UCD Foundation

Deadline extended to Wednesday, 14 August! 🚨

"It's very fulfilling to help students, I love being able to give them support and encouragement when they need it. I got a lot of assistance from University College Dublin, so I like to pay something forward if I can. Without my UCD scholarship it would have been difficult for me to do my masters so I feel strongly about doing the same for other students to give them the same opportunity." UCD College of Engineering & Architecture alumnus Sankalp Sieghardt shares his experience in giving back to the community by supporting UCD student scholarships and mentoring. Read Sankalp's story here: https://lnkd.in/d2Hk8fNh

Honouring Excellence: Congratulations to the recipients of the Muiris Fitzgerald Bursaries at UCD School Of Medicine and St. Vincent's University Hospital! 🎓 Established through a generous donation led by Prof Muiris Fitzgerald, these bursaries support students and research endeavours over a decade. Administered jointly by UCD School of Medicine and the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at St. Vincent's University Hospital, they play a crucial role in advancing healthcare education and innovation. In its second year, the Muiris Fitzgerald Bursaries continue to empower staff like Etain Tighe, Clodagh Landers and Martine Fitzpatrick (representing Clare Reilly and Michelle Callaghan) in pursuing training and research initiatives. We highly commend their dedication to enhancing healthcare excellence. In the photo: Back Row: Etain Tighe, Clodagh Landers, Barbara Cantwell (UCD Admin), Martine Fitzpatrick, Catherine O'Grady and Grace Miller. Front Row: Prof Muiris Fitzgerald, Catherine McKeown and Elizabeth Duffy (UCD Foundation). Special mention to Brenda Grogan, who was unable to attend and all awardees for their remarkable achievements. #MuirisFitzgeraldBursaries #UCDSchoolofMedicine #SVUHl #HealthcareExcellence #Education #Research

Movember Janssen Newman Fellowship in Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research is offering a new #postdoc opportunity and is seeking a dedicated and innovative researcher to join UCD School Of Medicine and the Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) team. The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 5pm, 26 July 2024. All information here: https://lnkd.in/ePY2sdYE

Minister Patrick O'Donovan TD has announced a €14.6 million investment in projects to support early career researchers under the Science Foundation Ireland-Irish Research Council SFI-IRC Pathway programme. Congratulations to all of the awardees! 📸 Dr Sujit Jung Karki, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering is pictured with Dr Abigail Ruth Freeman Director, Science for Society at Science Foundation Ireland, at UCD Rosemount Environmental Research Station. Sujit's project focusses on disease control in Ireland’s most widely-grown cereal crop, barley. ➡https://lnkd.in/dxcYh6R3 Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science University College Dublin

🧑⚕️🔬 UCD Professor William Gallagher, Co-Lead, All-Island Cancer Research Institute: “The challenges posed for cancer research across the island of Ireland are such that extensive targeted investments like this one, are required to bring about improvements for our future. Today’s announcement is a step towards realising those ambitions.” 🤝 Irish Cancer Society

Refugees and International Protection Applicants face numerous barriers to accessing higher education in Ireland, and University College Dublin is committed to breaking down these barriers and creating opportunities for these students to fully participate in higher education. As a University of Sanctuary, UCD supports up to 50 Sanctuary students annually. Recently one of Ireland’s leading law firms, Arthur Cox LLP, announced €35,000 philanthropic commitment to support UCD University of Sanctuary programme. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eya9tbFT

👩🔬🏆 UCD researchers receive €1.4m from SFI Strategic Partnership Award A team of researchers at University College Dublin seeking to better understand seaweed-based micronutrients has received €1.4 million from a Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Partnership Award. This funding will be invested in a project titled ‘Bio-inspired particle architecture delivery technologies (Bio-PADT), led by Professors Kenneth Dawson, Yan Yan, Grace Mulcahy and David Brayden. Bio-PADT is a partnership between UCD and Marigot Ltd, which is spearheading the development of reliable platforms for micronutrient delivery. “This partnership… aims to understand the mechanisms via which naturally occurring substances in the diet aid micronutrient delivery, and to use that knowledge to develop novel ‘naturally inspired’ health-products,” said Professor Dawson, Director of UCD's Centre for Bionano Interactions (CBNI). Bio-PADT will explore opportunities to produce more effective and inexpensive food supplements from sustainable marine-derived raw materials such as seaweed. Through this project, researchers will better understand the mechanisms of how complex particle materials function. “Marigot Ltd’s core business involves the identification and development of naturally derived ingredients for the enhancement of human, animal and plant health,” said Michael Ryan, Managing Director, Marigot Ltd. “During the last 26 years, Marigot Ltd has operated with a unique appreciation for the value of scientific research to generate further understanding of its raw materials and their application. “The Bio-PADT project is a further demonstration of [our] commitment to scientific excellence by facilitating collaboration with Prof Dawson's team of leading scientists at UCD, with support from the industry focused SFI Strategic Partnership programme. “Marigot is excited by what the Bio-PADT project can deliver for nutrient delivery and particle interaction with biological barriers and the immune system. We envisage new discoveries which can be groundbreaking for treating micro-nutrient deficiencies and modulating inflammatory processes in human and animal applications.” Announcing the new Strategic Partnership Award, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation and Science, Patrick O'Donovan TD said the Bio-PADT research project was “an excellent example of collaborative research bridging industry and academia”. UCD Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact, Professor Kate Robson Brown added that the partnership “combines UCD's advanced research strengths and strong links with industry to further our understanding of how Marine-derived raw materials can contribute to health and nutrition”. 

🎓 Help Leaving Certificate students create a brighter future for themselves and their community through education at University College Dublin. Thousands of secondary students are currently sitting their Leaving Certificate exams. In the coming months, many of those students will face the reality that despite earning their place at UCD, their financial circumstances prevent them from accepting it. The rising cost of living and the lack of affordable accommodation are some of the barriers that disproportionally affect young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. These students need help to afford university despite working multiple part-time jobs while studying. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eSac4NkG

💙💛 Warmest congratulations to UCD Professors David Brayden, Professor of Advanced Drug Delivery; @Patrick Clancy, Emeritus Professor of Sociology; @Niall English, Professor in Chemical Engineering; Porscha Fermanis, Professor of Romantic Literature; and Graeme Warren, Professor of Archaeology, who were among 28 newly elected members, including distinguished UCD Physics graduate Dr. John A (Tony) Scott, who were officially admitted to the Royal Irish Academy.