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ERC Starting Grants Awarded to UCD Researchers in Humanities and Engineering 05Sep
ERC Starting Grants Awarded to UCD Researchers in Humanities and Engineering

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the 2023 Starting Grants, providing €628 million, under the Horizon Europe programme, to 400 researchers across Europe. Two University College Dublin (UCD) academics have been selected to receive these prestigious awards.
ERC President Professor Maria Leptin said: “It is part of our mission to give early-career talent the independence to pursue ambitious curiosity-driven research that can shape our future. In this latest round of Starting Grants, we saw one of the highest shares of female grantees to date, which I hope will continue to rise. Congratulations to all winners and good luck on your path to discovery.”
ERC Proof of Concept Grant for UCD Researcher exploring macromolecular crowding in cell culture systems 27Jul
ERC Proof of Concept Grant for UCD Researcher exploring macromolecular crowding in cell culture systems

University College Dublin (UCD) researcher, Professor Dimitrios Zeugolis, is among 66 recipients of European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grants announced today. These coveted awards - worth €150,000 each - help grantees to explore the commercial or societal potential of their research findings. The funding is part of the EU's research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe.
UCD researcher receives ERC funding to unlock insights into pig-to-human heart transplants 01Jun
UCD researcher receives ERC funding to unlock insights into pig-to-human heart transplants

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.
Thursday 1st June: Dr Philip Cardiff, Associate Professor at UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has received a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant of €2 million for his 5-year project XenoSim. With the support of this award, Dr Cardiff will develop advanced computational techniques that can provide unprecedented insights into the cutting-edge realm of pig-to-human heart transplants.

UCD tops funding list in latest round of SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme 31May
UCD tops funding list in latest round of SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme

University College Dublin has topped the grant list of the latest round of SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme as fourteen of its research projects received funding.
In total, some €10 million has been awarded to projects partnered with UCD and projects were the University is the sole awardee.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, announced the latest round of funding through the SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme, which saw 62 grants valued at €42 million awarded.
This funding will support 197 research positions, including 68 postdoctoral positions, 87 PhD students and 37 Research Assistants and other positions.
Royal Irish Academy invites UCD professors to sign members\' book, Ireland\'s highest academic honour 29May
Royal Irish Academy invites UCD professors to sign members' book, Ireland's highest academic honour

Three professors from University College Dublin have been invited to sign the members book of the Royal Irish Academy, the highest academic honour in Ireland.
The trio were among 28 new RIA members elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the sciences, humanities and social sciences, as well as to public service.
Biomedical Engineering Innovator Receives 2023 NovaUCD Innovation Champion of the Year Award 31Mar
Biomedical Engineering Innovator Receives 2023 NovaUCD Innovation Champion of the Year Award

Dubin, Ireland, 31 March 2023, Dr Eoin O'Cearbhaill, an Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, has been named recipient of the 2023 NovaUCD Innovation Champion of the Year Award.

seamlessCARE Receives 2023 NovaUCD Spin-Out of the Year Award 31Mar
seamlessCARE Receives 2023 NovaUCD Spin-Out of the Year Award

Dublin, Ireland, 31 March 2023, seamlessCARE, a UCD digital health spin-out, has been named recipient of the 2023 NovaUCD Spin-out of the Year Award.

UCD\'s Livija Vasilenkaite - First Prize Winner in this year\'s #ThisIsEngineering2023 competition 13Mar
UCD's Livija Vasilenkaite - First Prize Winner in this year's #ThisIsEngineering2023 competition

Short films from finalists of the #ThisIsEngineering2023 competition for third level engineering students were shown at the 'This is Engineering…' Short Film Festival screening on 8th March 2023, sponsored by Engineers Ireland West Region in collaboration
Projects from Engineering and Architecture researchers recognised in UCD Research Impact Competition 23Jan
Projects from Engineering and Architecture researchers recognised in UCD Research Impact Competition

Today, UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact Professor Orla Feely announced the winner and runners-up of the 2022 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition.
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.

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