Themes

• Ageing
  Unlocking the longevity dividend for the ageing population
• Cancer
  Research towards understanding, treatment and prevention of this pervasive disease
• Creative Arts Practice
  A creative and innovative approach for music, theatre and digital film
• Creative Technologies
  Integrating creative arts and technology for multimedia, gaming, digital content and production
• Digital Engagement
  Researching the technological impact and innovation that enhances human communication with digital content
• Digital Humanities
  Converging science and the humanities to translate established humanities techniques into new technologies
• Genes & Society
  Extending and utilising our knowledge of genes and their function for enhanced understanding and invention
• Identities in Transformation
  Exploring how individual, cultural, social and political identities evolve and change in an Irish, European and global context.
• Immunology,
  Inflammation & Infection
  Challenging the signalling pathways of the human immune response through research in molecular and cellular biology and drug design
• Inclusive Society
  Research in understanding human well-being and who is responsible for delivering it
• International Development
  Examining the challenges of the developing world, exploring new markets and the responsible transfer of technologies
• International Integration
  Researching globalization as enacted via flows of capital, ideas, investment, people and trade and associated governance structures
• Making Ireland
  Understands Ireland as a continuously developing phenomenon, and studies the varieties of human effort through which Ireland has been and is constructed
• Manuscript, Book and Print Cultures
  The critical study of texts and their material support
• Nanoscience
  Understanding matter on the scale of individual atoms and molecules, with impact on technology across ICT and Biotechnology sectors
• Neuroscience
  Understanding the structure and function of the brain from molecule to mind
• Next Generation Medical Devices
  Translating research prototypes to practice, towards delivery of next generation of implants and devices
• Smart Sustainable Planet
  Research on the Smart and Sustainable Planet designs new ways for us to interact with our environment.
• Telecommunications
  A multi-disciplinary approach to telecommunications research focusing on infrastructure to serve the networks of the future