We are sad that our Vice-President for Research & Innovation Professor Anita Maguire's term has come to an end after an incredible 10 years. She has been an inspiring leader and colleague and we look forward to reaping the success of her future research awards. No pressure Anita!
Congratulations to
@kkariko
on receiving the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 👏
Katalin received an honorary doctorate from
@UCC
in April of this year, for her contribution to the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
BREAKING NEWS
The 2023
#NobelPrize
in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
Joint winner of the Engaged Research of the Year award is
@kswirak
from
@uccsoc
.
Through her socially engaged research, Katharina’s research provides a better understanding and improves the lives of people with criminal convictions.
#UCCResearchAwards
The
@UCC
Dementia Palliative Care Research Team are winners of the 2023 Research Team of the Year.
The focus of this team is to improve the quality of life and end of life care for people with dementia, with emphasis in the community and nursing home sector.
#UCCResearchAwards
On
#InternationalWomensDay
we celebrate the directors of six
#UCCFutures
thematic areas.
These world leading researchers are addressing emerging societal needs and global grand challenges in their areas of expertise, to secure a better future for all.
#IWD2024
Join us on the 28th of September for Cork's first ever European Researchers Night. There will be loads of free fun events going on in
@UCC
,
@NanoNaglePlace
,
@StPetersCork
and elsewhere. Follow
@CorkDiscovers
for more information.
Congratulations to Professor Anita Maguire, Vice-President of
@UCCResearch
, on being appointed Vice-President of the Royal Irish Academy. Very impressive achievement!
@UCC
@RIAdawson
@ABCRFCork
Congratulations to all researchers nominated in the Early-Stage Researcher of the Year category for 2023.
An exceptional list of researchers across all disciplines in
@UCC
.
#UCCResearchAwards
The Office for Vice President for Research & Innovation is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Seán McCarthy as an Adjunct Professor who will work closely with the Research Support team in increasing European funding awards.
@UCC
@SEFSUCC
@CACSSSResearch1
@EU_H2020
@LawUCC
The achievement of
@UCC
researchers who've recently published in Nature, Science, The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature specialist titles &Proceeding from the National Academy of Sciences USA was recognised at a coffee morning hosted by
@osheaucc
@UCCResearch
The winner of the Vice President for Research & Innovation Award for Interdisciplinary Research is Prof Ciara Heavin.
Ciara receives the award for the CommPAL project, using leading-edge information systems to better support the delivery of palliative care.
#UCCResearchAwards
A team of researchers from
@Pharmabiotic
in
@UCC
make 'world-first discovery' in stress treatment.
Published in
@NatureMicrobiol
, the researchers believe there may be a new way to treat people for stress — with the answer perhaps lying in the gut.
Nine
@UCC
researchers have received funding under the 2023
@IrishResearch
New Foundations programme.
Their projects will reach communities across the country and beyond, focusing on diverse societal challenges and Government policy issues.
#UCCFutures
The Research Support Team of the Year is the Office of Research Grants and Contracts in the Finance Office.
Led by Caitriona Doyle, this team provides incredible support to all researchers in
@UCC
, administrating over 4,000 research accounts.
#UCCResearchAwards
Congratulations to the 37 researchers
@UCC
awarded under the
@IrishResearch
2023 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships.
These early career researchers will carry out impactful research across a diversity of disciplines, schools & colleges.
Today
@SimonHarrisTD
announces €24.6m in funding to support the next generation of researchers, awarded under the
@IrishResearch
2023 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships & Postdoctoral Fellowships.
#LoveIrishResearch
Professor Adrian Favell, Professor of Social and Political Theory and Director of the Radical Humanities Laboratory
@UCC
, has been awarded €2.5 million by the European Research Council to lead a major new study on international migration.
Read More 👇
The Research Supervisor of the Year for 2023 is Dr Helena Buffery from
@UccSplas
.
Helena’s main research interests are in contemporary Hispanic Theatre and Performance, Translation Studies and Catalan Studies.
#UCCResearchAwards
Congratulations to the
@UCC
recipients of a Research Ally award at the 2023
@IrishResearch
Awards.
