Tagged: Maire Geoghegan-Quinn & News
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New web resource for firms to search R&D funding and advertise jobs News
14.05.2013 Ireland's Research and Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, has launched a new web resource targeted specifically at businesses to help them access information on R&D funding... -
Ireland is No 1 in Europe for enjoying economic effects of innovation News
26.03.2013 Ireland is the top of the EU league table for making knowledge and innovation work for the real economy. Despite this achievement, the EU’s Innovation Union Scoreboard placed... -
We need an aligned European scientific research agenda, says EU Commissioner News
28.02.2013 The European research community needs to embrace and advance a ‘joint programming’ model of research, where member states work together to tackle issues in a strategically... -
Twitter contest for science lovers this Valentine’s Day News
13.02.2013 A social media contest specifically targeted at science enthusiasts is being launched to coincide with Valentine’s Day. People who tweet about their love for science will be in... -
New EU €10m Blue Sky fund awards grants of up to €150k per project News
05.02.2013 The EU will today award 27 top level researchers with ‘proof of concept’ grants worth €150,000 to fund their proof of concept projects under its ‘Blue Sky’ funding scheme. -
ERC awards grants to two Irish scientists for smart city and glaucoma research News
23.01.2013 In its latest competition for ‘Advanced Grants’, the European Research Council (ERC) has awarded up to €2.5m in funding each to two Irish researchers to develop their research... -
Ireland ranks in top 10 EU countries for R&D investment - EU Commission News
06.12.2012 Ireland has been named as one of the top 10 EU countries for industrial R&D investment, with 14 of the top-spending companies for R&D based in the country, according to the... -
EU to introduce new supports for SMEs under Horizon 2020 News
05.10.2012 European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has announced new measures to support SMEs in developing high-potential innovations and bring them closer... -
European Researchers’ Night in Galway attracts science-curious public to Sea2Sky events News
02.10.2012 Galway has celebrated the research festival Sea2Sky to mark European Researchers’ Night, with around 10,000 people attending events around the city to mingle with astronomers,... -
Irish students win top prize at EU young scientists awards News
25.09.2012 Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle, this year’s overall winners at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, have today scooped another top award in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the... -
Irish tweets to reach the edge of space – Robert Boyle style News
29.08.2012 On 10 September a weather balloon is going to be sent to the edge of the atmosphere broadcasting tweets from people on the ground to test the limits of Irish scientist Robert... -
#ESOF2012 – EU Science Commissioner forges MoU with US NSF chief News
13.07.2012 The EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn today signed a memorandum of understanding with Dr Subra Suresh, who heads up the US National...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education -
#ESOF2012 – Enterprise Ireland director outlines the impact of FP7 in Ireland News
11.07.2012 In the week that saw the final and biggest set of calls under FP7 with €8.1bn available for projects and the launch of ESOF 2012, the national director of Ireland’s National...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Funding, Financial, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Media -
#ESOF2012 – Ireland punches above its weight in FP7 participation News
11.07.2012 Kicking off the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin today, the European Commissioner in charge of Research, Innovation and Science Maire Geoghegan-Quinn pointed out that... -
EU reveals its largest R&D fund yet with €8.1bn ready to invest News
09.07.2012 The EU Commissioner in charge of Innovation and Science Maire Geoghegan-Quinn will today unveil a new FP7 programme that will allocate €8.1bn to research and development...Categories: Telecommunications, Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Communications -
Science needs more women says EU, as it launches ‘Science: it's a girl thing’ campaign News
21.06.2012 The European Commission has today launched a new three-year campaign targeted at getting more teenage girls interested in science. European Research, Innovation and Science...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Green, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy, Bio TechTags: Second Level, Jobs, Europe, Innovation, Research, STEM, Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU Commission, EU 27, EU -
NUIG researcher wins EU award for road safety tech News
26.04.2012 New technology to improve pedestrian safety that’s being developed by Anthony Winterlich, a researcher at NUI Galway, has won a gold medal in the European Commission’s Young... -
Students get awards for inventive STEM projects News
10.02.2012 Students from more than 20 Irish schools have been awarded medals for their projects in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) at the CREST Awards. The...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, AppsTags: Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, STEM, Scientists, Europe, Innovation -
'Science could save Europe’s economy' – Geoghegan-Quinn News
09.02.2012 Science "forms and informs our path to economic recovery”. That’s according to EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who was in Ireland...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Intellectual Property, Government, Education, Economy, Investments, Life Sciences, Science -
Institutes of technology to get technological university status? News
08.02.2012 Sources in the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have confirmed reports circulating that the process of setting up a technological university in the southeast, and potentially in...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Graduate, Government, Engineer, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment