Awards and Funding - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

€1.75M HRB award for further research into ageing and intellectual disability

The award paves the way for the next phase of the study, to provide valuable data to inform evidence-based policies and practices to support people with intellectual disabilities, their family, friends and healthcare professionals.

23 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Health

Trinity scientists win European Research Council Proof of Concept awards

Profs. Valeria Nicolosi and Matthew Campbell have won the awards, valued at €150,000 each, to explore the innovation potential of ideas arising from their previously funded ERC projects.

23 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity Design & Craft Accelerator programme to run for second year

The 2025 programme will be delivered between March and October, with ten companies set to receive €5,000 each.

22 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Business|Community

Professor Jane Humphries announced as the recipient of the second Alice Murray Award

Professor Jane Humphries, University of Oxford, has been announced as the recipient of the second Alice Murray Award by the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH).

22 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Research|Society

593 students receive Entrance Exhibition awards from Trinity

The students come from 452 different schools and from 30 counties on the island of Ireland as well as 38 countries overseas.

22 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Ripple and ADAPT to collaborate on Blockchain research at Trinity

The partnership will establish the Ripple Blockchain Collaboratory, a new initiative that will focus on advancing research into blockchain, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, and FinTech.

20 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

Christine Casey named 2024 ‘Researcher of the Year’ (IRC legacy Awards)

Daniel Gilligan, Professor Seamus Martin, Dr Mary Canavan and Dr Esther Murphy were also celebrated at the awards, which were announced today by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland

17 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

Astrophysicists honoured for gravitational wave astronomy work

Evan Keane, Associate Professor at Trinity and Director of Trinity’s Rosse Observatory, has been honoured with the Royal Astronomical Society’s Group Achievement Award for his European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) work.

13 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

CONNECT Centre awards over €500,000 to fund women-led STEAM research projects

Four awardees will now lead innovative projects with goals that range from improving the communications systems used by autonomous vehicles to creating eco-friendly options for powering wearable technologies.

7 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Six early career Trinity researchers win Research Ireland Enterprise Partnership funding

This scheme provides funding to help bring together researchers with an enterprise or employer to collaborate on research of mutual interest.

20 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Research

Three awards announced for Trinity researchers in new HRB Evidence for Policy programme

The School of Medicine researchers won three out of seven awards given for patient-oriented research to generate evidence that will strengthen policy development or evaluate how policy is currently implemented.

20 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

Professor Mary McCarron wins HRCI research impact award

Professor McCarron was presented with the award for her work on transforming dementia care for people with intellectual disabilities.

13 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Provost presents Trinity Civic Engagement Awards

Congratulations to Prof Eimear McGlinchey, Dr Erica Krueger, Beth Corcoran and Zachary Chambers on receiving these awards

12 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Society

Christine McGarrigle awarded prestigious National Institutes of Health grant for spousal caregivers research

Research will explore resilience of spousal caregivers across a number of countries, who face unique challenges in supporting partners living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD).

10 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

Smart Docklands funds four projects to address community need

Thee successful teams received seed funding of €12,500 each to tackle challenges across environmental monitoring, community development, and antisocial behaviour, and to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and enjoyable Docklands for all.

9 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Society

Network raising awareness of ovarian cancer wins Irish Healthcare Award 2024

The Irish Network of Gynaecological Oncology (INGO) is coordinated by Dr Sharon O’Toole in the School of Medicine

9 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

Smart Docklands funds four pilot projects to address community need

The winning teams received seed funding of €12,500 each to tackle pressing challenges across environmental monitoring, community development, and antisocial behaviour, and to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and enjoyable Docklands for all.

6 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Environment|Society

School of Nursing & Midwifery receives Bronze Athena Swan Award

The School of Nursing & Midwifery has achieved a Bronze Athena Swan Award, recognising its dedication to advancing gender equality and fostering inclusivity across academic, learning, and healthcare environments. This significant milestone underscores the School’s ongoing commitment to creating a fair, inclusive, and diverse community.

6 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Community

Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute successfully selected into INTERACT-EUROPE 100

INTERACT-EUROPE 100 is a collaborative interdisciplinary training programme to improve cancer patient care across Europe

3 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

TransAtlantic Cancer Alliance for Liquid Biopsy Research and Training to be established through grant

The All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium (AICC) Research & Innovation Grant has been awarded to Dr Kathy Gately. The grant is delivered by the Health Research Board (HRB).

3 Dec 2024

Awards and Funding|Health

Ian Robertson receives Trinity honorary degree

Neuroscientist Prof. Ian Robertson, geologist John Feehan and former European Commission Secretary General Catherine Day received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.

29 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Society

Céim onórach de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide bronnta ar Ian Robertson, Néareolaí

Bhronn an Seansailéir, an Dr Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa, an gradam is airde atá le bronnadh ag Coláiste na Tríonóide ar an Ollamh Ian Robertson, néareolaí, ar John Feehan, geolaí, agus ar Catherine Day, Ard-Rúnaí Choimisiún na hEorpa tráth, ag searmanas arna riar i Laidin sa Téatar Poiblí.

29 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Society

Trinity welcomes six new campus companies

Collectively Trinity campus companies have raised over €400 million in this period, as well as creating more than 800 jobs. A total of 24 have become Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start Ups.

27 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Research

AIB commits €10m investment to AIB Trinity Climate Hub

The AIB Trinity Climate Hub will bring researchers together to address challenges around maintaining a stable and liveable climate, securing biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature, adapting to climate change, and reversing water degradation.

25 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Business|Community|Environment|Sustainability

Professor Seamus Martin awarded 2025 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal

Prof. Martin MRIA, Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics within Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology, won the Medal in Life and Medical Sciences. He was recognised for making a demonstrable and internationally recognised outstanding scholarly contribution in his field.

22 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Six Trinity researchers recognised as future research leaders in HRB awards

Trinity researchers have received awards for 6 projects out of a total 13 projects in the most recent call, and €5.3 million out of a €12.5 million investment from the Health Research Board (HRB)

22 Nov 2024

Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Trinity celebrates its innovators and entrepreneurs at 2024 Awards

The Provost's Innovation Award was presented to Professor Jane Farrar, a transformative figure in the field of inherited ocular diseases, advancing innovation and commercialising research at Trinity College Dublin.

21 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Community|Innovation|Research|Students

Four Trinity scientists named on Highly Citied Researchers list for 2024

The researchers from the Schools of Computer Science, Immunology and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics feature on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2024 list from Clarivate, which has been announced today.

18 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Society

Trinity Celebrates its 2024/25 Sport Scholars

Trinity's new batch of  Sport Scholarship students for 2024/2025 will be celebrated tonight at an event in the Dining Hall. During the event Trinity Sport student athletes will take part in a panel discussion on the ‘high-performance mindset’.

11 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Students

Professor Ruth Britto among four researchers to secure €10 million ERC Synergy Grant

Prof. Britto, from Trinity’s School of Mathematics, will work with three colleagues in an international project that seeks to develop new algorithmic methods with applications in mathematics, particle physics and gravity.

5 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Research|Science