Research Ally prizes are awarded to mark the crucial role played by higher education personnel in supporting the academic research community across all career levels.
Joint winner of Engaged Research of the Year is
@Pleahy_w
from
@uccnursmid
.
Led by Patricia, this team are leading research that recognise and supports breastfeeding, leading to healthier and happier populations.
#UCCResearchAwards
Five
@UCC
scholars have received prestigious
@Fulbright_Eire
Awards for 2024-25.
Dr Karen McCarthy,
@jackdlmurray
, Róisín Ní Bhroin,
@edithdefaoite
& Luke O’Donoghue will attend leading U.S. institutions to research, teach and collaborate with experts.
Congratulations to all our nominees for the Research Supervisor of the Year award, recognition to those who have shown excellence in the supervision and development of exceptional researchers.
#UCCResearchAwards
Three Minute Thesis 2023
@UCC
’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition is now accepting video submissions from postgraduate researchers, presenting their research to a diverse audience.
€500 first prize
Enter by 15/09/2023
#UCCResearch
#UCCFutures
The Research Support Person of the Year is Dr Sonia Monteiro.
Sonia’s support led to awards to ERI researchers of €5m in 2023, with 7 researchers awarded €3.2m in the EPA Research Call, making UCC the highest performing institute in Ireland in this call.
#UCCResearchAwards
The Research Collaboration of the Year award winner is
@MariaCahil
.
Through her IRC Laureate project ‘Societās - Exploring the Potential of Freedom of Association’, Maria has created a ground breaking network of legal scholars that represent 24 jurisdictions
#UCCResearchAwards
Our Researcher of the Year is
@ThomasGaravan
, Professor of Leadership Practice in
@CUBSucc
.
has placed Thomas as the number 1 researcher in Business and Management in Ireland for a third consecutive year.
#UCCResearchAwards
A project led by
@MaryOShaughne16
investigating the impact of remote working hubs on rural areas, and exploring how the Irish remote working hub might be used in a Scottish context has been awarded
@RoyalSocEd
funding.
University College Cork is the highest performing institute in funding awards announced today by
@EPAIreland
in their 2023 Research Call Awards.
8
@UCC
researchers have been awarded funding of €3.7m to address climate and environmental challenges.
Congratulations to Professor Elke Arendt, from
@fnsucc
, on receiving the Research Career Achievement award.
Elke is a Professor in Cereal and Beverage Science, and has been listed as one of the top 10 Food Scientists in the world.
#UCCResearchAwards
UCC Professor of Quantum Physics, Seamus Davis, has been awarded the prestigious American Society’s Oliver E. Buckley Prize at a US ceremony last night in recognition of groundbreaking work in his development of quantum microscopes.
Welcome announcement today from An Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD to invest €40m in funding to enhance strategic collaboration in research and innovation across the island of Ireland.
Wonderful to meet our SDGs Champions today & thank them for their invaluable support in mapping UCC research onto the
#UNSDGs
. SDGs workshops are being rolled out across UCC to raise awareness & involve our researchers directly in mapping their research
#uccfutures
#uccresearch
Joint Winner of the Early-Stage Reseacher of the Year is Dr Tatiana Vagramenko, an anthropologist and historian of religion in
@CACSSS1
Her research has centred on religion in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine and Siberia.
#UCCResearchAwards
Tonight, we celebrate excellence in Research and Innovation
@UCC
.
The annual Research Awards, sponsored by
@purdylucey
, celebrates research and innovation success from 2022. The awards ceremony gets underway from 5.30pm.
#UCCResearchAwards
The power of RNA: making Future Medicines possible today
@UCC
has a strong heritage in RNA research, and RNA medicines form a key strand within the UCC Futures - Future Medicines initiative.
#UCCFutureMedicines
#UCCFutures
📺 Out now on
@netflix
!
Featuring
@jfcryan
, Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut delves into the digestive system with a light hearted and informative documentary that demystifies the role gut health plays in our overall wellbeing.
Watch 👇
Work is underway to map UCC research onto the
#UNSDGs
, a strategic priority for the university. Over the coming months, the brilliant work of our research community will be mapped to showcase their important contributions to the goals.
