Brigid Burke

National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Legal and Financial rules

Organisation: Enterprise Ireland

Brigid is the recently appointed National Contact Point for Legal and Financial rules and Senior Executive for Horizon Europe at Enterprise Ireland. She previously held a senior role in Enterprise Ireland's Corporate Marketing and Communications department with responsibility for communications strategy, social media strategy, PR and media relations and was the project-lead for an international digital marketing campaign to promote the Irish travel-tech sector. Her early career was in broadcast journalism, working full-time in national radio and television.

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Articles by Brigid

FLIARA: Challenging gender stereotypes around farm and rural innovation

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.

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iCircular3 – Digitalising the circular economy

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.

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Ireland reaches €1 billion milestone in Horizon Europe Funding

With a national target of €1.5bn (1.6%) of Horizon Europe’s €95.5bn budget from 2021-2027, Ireland is firmly on track to meet and likely exceed the target set in Impact 2030. To date, Irish organisations have been awarded €1.02 billion which equates to 2.09% of the €49 billion awarded so far, showing that Ireland is tracking ahead of its target. 

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Rural BioReFarmeries: Supporting sustainable agriculture and bioeconomy development and building resilient rural areas

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.

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VIGILANT: Developing the tools to defeat disinformation

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.

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