Maynooth University postgraduate and postdoctoral research projects have been recognised and awarded funding under the Irish Research Council’s flagship Government of Ireland programmes.
In total, 16 Maynooth projects - 8 postgraduate and 8 postdoctoral - will receive funding under the Government of Ireland Programmes.
The following projects have been included in an overall national allocation of €27.5 million for 2024.
Maynooth University GOI Postgraduate Research Projects
- Benjamin Casey, History - Picturing the professions: Representations of the Irish professions, 1760-1830.
- Eamonn Sullivan, Sociology - Taxi driving: Surveillance & Resistance in the AI Age.
- Emily Harlin, Chemistry - Novel fluorescent probes for N-glycan labelling and therapeutic glycoprotein detection.
- Georgia Martin, Biology - MacEpi fibrosis in Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
- Luke Glennon, Chemistry - Novel Tungsten and Vanadium-based Materials for the Detection of Antibiotics and Removal by means of Advanced Oxidation Processes.
- Niall Sheil, Sociology - A sociological case study of Balbriggan, in North County Dublin.
- Rachel Horohan D'Arcy, Theoretical Physics - Heavy Quarks in the Quark-Gluon-Plasma.
- Stephanie Thompson, Law - A Feasibility Study on the Introduction of a Specialised Domestic Violence Court in Ireland.
Maynooth University GOI Postdoctoral Research Projects
- Dr Carolann Madden, Media Studies - Scenes from the West: Archiving and Interpreting the West of Ireland Through Early Home Movies, 1930-1970.
- Dr Emily Roche, History - Building Survival: Architectural Experiences of Auschwitz.
- Dr Gürkan Capar, Law - The Legitimacy of International Authorities: A Reason-Based Approach.
- Dr Laura Díaz Casado, Chemistry - Inhibitors of antimicrobial resistance transmission based on G-quadruplex present in plasmids.
- Dr Lewis Defrates, History - American Overseas Nationals During Wartime, 1895-1941.
- Dr Lily Ní Dhomhnaill, English - Live Poetic Historiography: Performance and Documentary Poetics.
- Dr Niall Ó Cuileagáin, English - Rural Radicals: Rural Modernity in Ireland, 1900-1950.
- Dr Richard Fitzpatrick, History - The Irish in Tenerife Project: an early modern merchant community navigating the cusp of legality and change within the Atlantic world, c.1739-c.1742.
This year, 290 awards in total were funded; 210 postgraduate scholarships and 80 postdoctoral fellowships.
Announcing the funding awards, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Patrick O’Donovan TD, said: "Following the establishment of Research Ireland earlier this year, I am delighted to announce this very significant investment in top research talent. Ireland has a strong reputation for research and innovation and it is vital that we continue to invest in future research leaders who, together, can play a key role in addressing the many challenges we face and the opportunities open to us. The ability to attract and retain excellent researchers within Ireland is key to the success of our knowledge economy for the long-term, and the Government of Ireland programme supports this aim. I wish the many researchers supported under the 2024 programme every success with their projects.”
To deliver on shared national objectives, each year the Government of Ireland programmes collaborate with strategic funding partners. Ten of the Government of Ireland postgraduate scholarships announced today are made in collaboration with, and funded by, partner agencies. The agencies comprise the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Further information is available on the IRC website.