We aim to establish an All-Ireland Centre of Excellence in Economics, History and Policy to lead the development of Ireland into a global Centre of Excellence in policy-relevant historical research.

AICRIstart is the foundation stone for our broader vision which is to create the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI). This virtual institute will bring together the best cancer researchers in Ireland and Northern Ireland towards a common aim – for patients to live longer and better lives after their diagnosis.

Building on the TUDA Study, AIM4HEALTH will use state-of-the-art scientific approaches, including Artificial Intelligence techniques to analyse data, to investigate risk factors contributing to depression and anxiety, and the dietary and lifestyle changes that should be implemented to help to improve mental health in older people.

The AIVRT consortium draws together expertise with a shared goal of developing effective vaccines to prevent bacterial infections. Further, we will train 11 PhD students and 4 post-doctoral researchers in all the necessary skills to provide the next generation of vaccine experts who will support the growing vaccine industry and public health implication of vaccination on the island.

No body of sustained research has addressed how a complex distributed and multi-city region can foster sustainable innovation. In partnership with business, representative bodies, non-government organisations, and individuals we are going to address this gap.

BORDEX will produce new knowledge on the governance of (in)security, civil society resilience and the role of these institutions in maintaining peace and security; and will develop accessible outputs aimed at civil, policy and political actors to inform debate and develop the post-Brexit security field on the Island.

BRAN aims to look at poetry from all over the island under a new lens beyond Regionalism and Nationalism. We wish to recover and explore forgotten voices: feminists, international exchanges, politics outside the nationalist/unionist framework, and the migrants and minorities who enriched Irish poetry north and south.

CARTLANN will use the archival records of Conradh na Gaeilge to track the uneven development of Irish language policy on both sides of the border.

CARTREGEN is aiming to develop stronger structures to regenerate articular cartilage through computational and experimental approaches. This can save massive experimental costs and time and also accelerate the development of regenerative strategies for treating damaged joints and other soft tissues in the body.

The aim of this study is to ensure that women are included in political discussions of changing relationships on the island of Ireland. This project uses innovative conflict mediation methods to facilitate women’s discussions on transitions in North-South relationships.

This All-Ireland Cancer Liquid Biopsies Consortium (CLuB) emerging hub of excellence will bring cohesive leadership, insights, novel approaches, excellence in research, training, and teaching collectively and on the individual components of Liquid Biopsies, feeding back into teaching North and South.

CO-DECIDE aims to produce a decision-making framework to assist parents and healthcare providers to plan the place of end-of-life care for children with life-limiting, life-threatening and terminal conditions.

The overall aim of this project is to produce an all-island strategy to surveying staff about their experiences and perspectives on consent and C-SVH in HE across the North and South of Ireland as well as facilitating knowledge exchange between academics and professionals.

Scientific uncertainty has contributed to hesitancy to take the vaccine on the part of pregnant women, despite their high-risk status. COVICAT will address the huge gap in scientific evidence regarding COVID-19 infection and vaccine uptake in pregnancy, and the effects of infection and vaccine on the developing foetus, particularly in the first trimester of pregnancy.

CREDA is seeking to support the conservation management of our threatened fish species and enhance the education and cultural understanding North and South.  This proposal aims to develop DNA based methods to detect specific fish species that can give results at the water source using a paper strip, similar to a pregnancy test.

As there are currently no laws in operation which require warning labels on alcohol products, this project aims to develop combined text and graphic alcohol warnings to make sure people understand the risks of alcohol.

DEFLATE aims to design and develop a new medicine to promote weight loss and reduce the complications associated with obesity.

Delirium Health Professionals Ireland will create a digital learning resource for students of all health professions which will teach them about recognition, prevention and treatment for delirium in different care settings.

The use of Digital Twins (DT) for cyber-physical systems (CPS) cyber security is an emerging field and there are not many guidelines for CPS operators as to how to do so or what should be modelled. We will focus on providing an effective procedure to identify cyber and physical system components, data flows, and physical interactions to identify the appropriate boundaries of DTs that can support cyber-security monitoring of CPS subsystems.

