Minister Simon Harris recently announced the Irish Research Council’s โฌ24m investment in fundamental research through the Laureate Awards, including a new project, designed by Joe: Link4Lectin – “Mechanically linked molecular strategy for novel antimicrobial agents, pairing bioactive metal complexes with targeting of the carbohydrate-binding proteins of bacteria”. โฌ399,000 have been committed to this project, in which Joe will lead a team of researchers in discovery of new modular antimicrobial tools. This award will allow Joe to establish independence and expand the group as he moves from University of Galway to UCD.
Announcing the awards, Minister Harris said:
โI am delighted to announce the winners of the second round of the Irish Research Councilโs Starting and Consolidator Laureate Awards Programme and I congratulate each of the awardees. It is a pleasure to also welcome the Ukrainian researcher who came to Ireland from the war in Ukraine, and who will collaborate on one of the newly funded projects through the IRCโs innovative Ukrainian Researchers Scheme.
These talented researchers will no doubt contribute hugely towards the world-class excellence that is the bedrock of our research system in Ireland, pushing the boundaries of research knowledge and finding new discoveries that deepen our understanding of the world around us, by looking to the past, questioning the present, and unlocking our future potential.โ
Also commenting, Dr Louise Callinan, Director of the Irish Research Council, said:ย
โThe 48 researchers who will receive funding under the Starting and Consolidator Laureate Awards Programme have the potential to make ground-breaking advances in their respective fields and to bolster Irelandโs competitiveness in European research funding.
This is the second round of Laureate funding and many of the first-round awardees will be completing their research next year. It is testament to the success of the programme that three of the first-round awardees have already gone on to receive European Research Council funding, one as part of Irelandโs first ERC Synergy grant worth โฌ10 million.“
The winning projects were awarded on the basis solely of excellence, and applications were assessed through a rigorous and independent international peer-review process.“
Keep an eye on our Vacancies page for recruitment as part of this award.
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