Brigid Burke

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

Organisation: Enterprise Ireland

Brigid is the National Contact Point for Horizon Europe’s Legal and Financial rules, a Senior Executive in the Research Internationalisation department and programme manager for Enterprise Ireland’s suite of Horizon Europe support grants including the ERC, Coordinator and Travel supports. She previously held a senior role in Enterprise Ireland's Corporate Marketing and Communications department with responsibility for communications strategy, social media, public relations, and stakeholder and media engagement. Earlier in her career, she worked as a broadcast journalist in national radio and television.

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Articles by Brigid

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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Making research management a valued career choice in Europe

An Irish led consortium has developed a standardised definition for the role of Research Managers in Europe. With Horizon Europe funding of €1.5 million, the CARDEA group has facilitated formal recognition of the role for the first time by developing a Competency Framework, a Career Progression Model, and training and development programmes that will establish professional research management as a valued career choice within the European Research Area (ERA).

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Updated version of Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AGA) published

An update of the Annotated Model Grant Agreement v2.0 has been published. This is a guide to help participants and beneficiaries interpret the model grant agreements for EU programmes (2021-2027). Also known as “the AGA”, you will find the updated Annotated Model Grant Agreement on the Portal’s webpage for Horizon Europe reference documents.

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