative between the three UCD Colleges of Science, Engineering & Architecture, and Health & Agricultural Sciences, the STEM Challenge Fund supports highly collaborative and high-impact STEM research.
The first ‘Ireland Day’ brought international experts together at the Science Summit @ 78th United Nations General Assembly to discuss the important role of research and collaboration in attaining UN SDGs.
A total of 25 more teams join those competing for prize awards of €1 million or €2 million in continued SFI National Challenge funding.
Experts will gather in New York on 13 September to discuss the important role of research and collaboration in attaining the UN SDGs, and to examine how Ireland is contributing to these global objectives.
Dr Fiona Freeman, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Dr Jennifer Keating, UCD School of History, have been announced as recipients of the coveted awards.
UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Professor awarded prestigious grant for NIMBLE project that could revolutionise water treatment and carbon capture.
Starting in the position from 1 September 2023, Professor O'Neill, UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, takes over from Professor Tasman Crowe.
Innovative study from UCD and Indiana University explores crowdsourcing's potential to tackle misinformation and polarisation on social media.
An international team of researchers has revived microscopic worms frozen for 46,000 years, to reveal a previously unknown species of nematode. Dr Graham M. Hughes, Director of the UCD Centre for Bioinformatics, was a co-author on the study.
Prof Dimitrios Zevgolis receives coveted grant to explore the disruptive power of macromolecular crowding in the applied fields of regenerative medicine and medical devices
UCD scientists have discovered that deer at the Phoenix Park are the first in Europe to be infected with the COVID-19 virus, most likely a result of regular human contact. The research has been highlighted by 'Science'.
Novel weight loss drug Survodutide shows significant weight loss of nearly 19% at 46 weeks, while Lilly drug achieved up to 15.7% loss for people with obesity/Type 2 diabetes, in trials led by Prof Carel Le Roux.
A community project led by UCD Centre for Irish Towns has been awarded a New European Bauhaus Prize in the 'connecting with nature' category. Announced at an Awards Ceremony in Brussels, this is the first ever Irish entry to win the prize.
New digital platform to enhance transparency, reduce corruption, increase traceability and improve road safety and working conditions - SETO project aims to replace fragmented enforcement platforms with ‘single gateway’ for transport authorities and operators.
Findings from global TAME study, led in Ireland by Prof Alistair Nichol, shows promising emerging treatment (hypercapnia) for comatose adult cardiac arrest patients validate current treatment - published in NEJM.
Researchers from UCD, Dublin City University, Maynooth University, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will take to the streets on 17 June to share their exciting research with the public.
New research from UCD School of Public Health compiles the last decade of evidence on homelessness and health in Ireland, confirming increased risk of illicit drug use, reduced access to a general practitioner, frequent emergency department (ED) presentation, and presentation for self-harm.
Funded by the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, 47 teams including 27 UCD researchers received grants to solve problems related to Ireland’s Green Transition and Digital Transformation.
European team use proprietary ‘SeaFi’ technology to send furthest wireless broadband transmission from ship-to-shore ever achieved without satellite.
XenoSim project will establish the new field of ‘computational cardiac xenotransplantation’ and establish pioneering computational techniques with significant implications for a range of scientific disciplines.
UCD awarded 14 Science Foundation Ireland grants for high-risk, high-reward projects and research deemed ‘highly innovative and collaborative’
Nature Nanotechnology paper presents first demonstration of new field of research, and the potential of ‘digital twin’ methodology enabling the design of safer and more sustainable materials.
Ballina climate change project Ripple empowered community to transform neglected green space into ‘Paradise Garden’ for water and biodiversity conservation.
Aidan Regan says President Michael D Higgins's criticism of the ‘growth narrative’ taught by economists is valid and asks if a post-growth economy is politically doable?
UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems in 15-partner EU4Health-funded consortium project DDS-MAP, coordinated by South East Technological University
Establishing of Cancer Mission Hubs: Networks and Synergies (ECHoS) to be rolled out in Ireland by HSE National Cancer Control Programme and All-Island Cancer Research Institute (led by UCD).
Senior Manager of Research Programmes at UCD Research, Dipti Pandya, will begin her term as Chair of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) in September 2023.
