Success Stories

Cluster 2 Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society

The rapidly growing global population is creating increased demand for sustainably produced nutritious food at the same time as the negative impacts of climate change are presenting severe challenges for agriculture. The EU funded COST Action (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) DIVERSICROP project led by UCD Associate Professor Dr Sónia Negrão is looking deep into the past to find potential solutions to this issue.

EqualHouse: Identifying solutions to add...

Jan 13, 2026

Ireland is not the only European country facing a severe shortage of affordable housing. While the causes may differ, the problem is shared across almost every EU Member State. The Horizon Europe-funded EqualHouse project seeks to provide robust, evidence-based guidance to support and empower policymakers and other stakeholders in the development of affordable, inclusive and sustainable housing solutions.

Boosting women led innovation in farming...

Dec 10, 2025

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

The Horizon Europe-funded GRASS CEILING (Gender Equality in Rural and Agricultural Innovation Systems) project has highlighted the significant but often invisible role played by women in the success of European farm enterprises and their potential to make an even greater contribution both to farms and rural economies if the right support frameworks are in place.

HIDDEN – Exploring the origins and...

Dec 9, 2025

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

The recent controversy relating to the proposed introduction of a digital national identity card in the UK has served to highlight the importance of the COST-funded History of Identity Documentation in European Nations (HIDDEN) project. Led by Dr Jennifer Redmond at Maynooth University, the project looks at the history of ID regimes in Europe and beyond, drawing connections between the past and present.

RootEd – Supporting sustainable in...

Nov 12, 2025

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.”

ReBioCycle – Bringing bioplastics ...

Nov 12, 2025

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

The ReBioCycle project is aimed at supporting the transition from fossil-based plastics to biobased biodegradable alternatives. The ReBioCycle project aims to demonstrate that bioplastics can be recycled effectively and efficiently to obtain the same or superior grade polymers and other high-value products. The recycled outputs will then be tested by the polymer industry to verify their quality and useability.

FLIARA: Challenging gender stereotypes a...

Oct 14, 2025

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

The Horizon Europe-funded FLIARA project has shone a spotlight on the often hidden and undervalued contribution made by women innovators to agriculture and rural communities across Ireland and Europe. The project explores the challenges faced by women innovators in this sphere and has produced policy recommendations on how best to tap into this vast underutilised resource.

iCircular3 – Digitalising the circ...

Oct 13, 2025

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.

Rural BioReFarmeries: Supporting sustain...

Sep 17, 2025

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

The Rural BioReFarmeries project, funded by Horizon Europe, aims to boost Ireland’s rural economy and bioeconomy by extracting more value from grassland. It transforms grass into bio-based products like protein, flavourings, antimicrobial additives, packaging, and fertilises, while still supplying livestock feed. Residues from production can be used to generate renewable energy, delivering both economic and environmental benefits.

VIGILANT: Developing the tools to defeat...

Sep 17, 2025

An Irish-led Horizon Europe-funded project is putting new tools in the hands of European law enforcement agencies to help them in their battle against disinformation campaigns linked to criminal activity. The €4 million VIGILANT project will create a platform containing over 30 different tools which help to detect, analyse and tackle disinformation in multiple formats, from multiple channels, and in multiple languages.

Safeguarding food security: Meet the Iri...

Feb 18, 2025

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

Aquamonitrix, an Irish tech start-up, combats global food insecurity with cutting-edge water monitoring technology. Securing €1M in Horizon 2020 funding and €4.8M through the MultiLab project, the Carlow-based firm innovates nutrient analysers, enhancing water quality. Its participation in the AGRARSENSE project further bolsters agricultural efficiency and sustainability.

Horizon 2020 Project SATURN

Jan 8, 2025

Watch Our latest YouTube video here – SATURN is a Horizon 2020-funded project researching solutions to the problem of underwater radiated noise caused by shipping and other vessels. The project is led by Gerry Sutton in University College Cork in Ireland.

Horizon Europe Project STONE-WORK

Jan 2, 2025

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

Horizon Europe Project GoGreen Next

Dec 27, 2024

Watch Our latest Youtube video here – GoGreen Next is a Horizon Europe-funded project that will futureproof urban health across Europe and North America. Led by psychologist Tadhg MacIntyre at Maynooth University in Ireland, the project aims “to accelerate our efforts to address the challenges of climate change, biodiversity and environmental degradation and human health in the urban context”.