By harmonising cancer data on the island of Ireland to a health global standard, we can build federated cancer eHealth research to national, EU and global data.

In this new project, ÉIREhemp will screen a library of hemp lines to determine which are optimal for farmers to maximise their return on investment.

People with communication disability are at risk of being excluded from society, affecting relationships, and having less opportunities to work, socialise, and participate in everyday activities. Our project aims to tackle that.

EpiHyper is seeking to identify new targets based on individual genetic make-up that can respond more effectively to blood pressure treatments.

Our research will provide essential knowledge of B cell immune responses and the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells extracellular vesicles for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

The aim of FCCC-EoLEd is to ensure all families in Ireland who have a mum or dad at end of life (EoL) will have the necessary psycho-oncology care through upskilling health and social care professionals to deliver much needed family-centred care, which is currently lacking.

FINIFOR aims to develop a new and novel financing mechanism that ensures rural communities and major Irish food companies can continue to thrive and also contribute to significant climate mitigation efforts.

FoodFraud aims to identify food categories that are particularly vulnerable to food fraud and to map where in the food chain these vulnerabilities are most likely to occur.

HIGH-GREEN aims to develop a miniaturised highly sensitive, accurate sensor for long-term use and monitoring greenhouse gas emissions, within the context of all-Ireland emissions monitoring.

Our researchers have planned a comprehensive approach to improving our understanding of the needs of neurodivergent students as well as providing practical help.

IRBORDCUL will research and archive a wide range of literary and visual arts material on the border and present this in a sustainable and innovative open access digital archive as well as examining the history and impact of cultural policy over the period of the border’s existence.

The proposed research will thoroughly investigate what would be needed for an infant and young child feeding in emergencies plan that would be appropriate in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

New fundamental insight into the dependence of Treg induction on physical forces will provide a ground-breaking advance in current understanding of tissue regeneration in Multiple Sclerosis. Our investigation will provide a foundation for developing new biomaterials and treatments for MS immunotherapy.

MES-AIE wants to provide a detailed analysis of the experiences, intentions and strategies of EU nationals and employers in Ireland and Northern Ireland, who have been impacted by the UK’s change in immigration policy precipitated by Brexit.

MISTE will measure multilingual practices to investigate the role of translation in bringing together migrants/refugees and local communities; and to explore the creative potential of translation to raise awareness of cultural diversity in Ireland. The project compares approaches to language and migrant/refugee integration in different sites with a view to informing policy and best practice.

Our main objective is to develop the first mRNA vaccine against high-rick neuroblastoma – an aggressive childhood cancer of undeveloped nerves.

OSBMH looks to uncover the story of the 400 army barracks across the island and to facilitate the general public in visiting these sites with a new understanding and appreciation for that history, and the place of these buildings and complexes within Ireland’s built heritage and culture.

OXI-SMART will provide a unique and highly novel solution to the problem of monitoring and verifying tumour hypoxia levels.

PEPDELIVER will make a formulation of insulin to be given by the most convenient route, the oral route so that patients with diabetes will adhere better to dosing and will opt for insulin early in their disease to get better outcomes.

PROFESS 12 will translate global research on engineering skills requirements to a local level: asking engineering employers, academics and students on the Island for their views on skills requirements.  Using those skills, we will then design, trial and evaluate a five-day Summer School with 20 students from North and South.

In this study, PROMARIC is working to determine the protease levels in the lungs and how this influences the types of bacteria in the lungs and their responsiveness to antibiotics.

Our goal is to create a best-practice model for medical education across the island of Ireland and improve the patient care experience, with particular focus on cultural sensitivity.

RadCOL will use a technique called ‘radiomics analyses’ to extract additional information contained in CT images. This information will be used to reveal disease characteristics that cannot be seen by eye and could be used to predict which types of cancers are most likely to spread.

The study seeks to explore how the different processes to changing the law on abortion on both sides of the border impacted on how women feel about their role as being able to have children; being a citizen and how this relates to their sense of belonging in each country, we call this reproductive citizenship.

