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MU receives €5m under SFI Frontiers programme
Maynooth University researchers are set to receive over €5 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the Frontiers for the Future Programme, to tackle a range of topics such as renewable energy, climate change, food security, astronomy, immunology and cognitive science.
Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Milieu 2023, 45th edition of the MU Geog Soc Magazine launched in Rhetoric
Today the 45th edition of Milieu, the MU Geography Society magazine was launched in the Rocque Lab.
Date: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Dr Patrick Bresnihan, Dept of Geography, Maynooth University inducted as a member of the new Young Academy of Ireland on 25 April 2023.
On 25 April 2023, Dr Patrick Bresnihan in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University became one of 40 new members as the first cohort of the new Young Academy Ireland – (YAI), a network of early career researchers and innovators (ECRIs).
Date: Friday, 28 April 2023
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) funding
Dr. Louise Fitzgerald has been awarded €157,880 funding by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for the project REDIE: Realising Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Energy sector transformation.
Date: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
MU researchers awarded grants to inspire public engagement with STEM
Three Maynooth University researchers have been awarded over €600,000 to deliver innovative public engagement projects under the SFI Discover Programme.
Date: Monday, 06 March 2023
ICARUS research shows a 40% rise in hurricane rainfall rate over land for a 1°C rise in ocean temperatures
ICARUS Climate Research Centre academics analyse tropical cyclone rainfall in the North Atlantic between 1997 -2017
Date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
Dr Kevin Credit announced as recipient of IRC New Foundations Award
Dr Kevin Credit to create a Health and Environment Data Dashboard for D8 with Robert Emmet CDP
Date: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Professor Karen Till inducted into Royal Irish Academy
Professor Karen Till inducted into Royal Irish Academy
Date: Friday, 16 December 2022
Launch of Traveller Community Mapping Coolock StoryMap
The Department of Geography welcomed Traveller researchers to the Rocque Lab at the culmination of four years of collaboration between Coolock Travellers and Maynooth Geographers
Date: Friday, 18 November 2022
Maynooth University research shines light on future sea levels
Striking Línte na Farraige art installation in Wexford town warns of sea level rise along Ireland’s coastlines, based on climate research at MU and TCD
Date: Wednesday, 02 November 2022