Rehab patients set to benefit from groun...

Nov 6, 2024

Using pioneering technology, the Horizon 2020-funded Remote Rehabilitation Service for Isolated Areas (ROSIA) project aims to deliver rehabilitation services to patients in need, wherever they are. It also encourages patients to manage their own rehabilitation from home. Launched in 2021, ROSIA secured €1.7m and is a pre-commercial procurement (PCP) project.

Charting a Course for Clean Aviation

Oct 1, 2024

As the world seeks to tackle global warming, the search for a cleaner way to fly is in full flight, with one EU-funded project seeking to transform air travel by developing innovative hybrid-electric aircraft technology for regional aircraft. The HECATE project consortium is made up of 37 partners including key aviation players like Collins Aerospace.

Bio-based artificial lungs to change pat...

Sep 4, 2024

CellMembrane, a Horizon Europe project led by Irish medtech firm Smart Reactors, is developing a nanocellulose membrane that could transform the fortunes of those with lung disease around the world. “We’re taking woody plant matter, effectively like sawdust, processing it at a nanoscale level and building a scaffold that will act as an artificial lung,” explains Mark Brassil, Smart Reactor’s co-founder and CTO.

Croom Medical at the cutting edge of Add...

Jul 17, 2024

Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, is a groundbreaking technology that has significantly impacted various industries, including healthcare. Irish company Croom Medical is at the cutting edge, utilizing these advancements to produce custom orthopaedic implants. Discover how the company has grown into the AM market by participating in a EUREKA project.

Innovation at the edge – Dell Tech...

Jul 17, 2024

The €16m BRAINE project was established to develop a modular edge computing platform, integrating big data processing and AI-driven use cases. Co-funded by the EU’s ECSEL Joint Undertaking under Horizon 2020, and the National Funding Agencies of the Participating Countries, it involved 27 different companies and universities in 14 Participating States.

Modernising the sky with SESAR

Jul 17, 2024

SESAR Joint Undertaking

As a leader in air traffic management (ATM) telecommunications, Airtel has worked in partnership with other European companies on the Horizon Europe-funded Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) initiative since its inception under FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013).

Limerick firm leads the charge in water ...

Jun 5, 2024

As the world grapples with increasing water challenges, an Irish research and education organisation specialising in sustainability and climate action is making strides in delivering green programmes and world-class research. Limerick company 20FIFTY Partners recently secured €1.2 million in Horizon Europe funding to continue its research on water circularity.

Making telecoms greener

May 15, 2024

Like every industry, telecoms is working to improve sustainability and reduce energy consumption to fight climate change and achieve the UN’s target of reducing emissions to net-zero by 2050.

Chipping away at the AI of the future

Mar 26, 2024

Edge AI focuses on implementing AI in an edge computing environment, allowing computations to be done close to where data is collected rather than at a centralised cloud computing facility or an offsite data centre. NeuroSoC, a Horizon Europe funded project that includes 12 partners from 9 countries across Europe, including the UK and Switzerland.

5G-STARDUST: building the networks of th...

Mar 6, 2024

The latest United Nations study found that a third of the world’s population remains unconnected to the World Wide Web, with those in poor and remote areas most affected. 5G-STARDUST, or Satellite and Terrestrial Access for Distributed, Ubiquitous, and Smart Telecommunications, is a Horizon Europe-funded project that may help to tackle the digital divide.

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

Feb 7, 2024

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...

Jan 10, 2024

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.

Building trust in the Internet of Things

Dec 12, 2023

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

When MTU were looking for an industry partner for a Horizon2020 project, it was the National Contact Point at Enterprise Ireland who introduced them to Klas initially, when looking for an Irish partner for SCOTT.

Cultivating resilience through urban foo...

Nov 15, 2023

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.

Harnessing the power of AI for democracy...

Nov 1, 2023

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

“Engagement in EU programmes ensures Konnektable remains at the forefront of technological advancements.” Discover more about the Horizon Europe-funded ITHACA project, coordinated by Konnektable Technologies, which aims to harness the power of AI for democracy.

