Announcements
AIREN Biennial Conference
Date: 3rd April, 2025
Venue: The Convention Centre, Dublin
Theme: Looking Ahead: The Future of Research Management and Administration on the Island of Ireland in an Era of Change and Disruption
Registration: January, 2025
PEACE PLUS Programme
PEACEPLUS is the new cross-border funding Programme created to strengthen peace and prosperity within and between the border counties of Ireland and Northern Ireland. PEACEPLUS (2021-27) is the successor programme to both PEACE IV and INTERREG VA. With a budget of €1.1bn available, the programme has been divided into six themes. Each new programme aims to address longstanding social and economic challenges which have and continue to impact our communities. Within each theme there are several investment areas – these will have a more specific focus and target specific organisations such as local authorities or community groups. There are 22 investment areas in total, more information about this can be found in the SEUPB PEACEPLUS website.
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation that will run for 7 years until 2027 with a budget of €95.5 billion. Further information about Horizon Europe available here.
US Ireland R&D Partnership Programme
The US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership is a unique initiative involving funding agencies across three jurisdictions: United States of America, Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland.
Research and Innovation Bill 2023
The Government of Ireland has published the general scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023 to merge the Irish Research Council (IRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to create a unified research and innovation funding agency. The new agency will capitalise on the recognised strengths of the IRC and SFI, to achieve the objectives of Impact 2030. It will drive world class research and innovation in Ireland and work collaboratively with other research funders and enterprise, both in Ireland and internationally. The functions of the new agency includes to promote North/South cooperation amongst research funders, institutions and researchers.