The International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence, under the auspices of UNESCO, has chosen AI_PREMie as one of the world’s top 100 projects using AI to solve problems related to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The UCD Governing Authority has announced the appointment of Professor Helen Roche to the position of Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact on an interim basis.
Partnership with the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) supported through the PPI Ignite Network at UCD.
Projects to develop autonomous 6G mobile networks using digital twin architecture and CRISPR-based gene therapy product for epidermolysis bullosa awarded.
Queen’s University Belfast welcomes visitors from Higher Education across the island of Ireland, commemorating the historic peace agreement and subsequent 25 years of cooperation, collaboration and growth.
Major ERC project at UCD Centre for BioNano Interactions will radically change understanding of nanoscale therapies and could significantly advance therapeutic efficacy against a wide range of disease targets.
The Bike Library project is funded by the National Transport Authority’s 'Active Travel Programme' and will be led by founder Prof Pilla, UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy.
Three UCD-led projects have received awards under the USA, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland research and development partnership programme that came about as a result of the Good Friday Agreement.
Supported by EIT-FOOD, the UCD-led project across 19 EU and associated countries will tackle food fraud through digital and intelligence-based technologies across the supply chain.
Major international conference on soil biodiversity, co-hosted by UCD and Teagasc in association with the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, brought together leading scientific experts and delegates from 120 countries.
Dr Fitzsimons will investigate rare disease known as CADASIL with top experts at the Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, Harvard University and UCD .
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Challenge will see six teams competing for an overall prize of €1 million as they tackle climate action issues on life below water and life on land.
Marie Curie Fellowship hosted by UCD Geary Institute will investigate South Asian migrants' lived experience of housing in Dublin.
Global study published in The Lancet Psychiatry looked at over 11 million paediatric emergency department visits across 18 countries
Awardees will use the funding to build connections with less-represented voices, or with those who would not typically engage with STEM.
Dr Anita Radini is one of nine emerging leaders from across the globe - and the first in Ireland, to win the world’s largest history prize.
Dr Alexander Kondakov’s research highlights the devastating impacts of anti-queer rhetoric.
University and Welsh government delegates celebrate long-standing collaborative links and the preservation of our Celtic languages, including trip visit to the National Folklore Collection.
Prof Feely is currently Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact. She succeeds Prof Mark Rogers, who has been Acting President since March 2022, and will take up office on 1 May 2023.
€3 million investment jointly awarded to UCD and Munster Technological University for further development of climate neutral farming at Shinagh Estates demonstration farm.
The Irish Research Council has announced 67 New Foundations projects that will reach communities across the country and beyond, focusing on diverse societal challenges and government policy issues.
UCD researchers Dr Antonio Martin-Carrillo and Prof Lorraine Hanlon built and operated the Watcher robotic telescope at Boyden Observatory in South Africa, now home to BOOTES-6.
Ten UCD teams receive funding to accelerate climate resilience solutions and create transformational disruptive digital technologies.
All-Ireland Rare Disease Interdisciplinary Research Network (RAiN) launches to 'level up' healthcare access and care, funded under the Shared Island programme and led by UCD and Queen’s.
Phase II trial, sponsored by UCD and coordinated by Prof Paddy Mallon, UCD Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research and St Vincent's Hospital, explores optimum timing of booster doses.
Unique collaboration between academic researchers, policymakers and dance and theatre practitioners across the island of Ireland aims to strengthen connections.
Two UCD researchers have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants, of €2 million each, to pursue groundbreaking research.
Joint Stanford–UCD paper published in Nature Physics reveals highly-specialized analogue computers are a major step on the road to world’s quantum computing goals.
Research from UCD and Imperial College found ion channel called TRPV4 may be valuable target in future treatments for abnormalities of paediatric skeletal development.
Unique Aran Islands based project studying breaking ocean waves wins grant to develop novel maritime wireless technology.
UCD and top US institution build on strong links in research and student exchange to drive mutual gains in health technology, including deployment of AI-enabled clinical support tool.
The annual competition encourages researchers of all disciplines to write a case study that tells the story of how their work has made a positive difference.
Co-created project funded by the Irish Research Council to support food security and climate resilience in rapidly growing cities.