BUDDIE-PACK joins push to reduce single-...

Oct 4, 2023

BUDDIE-PACK, a Horizon EU-funded project seeks ways to eliminate single-use plastic in the food and home care sectors. With 19 partners across six European countries, the project is focused on developing reusable plastic packaging.

Bridging the gap: developing the next ge...

Sep 5, 2023

To tackle the common problem of tooth loss, the Horizon EU-funded NOMAD aims to develop the next generation of dental implants. Partners include Cork-based materials science company Glantreo Ltd and Limerick-based implant company Croom Medical

Working with cobots: ONE4ALL imagines th...

Jul 25, 2023

Developing cobots, or mobile collaborative robots that can safely operate beside humans in the workplace, is the challenge ONE4ALL, a Horizon Europe funded project, has set itself. The project aims to help manufacturing plants, particularly small and medium-sized ones, transition towards Industry 5.0.

Recipe for success: securing funding for...

Jun 14, 2023

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...

May 11, 2023

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...

Apr 17, 2023

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.

Rockfield set to disrupt global tube fee...

Mar 23, 2023

As a person with cystic fibrosis, Tomás Thompson was acutely aware of the challenges of tube feeding and how much they affected patients’ quality of life. “Over the past 40 years, lots of medical devices have changed hugely,” explains Thompson, founder, and CEO of Rockfield Medical Devices.

Ireland leading the integration of Europ...

Feb 16, 2023

“People talk about offshore renewable energy as though it is ready to go, but we can’t put huge floating wind farms out in the Atlantic before the technology is fully developed,” explains Jimmy Murphy, a senior lecturer at University College Cork (UCC) and project co-ordinator for MaRINERG-i.

Career-FIT programme helps bring revolut...

Jan 19, 2023

Career-FIT

From academia to entrepreneurship: creator of the revolutionary medtech product ‘ArrayPatch’, Dr Waleed Faisal tells his Enterprise Ireland Career-FIT story which brought him from Egypt to University College Cork.

EUREKA project results in partnerships f...

Dec 19, 2022

If proof was ever needed that Irish SMEs can operate at the highest level of industry, the MAAS project certainly offers it. Among the outcomes of this two-year EUREKA project were valuable strategic partnerships between Irish SMEs, their European peers and Airbus.

EU funding enables Ovagen to tackle glob...

Dec 6, 2022

With the support of €3.4m in European Research and shareholder matched funding, Irish biotech firm Ovagen Group Ltd has succeeded in producing a world-first product that can significantly boost the global production of vaccines.

Harnessing digital tech to slash energy ...

Nov 22, 2022

Harnessing digital tech to slash energy use in manufacturing, the EU-funded DENiM project is developing an integrated toolchain for the provision of advanced digital services for smart energy management. Funded to the tune of €11m by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.

The next pandemic: ensuring a coherent E...

Nov 10, 2022

Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme to the tune of €10 million, PANDEM-2 aims to enhance and harmonise pandemic response across the EU. Effectively, Connolly says, the project will give EU member states a training platform for pandemic preparedness and response.

Steering the way to better electric vehi...

Oct 18, 2022

The drive to Net Zero and the need for all of us to help reduce emissions means that electric vehicles (EVs) need to become completely commonplace. The rate of EV uptake needs to improve, however, and for that to happen, EV batteries need to be cheaper, recharge faster and enable vehicles to go further without needing to be charged.

EU funding enables vital ‘human-centric’...

Sep 27, 2022

As AI’s development continues to grow, the EU has declared the need for a ‘human-centric’ approach to AI. TU Dublin has teamed up with 13 partners from across Europe to create Collaborative Intelligence for Safety Critical systems, a MSCA Innovative Training Network project. Funded by Horizon 2020, the project aims to hire, train and mentor early-stage researchers as collaborative intelligence scientists.

GENEGUT project aims to transform treatm...

Sep 22, 2022

Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll of University College Cork (UCC) has successfully secured EU funding under Horizon Europe as coordinator of GENEGUT: a project on oral delivery of encapsulated RNA nanotherapeutics for targeted treatment of ileal Crohn’s disease.

