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Published: 12 November 2018
Gender Taskforce Report welcomed by Ireland’s research-funding agencies
The Irish Research Council, Science Foundation Ireland and the Health Research Board commended the Taskforce for its work to promote gender equality within the higher education sector.[more]
Published: 12 November 2018
Drug and alcohol addiction services
HRB and Department of Health organise first National Drugs Forum to promote best practice.[more]
Published: 1 November 2018
Immune cells in smokers' lungs ‘too exhausted’ to fight Tuberculosis
‘Bio energetic exhaustion’ is the term being coined by HRB-funded researchers at Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital in research just published today to explain why immune cells in smokers don’t work as they should.[more]
Published: 26 October 2018
Grant Updates - October 2018
HRB grant applications in progress ...[more]
Published: 26 October 2018
Patrick Quinn Parkinson’s Awards
This is a brand new call for research projects into Parkinson’s disease and is planned to launch on 10 December 2018, and close on 31 January 2019.[more]
Published: 26 October 2018
Irish Health researchers receive €6.3 million Horizon 2020 funding in 2018
'€1.5 billion is still available in the final two years of Horizon 2020', according to Kay Duggan-Walls, National Contact Point for Health at the HRB. [more]
Published: 26 October 2018
Horizon 2020 stem cell study moves to clinical trial phase
The NEPHSTROM study uses next generation Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) therapy in an effort to improve kidney function. If successful, the therapy could provide patients with an alternative to dialysis or kidney transplant.[more]
Published: 24 September 2018
Grant updates - September 2018
HRB grant applications in progress and Applied Partnership Awards update...[more]
Published: 12 September 2018
New initiative to build capacity in evidence informed decision making
The health service, policy makers and the public will benefit from a €2 million, all-island, investment to improve ways of gathering and combining evidence (known as evidence synthesis) and using it effectively to inform health...[more]
Published: 16 August 2018
New HRB Impact Award 2019
The Health Research Board will present the first HRB Impact Award, with a prize fund of €50,000, in early 2019. It will recognise a researcher or health professional, at any stage of their career, whose research has had a...[more]