RID Injury is working to understand risk and identification of musculoskeletal injury in adolescent team sports.

Our research on the Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem can be used to inform policy; inform umbrella organisations of what support is needed to grow these sectors and help educators to make informed choices around skills and learnings to build upon the vibrant and expanding social enterprise sector across the island of Ireland.

By using a cutting-edge blend of basic and clinical brain research, using advanced technologies and unique biosamples, probing the human brain and using the discoveries to learn about mechanisms of disease. It will determine changes that might inform on outcomes, and feed into the design of treatments of the future.

Stable Lives Safer Streets: A north-south hub of scientific excellence to serve intergovernmental and statutory frameworks in the policy area of Youth Crime will enable policy makers, law enforcers and all involved in youth justice to contribute to the research process and will develop a sustainable cross-border approach for evidence building and its use in developing good policy and practice.

We have pioneered the chemistry to study enzyme activity, we will develop it further to activate our undercover probes in cells, directly where the drugs act. Our probes can accelerate development of new drugs as we can examine how those drugs and enzymes interact in a new and dynamic way.

A systemic approach to the sustainable, integrated, optimised electrification and automation of transportation networks is missing. This project aims to fill this gap by complementing the endeavour on both sides of the island with an all-Ireland approach to inform responses to challenges and opportunities brought by CAVs (Connected and Autonomous Vehicles) and EVs (Electric Vehicles) technologies.

SUGARCOAT aims to produce novel biofilm-inhibiting coatings for medical device surfaces based on novel carbohydrate-decorated materials, protecting patients from bacterial infections.

The Talk4Peace project explores the role of transformative mediation as a mechanism for peacebuilding in the island of Ireland. It seeks to assess its potential to promote an inclusive peace through the engagement of women and other minoritised groups as key actors, and to support dialogue and cultural understanding through a wide array of mediation techniques.

TJHIA aims to assess justice responses to Historic Institutional Abuse across the island of Ireland and how they compare to efforts across the world. Drawing on restorative and transitional justice and approaches in other countries, it will outline a new framework for justice.

The TOGETHER collaboration wants to research together with incarcerated and university students, the learning from innovative approaches to university-prison education.  Importantly, TOGETHER will also develop a uniquely all-island approach to prison-university education.

TRACER will develop prototypes of the next generation radiosensitising nanocomposites using a non-toxic support material (silica) loaded with 400-2000 gold nanoparticles.

Ultonia is conducting in-depth research on the cultural dynamics of medieval Ulster within the context of pre-Norman Ireland as a whole. The findings will lead to a range of educational resources for secondary schools both north and south.

VirtuGraze aims to determine if virtual fencing on farmland – a combination of GPS technology and sensory cues to contain grazing livestock – has an impact on animal behaviour.

Vit-TB aims to explore the extent of vitamin D insufficiency across the island of Ireland, and to functionally characterize the role of vitamin D on the immune response to bTB (bovine tuberculosis) infection. Building a new hub, focused on bovine immunology between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland will foster increased collaboration and bring a wealth of collaborative expertise to addressing knowledge gaps and developing improved controls for multiple livestock diseases.

VitDOC is researching the role that Vitamin D and the VitD receptor plays in Oesophageal adenocarcinoma – a cancer of the oesophagus.

This research will explore women’s relationship with the border during the Troubles and since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The research will comprise of 25 in-depth ‘walking interviews’ where participants will take researchers on a journey across and around the border area using routes they would ordinarily take as part of everyday life.

WoundActiv aims to develop a new approach to diabetic wound healing through the fabrication of a bi-layered collagen-based scaffold which replicates the complex structure of native skin.

YouGaMSI will examine how gambling companies market their products through sport to young people on the island of Ireland and how these products manifest gambling harm in youth cohorts in both jurisdictions.

Youth Dance Matters is a pioneering survey and analysis of the conditions and value of youth dance across the island of Ireland that mixes dance and social science research methods.