Osteoarthritis cure is the goal for EU-f...

Sep 20, 2022

While Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most significant causes of disability worldwide, it has no known cure. A team at the Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) at NUI Galway, along with European partners, is now seeking to change that.

Horizon Europe funding to support youth ...

Sep 7, 2022

Three researchers have secured funding as partners in the Horizon Europe Health project ‘Youth-GEMs: Gene Environment interactions in Mental health trajectories of Youth’, which aims to significantly reduce mental suffering and illness among European youth.

Preventing security threats from spreadi...

Sep 6, 2022

“Cyber-attacks and physical attacks are real – they do happen,” explains Jenny Rainbird, Head of EU Project Delivery at Inlecom Commercial Pathways. The firm is project managing PRECINCT, a €9.5m project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme, which aims to strengthen critical infrastructure resilience in the region.

Irish researchers secure EU funding to d...

Aug 22, 2022

European Research Council

A research project led by an Irish team and funded under the EU’s Horizon Europe programme is set to break new ground in clinically validating the use of AI-driven imaging and real-time decision support in cancer surgery.

4-OCEANS probes the influence of the sea...

Feb 17, 2022

“The beauty of ERC grants is that they allow you to dream big, to ask the challenging questions that you may have thought were impossible to answer.” Poul Holm, Professor of Environmental History, Trinity College Dublin, and coordinator of 4-OCEANS.

SPEEDIER breaking down barriers to energ...

Dec 7, 2021

“Horizon funding enables you to carry out high quality, robust research that can influence policy, and policy can change behaviour,” says Dr Pádraig Lyons, International Energy Research Centre

Eurostars support invaluable for SMEs de...

Nov 25, 2021

“Horizon 2020 was about putting together the right consortium that could do cutting-edge research and also produce something that can be commercialized in the near future.” Paul McCloskey, Head of Integrated Magnetics group at Tyndall National Institute.

LEDLUM, a shining light in LED efficienc...

Nov 10, 2021

AVECTAS leading the way in non-viral cel...

Oct 12, 2021

“Horizon 2020 was all about scientific excellence; this project allowed AVECTAS to further develop our pioneering SOLUPORE® technology within a structured framework.” Dr Michael Maguire, Chief Executive of AVECTAS.

+CityxChange helping to create the posit...

Oct 12, 2021

“Horizon 2020, and its successor Horizon Europe, are designed for innovation. It enables participants to take risks and therefore achieve more.” Terry Connolly, Limerick city and County Council, +CityxChange project.

Irish Clinical trials funded in Horizon ...

Sep 8, 2021

Irish researchers have secured more than €15 million for clinical trials from Horizon 2020. A range of health challenges are being tackled through these trials such as liver cancer in children, colorectal cancer, diabetic kidney disease, polypharmacy and osteoarthritis.

Five artificial intelligence (AI) projec...

Sep 7, 2021

Five AI projects with Irish coordinators and partners that address topics including -E-smart home assistants, care for cancer patients and attempt to reduce sepsis-related mortality in babies.

Horizon 2020 funding for palliative care...

Sep 7, 2021

A look back at three Irish teams that secured €1.36 million funding from the European Commission. The three teams were among ten projects that won funding under the Horizon 2020 Health call. They began their respective research programmes in 2019.

MENTUPP – Mental Health Promotion ...

Sep 7, 2021

Birgit Greiner and 17 partners in 14 other countries* combines expertise from various disciplines to improve the early recognition and treatment of depression in occupational settings and reduce suicidal behaviour.

Project FAITH: Improving mental health c...

Aug 31, 2021

“FAITH is potentially life-changing research. To achieve the ambitious goals of the project we needed to leverage our networks in Europe and build a consortium of experts”. Philip O’ Brien, Technical Co-ordinator, FAITH Horizon 2020 project.

Project ASINA: enabling safe-and sustain...

Jul 26, 2021

“One of the advantages of being involved in Horizon projects is the breadth of experience one gets by sharing expertise and access to new networks in partner countries”. Dr Ehtsham U. Hag. University of Limerick, ASINA Horizon 2020 project.

Project AXONISTA: One stop shop for vide...

