2025

UCD and Irish Space Association join forces to drive new partnerships in Ireland’s growing space sector

Key stakeholders met at UCD and attendees engaged with sessions on the benefits and challenges of academia–industry collaboration, updates on the NSSPI, and an exploration of future opportunities.

Island of Ireland punches above its weight in cancer research and innovation worldwide, study finds

Dr Laura K. Taylor receives ERC Consolidator Award to explore how identity can influence peacebuilding

ERC Consolidator Award for GENERATION EU project exploring why young people align with regional identities such as 'European', and the impact that this can have on society.

Six teams receive funding in second round of National Challenge Fund

UCD’s Dr Jiayao Chen and the Bohemian team awarded funding as runners-up under the Healthy Environment for All Challenge.

New €31.6 million ARC Hub for Therapeutics launches

Hosted by Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with UCD, and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, the ARC Hub for Therapeutics is part of Research Ireland’s flagship Accelerating Research to Commercialisation (ARC) Programme.

Louise Beer Announced as Inaugural UCD SATELLITE Artist in Residence at Mayo Dark Sky Park

UCD College of Science and Parity Studios in partnership with National Parks and Wildlife Service 

A greener future for Earth through space exploration research

Dr Nicholas Brereton is a co-author on NASA-led paper that presents an international roadmap for the plant science and technology breakthroughs needed to make long-term human life on the Moon - and later Mars - possible.

Major ‘Research for Policy’ conference with Irish and EU policymakers

Maynooth University and UCD, in partnership with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, held the 'Research for Policy' conference to support the strengthening of connections between research and policy in Ireland.