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RootEd – Supporting sustainable in...

by Brigid Burke

RootEd is a €2.7M Horizon Europe project which aims to double agricultural output sustainably by 2050. Led by UCD, the focus is on plant root systems with 10 PhD researchers exploring soil-plant interactions, AI imaging, and crop resilience. The project seeks to reduce fertiliser use, boost yields, and support farmers with data-driven decisions, contributing to a “second green revolution.”

ERC Grants Get a Makeover: Proposal Rest...

by Brigid Burke

European Research Council

Major updates to ERC procedures and eligibility are planned, including changes to proposal formats, evaluation processes, and grant windows from 2026 and 2027. ERC National Delegate Maria Nash provides a breakdown of the updates and what they mean for ERC applicants in the coming months.

iCircular3 – Digitalising the circ...

by Brigid Burke

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

The €2.56M iCircular3 project, led by University College Dublin, aims to digitalise the circular economy in robotics, Electric Vehicles, and power tools. Funded by Horizon Europe’s MSCA programme, it trains nine researchers to develop tools and frameworks for sustainable industry practices. Solutions like sensor upgrades and battery reuse to support EU climate and circularity goals are focus areas of the project.

Horizon Europe Project STONE-WORK

by Kuti Lauryn

European Research Council

Watch Our latest YouTube video here – STONE-WORK is an ERC-funded project under Horizon Europe led by Professor Christine Casey, Trinity College Dublin. The project gives us a new way of looking at architectural production, focusing on the communities involved in sourcing and producing materials for buildings

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Why we n...

by Eva Cummins

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Ireland has established itself as a leader in leveraging MSCA […]

Working out ways to tackle age-related m...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 1 Health

Sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss, is a primary cause of loss of physical independence in the elderly, and the focus of one recent Horizon-funded research study. “The need for effective treatment strategies that can slow or reverse age-related muscle loss is essential if a future crisis is to be avoided,” says Dr Robert Radford, project lead of Pept-AGE at Nuritas.

Seeing the big picture: CLEXM project op...

by Brigid Burke

Horizon Europe

For a generation of young readers, Sirius is best known as Harry Potter’s godfather. To those of a more scientific bent, it is the brightest star in the night sky. But to a small research elite, it is the Irish-based company behind a high-resolution microscope that can produce images of the internal structure of biological cells, SiriusXT.

Cultivating resilience through urban foo...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Cultivating resilience through urban food sharing – the Horizon EU-funded-project has 19 partners across Europe developing the “Food Sharing Compass”. Professor Anna Davies shares her experience of building a project consortium.

European funding for Irish-led research ...

by Brigid Burke

European Research Council

Do bats hold the secret to health and longevity? Is it possible to mitigate the risk of volcanic disasters? Two UCD researchers have won prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy grants to explore these fascinating questions. Their projects will each receive more than €10 million in funding.

Recipe for success: securing funding for...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 1 Health

Recipe for success: securing funding for agri-food research. This project received €2.1 million from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Cofund programme, to support the creation of this postdoctoral fellowship scheme, with a further €3.1 million coming from Teagasc.

Eyeing the future with Horizon’s visiona...

by Brigid Burke

Horizon Europe

As the European population ages, a growing number of people are affected by problems with their eyesight. ORBITAL, a research network coordinated by the South East Technological University (SETU), is dedicated to developing innovative technologies to treat back-of-the-eye diseases. It received more than €4m in Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie funding.

Changing the lives of patients with brai...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 1 Health

Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of adult primary brain cancer, for which there is currently no cure. Discover how the team behind the GLIOTRAIN project won #Horizon2020 funding to tackle the disease.

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RootEd – Supporting sustainable in...

ERC Grants Get a Makeover: Proposal Rest...

iCircular3 – Digitalising the circ...

Horizon Europe Project STONE-WORK

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: Why we n...

Working out ways to tackle age-related m...

Seeing the big picture: CLEXM project op...

Cultivating resilience through urban foo...

European funding for Irish-led research ...

Recipe for success: securing funding for...

Eyeing the future with Horizon’s visiona...

Changing the lives of patients with brai...

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