Jun 29, 2021

Televisionary: Axonista’s one-stop shop for video publishing is revolutionising television but it has wider applications, says the CEO and co- founder, Claire McHugh

PROJECT NURITAS: Simply put, by consiste...

Jun 29, 2021

Nuritas recently moved into their new HQ at a landmark location in Dublin, befitting its growing status as a global leader in peptide research. As Managing Director Emmet Browne outlines, the company’s reputation is proving to be an invaluable asset on the crest of a wave.

PROJECT ARRALIS: Arralis’s stellar clien...

Jun 28, 2021

Most hydro-kinetic turbines require fast water flows to function, that’s why so many need to be deployed at sea. Our key innovation is that our turbines work at locations with slow water flow, so can be deployed in rivers and estuaries, producing energy where other technologies cannot.

PROJECT DesignPro: their unique, bluff-b...

Jun 23, 2021

Roisin McCormack of DesignPro explains how their unique, bluff-body hydro-kinetic turbine can provide reliable, renewable energy – even in the most out-of-the-way places.

Future Analytics Consulting (FAC): Europ...

Jun 23, 2021

It was a massive opportunity to engage with international players, to see what the best practice around the world is and a chance to drive forward the Irish-led Innovation.

SIRIUS XT DEVELOPED THE ONLY COMMERCIAL ...

Jun 23, 2021

SIRIUS XT develops synchrotrons of the future and successful secures €3m SME Instrument Funding in Horizon 2020. Sirius XT has developed an x-ray microscope small enough to fit in any laboratory.

+CityxChange helping to create the posit...

Jun 23, 2021

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

“In essence we’re looking at how digital technologies can be exploited to improve quality of life, make cities more climate-friendly and productive, and facilitate business development,” says Connolly.

Project SMARTAGRIHUBS – connecting Europ...

May 19, 2021

“The SmartAgriHubs project has been invaluable not just to Walton but to Ireland, as it’s allowed us to build a network of contacts and strong strategic relations with similar partners across Europe.”

Project NIVA – Simplifying The Common Ag...

Apr 23, 2021

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

Horizon 2020 is an ideal funding stream as it enables cross-border collaboration and ensures that technology developed will be fit for purpose on a pan European basis.”

Project SpeakingNGI – Shaping the intern...

Mar 24, 2021

We are delighted and proud to have contributed to the successful building of the EU’s flagship Next Generation Internet – An Open Internet Initiative (NGI)”. Walton Institute’s Strategic EU Liaison Manager and coordinator of the SpeakNGI.eu project, James Clarke.

Project FlowPhotoChem: helping to green ...

Mar 22, 2021

“Innovation activities in the area of solar energy conversion technology, including solar chemicals, are key to achieving the decarbonisation targets set by the EU.” Dr Pau Farràs, coordinator of the FlowPhotoChem project.

Project PIXAPP:Shedding light on PIC pac...

Mar 22, 2021

“PIXAPP is more than just a project; like all Horizon support I look at it as seed funding to grow your activity.” Professor Peter O’Brien, Director of PIXAPP Photonics Packaging Pilot Line Horizon 2020 open call project.

Project c2GRAN: Using Horizon 2020 suppo...

Mar 22, 2021

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

H2020 offers funding opportunities for projects at every scale and an open call can be easily found relevant to your idea.” Ehsan Elahi, Walton Institute, WIT, Co-ordinator of the C2GRAN Horizon 2020 open call project.

Project DEMETER: Supporting transformati...

Mar 22, 2021

There were multiple challenges, including a substantial amount of EU politics at the start with many partners wanting to take the lead, but we were determined to keep DEMETER rooted in Ireland.

Project MUSKETEER: Supporting the develo...

Mar 22, 2021

“In collaboration 1+1 is more than 2. When you work with other parties you will achieve much more than you planned to.” Gal Weiss, IBM, Co-ordinator of the MUSKETEER Horizon 2020 project.

Project MiniStor: Supporting the develop...

Mar 22, 2021

Tyndall National Institute in Cork is leading an international consortium that is developing an advanced, compact, integrated solar-powered system that stores heat in a novel way.

Project INSPECTr: Supporting the fight a...

Mar 22, 2021