Congratulations to Prof Ursula Kilkelly on her new book ‘Advancing Children’s Rights in Detention: A Model for International Reform’ with coauthor Pat Bergin. Launching this Friday. For more details:
@ucc
@jfcryan
@Ukilkelly
Four
@UCC
early-stage researchers have been awarded prestigious awards under the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.
Congratulations to
@DrMoralesGarcia
,
@Jamie_Darby
, Dr Vincent Oliviero & Dr Vilas Patil.
#UCCResearch
🚨 Nominations are now open for the
@UCC
Research & Innovation Awards 2023.
These awards recognise excellence in research and innovation, acknowledging the outstanding achievements of UCC’s research and innovation community.
#UCCResearchAwards
Come work with us!
@UCCResearch
wishes to recruit three Contract Officers.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for highly organised, self-motivated professionals with an interest in research support.
Apply now 👇
University College Cork is one of Ireland’s best research hubs, the latest world subject rankings have found, based on citations per paper.
@UCC
boasts three of the country’s five highest-scoring subjects for this indicator.
#UCCResearch
#UCCFutures
💥BREAKING 💥
The results of the
#MSCA
Individual Fellowships & COFUND calls 2019 are OUT! Almost €387 million to support around 2,500 researchers in Europe and beyond!
Find out more here:
The President’s Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals is awarded to the Critical Epistemologies Across Borders (CEAB) project team
@UCC
.
#UCCResearchAwards
Dr Olive McCarthy of
@UCCCoopStudies
is the winner of the Research Communicator of the Year award.
In 2023, her research communication greatly informed government policy and legislative developments, shaping the Access to Cash Bill introduced in 2024.
#UCCResearchAwards
VP for Research & Innovation
@jfcryan
speaks of the importance of
@UCCResearch
new SDG research mapping resources - invaluable resources demonstrating how the UCC research community is supporting the delivery of Irelands SDG commitments
#SDGs
#LeaveNoOneBehind
Applications are now open to all
@UCC
doctoral students to enter the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition.
The winner will represent UCC at the National
@IUAofficial
Three Minute Thesis finals in the 2024/25 academic year.
Further details here 👇
UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Social Policy (Youth & Community Work).
This position is being filled as part of UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures.
@UCCAppSoc
|
@CACSSS1
|
@maggieoneill9
#UCCFutures
As part of
@UCCMedHealth
#BrightFutures
some of our panel share their journeys and experiences throughout their various career paths in research and industry.
UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures is re-imagining and addressing the complex and intertwined societal, environmental and political challenges faced across the world.
#UCCFutures
#UCCCollectiveSocialFutures
15 academic positions available.
UCC Futures - Collective Social Futures is re-imagining and addressing the complex and intertwined societal, environmental and political challenges faced across the world.
#UCCFutures
#UCCCollectiveSocialFutures
15 academic positions available. 👇
Hack Your Health: Secrets of your Gut, a new
@netflix
documentary will premiere globally on Thursday 26th April, and will feature
@UCC
’s
@jfcryan
, who is a global expert on gut health.
UCC RESEARCH AWARDS | Since Jan 2020,
@isen_gard
has been awarded a
@ERC_Research
starting grant and an SFI-IRC Pathway award. Last year she was named
@UCCResearch
Early-Stage Researcher of the Year!
Nominate a colleague for a Research Award this year👇
We’re delighted to welcome the
@Horizon2020_ire
team to
@UCC
today. They’re raising awareness about the remaining
@EU_H2020
opportunities under Energy, Transport and Climate
🏆 UCC RESEARCH AWARDS
The nomination process for the Research Awards is now open.
The awards celebrate the outstanding contributions made to Research and Innovation
@UCC
.
Nominations close on Friday 21 April 2023. 👇
#UCCResearchAwards
Fifteen things to know about your gut - Experts in nutrition answer some of the most burning questions about your gut.
Featuring Jens Walter, a professor of ecology, food and the microbiome
@ucc
@Pharmabiotic
|
@SEFSUCC
|
@jfcryan
#UCCFutures