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European Movement Ireland and Frances Fitzgerald receive Trinity European Laureate Award

The European Movement Ireland and Frances Fitzgerald were conferred with Trinity European Laureate Awards at a double ceremony in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.

13 May 2026

Awards and Funding|Community

Smart Docklands funds four projects in biodiversity, accessibility, and community innovation

The newly funded pilot projects will enable another cohort of innovators to tackle some of Dublin Docklands’ urban challenges.

8 May 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Environment|Innovation

Karen Downs-Barton wins 2026 Pollard International Poetry Prize

Valued at €10,000, the prize is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English and sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation.

27 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

Ibec’s Danny McCoy receives Trinity European Laureate Award

Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub Professor Patrick Geoghegan said: “The Trinity Long Room Hub is delighted to recognise Danny McCoy’s contribution to public service through his long-standing commitment to Europe and the ideals and values it represents."

24 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Business

CONUNDRUM team wins National Challenge funding to scale public engagement in transport planning

Researchers from Trinity are among those to have won National Challenge funding to scale public engagement in transport planning

21 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Trinity celebrates new Scholars and Fellows

Trinity College Dublin today celebrated a new cohort of Fellows and Scholars as Trinity Monday’s annual highlight took centre stage in Front Square.

20 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

“A quiet and determined powerhouse”: Mother of six graduates from Trinity

PhD student Rose Doolan-Maher was congratulated by all six of her children today as she graduated from the School of Social Work & Social Policy at Trinity.

17 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

Information for New Scholars 2026

Important and useful information for new Scholars 2026.

17 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

Modern language scholars receive honorary degrees at Trinity

As part of the year-long celebrations to mark 250 years of modern languages at Trinity, four outstanding individuals were conferred today with honorary degrees of the university for their exceptional contributions to this field.

17 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Society

Centre for Academic Practice awarded National SATLE Impact Award

The award recognises the Centre for Academic Practice’s initiative, ‘Embedding Education for Sustainable Development across the Disciplines at Trinity", which supports the integration of sustainability into teaching, learning and curriculum design across the University.

1 Apr 2026

Awards and Funding|Sustainability

Earlier detection, better outcomes: Irish researchers target rising bowel cancer rates with new blood test

Researchers from Trinity, Dublin City University and University College Dublin will use funding of €670,000 from Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund to develop a breakthrough blood-based screening test.

26 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Trinity gains in 2026 QS Subject Rankings

Named as one of the world’s top universities for the study of 43 subjects in all, Trinity now ranks 10th in the world for Nursing, up from 20th in 2025.

25 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Health

Irish Cancer Society invests in groundbreaking TSJCI research

To coincide with Daffodil Day 2026, it is a good time to explore four research projects at the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute (TSJCI) that have been funded by the Irish Cancer Society.

20 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Health

Shortlist for Pollard Poetry Prize announced

Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English.

12 Mar 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

Trinity receives landmark gift to support conservation and restoration of cultural treasures

The landmark €7m gift from The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation will support the design and construction of a gallery on the ground floor of the Old Library.

11 Mar 2026

Arts|Awards and Funding|Culture

Trinity-ADAPT team’s AI-enhanced, maritime vessel detection system wins Research Ireland's Defence Innovation Challenge

Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology won the Maritime Situational Awareness Challenge after creating a system that will strengthen Ireland’s naval security.

25 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Environment|Innovation|Research|Science

Seven students receive Three Ireland Connect to STEM scholarships for women

The awardees, who are first and second-year students at Trinity, are the latest of more than 20 Trinity students to be awarded Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women since the programme began in 2022/23.

24 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

Professor Yvonne Buckley honoured with Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal

Professor Buckley, a world leader in plant and animal population biology, has been honoured with the 2026 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Environmental Sciences, Geography and Geosciences.

12 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Colin Murphy to join the Trinity Long Room Hub as new Rooney Writer Fellow

The Fellowship enables a creative writer to join the research community in the Trinity Long Room Hub and to engage with the institute’s research themes and programmes.

9 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Culture

Kevin O’Rourke named recipient of 2026 Alice Murray Award

The award, administered by the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH), is presented annually to an economic historian whose work has made a major contribution to the discipline.

5 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Research|Society

Joly Cancer Leadership Programme gives third award to TSJCI surgeon

Mr Fitzgerald said: “Through the award, I hope to investigate the immune and metabolic behaviours of head and neck cancers. It is hoped that discoveries from these studies will translate to meaningful clinical insights to guide future clinical decision making and care for head and neck cancer patients."

5 Feb 2026

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

Titanic Belfast scholarship strengthens Trinity’s links with Northern Ireland

Now in its second year, the scholarship provides a €5,000 annual bursary over four years, offering financial support to undergraduate students from Northern Ireland and reinforcing Trinity’s commitment to being a university for the whole island of Ireland.

28 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Students

Trinity researcher to develop advanced AI-guided conflict prevention tools

Thomas Chadefaux, Professor in Political Science in Trinity’s School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has secured European Research Council Proof of Concept funding to develop tools that will bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and real-world conflict prevention.

27 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Society

Trinity presents Entrance Awards to 602 students from 32 counties

There are 59 students receiving awards from 39 countries outside Ireland. Of the Irish awardees, 393 are from schools in Leinster, 67 are from Munster, 42 from Connacht and 41 from Ulster.

21 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Trinity honours 154 students with inaugural FET distinction awards

These new awards celebrate those who come to Trinity from alternative routes and reflect Trinity’s commitment to widening access routes to the university, as detailed in the Strategic Plan 2025-30 -Thrive.

20 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Society|Students

Two Trinity-led mental health research projects receive HRB investment

The HRB is supporting 10 new mental health research projects with a focus on priority and underserved groups through its Applied Partnership Awards scheme.

8 Jan 2026

Awards and Funding|Community

EU team to detect earthquakes and infrastructure damage using internet cables

Researchers have begun a new €5 million EU-funded project that will allow fibre optic cable lines under our roads, fields and seas to double up as sensors that spot earthquakes and infrastructure damage, monitor traffic, and detect changes in the natural environment.

22 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Environment|Innovation|Research|Science

The establishment and management of Addiction Research Network Ireland (ARNI)

The Network will be established as a national collaborative platform and led by Professor Jo-Hanna Ivers at the Department of Public Health & Primary Care at School of Medicine at Trinity.

18 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Society

Minister Dara Calleary announces funding of €2 million for ABAIR project

Based in the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, ABAIR is developing a range of speech technologies and language facilities, and providing them to the Irish-speaking community.

10 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Research

Three Trinity researchers win highly competitive ERC Consolidator Grants

The awardees are Professor Mary Rogan and Dr Brian Barry from the School of Law and Dr Mark Ward from the School of Medicine.

9 Dec 2025

Awards and Funding|Research