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Prof Shane Ward, Dr Amanda Drury among top experts to advise on EU Missions 29Sep
Prof Shane Ward, Dr Amanda Drury among top experts to advise on EU Missions

The European Commission has announced the experts selected to be the new chairs and members of the Mission Boards of the five EU Missions – their mandate will run from 2022 to 2025. The EU Missions are flagship initiatives designed to address a number of existential challenges facing society.
Each Mission Board consists of 15 experts, including a chair. They will promote the EU Missions by raising citizens’ awareness, advising on the actions of the Missions’ implementation plans and building on the work of the Mission Boards from the first phase that ran from 2019 to 2021.
UCD AgTech Spin-out Proveye awarded funding from the European Space Agency 14Sep
UCD AgTech Spin-out Proveye awarded funding from the European Space Agency

A UCD AgTech spin-out pioneering the use of digital image data for agriculture and environment protection has been awarded €225,000 from the European Space Agency (ESA).

Securing the funding through the ARTES 4.0 Downstream Applications Demonstration Fund, Proveye will use it to support the commercialisation of its grassland management platform, which it hopes to bring to market in 2023.
Irish Government invests in 47 projects to engage and inspire the public about STEM 01Jun
Irish Government invests in 47 projects to engage and inspire the public about STEM

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, and Minister for Education Norma Foley TD have today announced an investment in 47 projects aimed at improving public understanding of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Irish-led international education project to grow understanding of the bioeconomy in society 26May
Irish-led international education project to grow understanding of the bioeconomy in society

€2million ‘BioBeo’ project funded under Horizon Europe, Ireland in ‘unique position’ to lead sustainability-focused next-generation project.
University College Dublin Engineering Spin-out Shortlisted for Ireland Leg of the 2022 KPMG Global Tech Innovator Competition 25May
University College Dublin Engineering Spin-out Shortlisted for Ireland Leg of the 2022 KPMG Global Tech Innovator Competition

Dublin, Ireland, 25 May 2022, KPMG Ireland has announced the eight start-ups shortlisted for the Ireland final of the 2022 KPMG Global Tech Innovator competition. The competition, now in its second year in Ireland, provides a platform to showcase the best of Ireland’s emerging tech innovators across a range of sectors.
€16m energy system research partnership to decarbonise energy sector 09May
€16m energy system research partnership to decarbonise energy sector

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, has announced a €16 million strategic research partnership to deliver energy system integration to decarbonise the energy sector.
NexSys (Next Generation Energy System) will help Ireland prepare to meet its carbon emission reduction target. Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has awarded €8 million funding to NexSys, matched by philanthropic donation by David O’Reilly, Chair of UCD’s Energy Advisory Board and NexSys industry partners.

Home retrofits may need to be re-done in ten years, Oireachtas committee hears 05May
Home retrofits may need to be re-done in ten years, Oireachtas committee hears

Ireland's homeowners could be retrofitting their retrofits in ten years' time unless measures are taken to up-skill the construction sector, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
Some "A-rated homes are performing at C-levels" according to Dr Oliver Kinnane, from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, who raised serious concerns about the quality of work and materials being used to retrofit homes in Ireland to help reduce the nation's emissions.
UCD spin-out PlasmaBound completes €2.35m funding round 03May
UCD spin-out PlasmaBound completes €2.35m funding round

University College Dublin spin-out PlasmaBound has raised €2.35 million in its latest funding round.
This investment was led by Act Venture Capital, and supported by the Atlantic Bridge University Fund, Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investors.

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