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UKCRF Poster Prize winning entry from the Wellcome-HRB CRF at St James’s Hospital

The prize is an acknowledgment of the hard work and continuous efforts of the CRF to improve its processes, and validates the dedication that the CRF put into enhancing the quality of their work and patient care.

30 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation

Trinity team’s wastewater heat recovery solution earns runner-up prize in Sustainable Development Goals Challenge

The REHEATZ team, led by Professors Aonghus McNabola, Padraig Carmody and Paul Coughlan have worked to develop the first hybrid wastewater heat recovery technology for application in Zambian food production.

22 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Sustainability

Trinity ranked 26th in Europe by QS University Rankings

QS assessed 685 institutions in the Europe region, using 12 performance indicators, some of which differ to those used for the QS World University Rankings 2025, in which Trinity ranked 87th.

10 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Students

Dr Martin Worthington wins €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant

Dr Martin Worthington of Trinity’s School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies has won a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advance Grant.

2 Jul 2024

Awards and Funding|Culture|Research

Prof Joseph Keane recognised by the American Thoracic Society

The recent award was in appreciation of his exemplary support and commitment to the pulmonary infection and tuberculosis assembly.

27 Jun 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Trinity pair receive Fulbright awards for 2024/25

Two researchers from Trinity – Abdulbaset Alazhare and Mairéad O'Donnell – are among the 21 Fulbright Irish awardees for 2024/25, who were presented with awards this week at Iveagh House.

14 Jun 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Students

Trinity awards honorary degrees to four exceptional individuals

The European Council’s first president and the pioneering woman who runs the National Ploughing Championships are among this summer’s recipients of honorary degrees.

14 Jun 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Society

Trinity twelve secure funding for new healthcare, climate and tech research

The successful dozen will lead or co-lead a total of 11 STEM-related research projects via Science Foundation Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future programme, which is funded in collaboration with the Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

27 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Trinity spinout Altach secures €1.2 million investment to transform treatments for cartilage injuries

Founded in 2022 and originating from pioneering research at Trinity, Altach has developed a novel biomimetic scaffold made from Type II collagen.

23 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Professor Dan Bradley elected Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Bradley, a geneticist whose pioneering work with ancient DNA has helped to bring stories of early human and animal evolution to life, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

16 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Government announces €104 million investment for science research

Trinity is a partner institution with three of the four research centres announced today by Science Foundation Ireland as recipients of the funding.

14 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Patrick James Errington wins Pollard International Poetry Prize

Administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre at the School of English the prize is awarded to an outstanding debut collection of poetry in the English language

11 Apr 2024

Awards and Funding|Culture

Trinity performs well in QS World University Subject Rankings 2024

Overall Trinity ranks for 40 subjects. Of these, 20 climbed the table, 3 dropped, 13 remained unchanged and 4 ranked for the first time.

10 Apr 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

New project aims to bring down the cost of offshore wind turbines

David Igoe, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Engineering, will use a newly secured Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) grant of about €250,000 to support research into the effects of pile ageing for offshore wind foundation design.

10 Apr 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity Global has won a Bronze Athena Swan award

Trinity Global is the first professional unit in Trinity and Ireland to achieve an Athena Swan award.

4 Apr 2024

Awards and Funding

Trinity chemistry student, Áine Coogan, joins prestigious CAS Future Leaders™ Program

The unique programme provides early-career scientists with leadership training and connections to peers from around the world.

25 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Science|Students

Trinity success in 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships awards

Eight Trinity research proposals secured funding under the recently announced 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships results.

25 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Research

Laidlaw Foundation to fund new research and innovation library at Trinity

The new research and innovation library will be Trinity’s first stand-alone digital library and is expected to open in 2027, focusing on embracing modern and collaborative working and studying approaches.  

19 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Students

Learnovate secures €9.6m funding to support firms addressing skills gaps

The announcement of €9.6 million funding means the Centre can expand its research and innovation agenda into the future.

13 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Society

Shortlist for 2024 Pollard Poetry Prize announced

The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2024 has been announced by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.

6 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Culture

626 students receive Entrance Exhibition awards from Trinity

The students come from 445 different schools and from all 32 counties on the island of Ireland as well as 28 countries overseas.

6 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

Shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize announced

The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2024 has been announced today, 28th February 2024 by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.

5 Mar 2024

Awards and Funding

Trinity duo win SFI Discover Programme funding to inspire STEM public engagement

Two researchers from Trinity – Dr John O’Donoghue and Cian McLoughlin – have won Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme funding to lead projects that will encourage a deeper understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

28 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Society

Alpaca wins Learnovate and Amazon Web Services accelerator programme

The EdTech Accelerator Programme for learning technology start-ups ran from December 5, 2023 to February 20, 2024 with ten companies involved.

21 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research

Researchers win €5.3 million Wellcome Trust award to tackle fatal bloodstream infections

This female-led project brings together experts from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, APC Microbiome Ireland, a world leading SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork (UCC), the University of Exeter and the University of Bristol.

20 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Weston Foundation Scholarship to fund MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability

Applications have opened for the new Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Scholarship, which aims to support young people from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds in taking on Trinity Business School’s newly launched MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability.

19 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Business|Students

Trinity researchers secure EPA funding to support sustainability and societal transformation projects

Four researchers from Trinity – Dr Patrick Morrissey, Dr Paul Liston, Professor Margaret Jackson and Professor Pete Akers – have won funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pursue new research projects.

14 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Society|Sustainability

€4.88m SFI research award for leading cell therapy scientist

Professor Sakis Mantalaris, a leading figure in cell therapy research, has been awarded €4.88 million as part of the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Research Professorship Programme.

7 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Researchers and professional support staff meet at inaugural Coordinator Mobilisation event

The event allowed eight PIs leading large-scale Horizon Europe Pillar 2 or European Innovation Council projects to introduce these projects and to showcase the important work of key teams around college who provide post-award support.

19 Jan 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Research

Trinity bioengineer wins ERC Proof of Concept Award to develop non-surgical lower back pain treatment

Professor Conor Buckley’s project iDISC uses next-generation injectable biomaterials for tissue repair. The development of injectable biomimetic hydrogel systems may facilitate earlier interventions aimed at halting the degenerative process.

18 Jan 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science