TWO high-achieving Limerick researchers were awarded funding as part of a €27.5million Research Ireland investment in early-career researchers by Research Ireland.
The funding, announced by Limerick TD and Minister for Higher Education, Patrick O’Donovan, aims to support exceptional early-career researchers to pursue cutting-edge research with world-class potential across the sciences, engineering, arts, and humanities.
The funding was allotted to over 290 projects across the country for both postgraduate scholarship and postdoctoral fellowship researchers.
Gráinne Gibson, from the University of Limerick, was named as an Environmental Protection Agency Postgraduate Scholarship awardee. Her work will focus on the complexities of climate action in companies by examining the role of research and development and digital skill shortages.
Mary Immaculate College’s Evans Amoako Amoah was named the Department of Foreign Affairs Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution awardee.
His project examines farmer-herder conflicts in Ghana and linkages between climate change, resource competition, and food security in rural communities.
Congratulating those awarded, Minister O’Donovan said that he was “delighted to announce this very significant investment in top research talent”.
“Ireland has a strong reputation for research and innovation and it is vital that we continue to invest in future research leaders who, together, can play a key role in addressing the many challenges we face and the opportunities open to us.
“The ability to attract and retain excellent researchers within Ireland is key to the success of our knowledge economy for the long-term, and the Government of Ireland programme supports this aim.”
