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Published: 28 March 2019
HRB seeks new Board members
The Minister for Health invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill two Board vacancies at the HRB.[more]
Published: 27 March 2019
Grant updates - March 2019
Updates on review processes underway and reminders for fast approaching closing dates. [more]
Published: 27 March 2019
HRB at the Health Sciences Libraries Group Annual Conference 2019
The Health Sciences Libraries Group (HSLG) is the professional body for health librarians and information professionals in Ireland. A team of five health librarians and information specialists from the Health Research Board (HRB)...[more]
Published: 25 March 2019
Ulysses travel grants
The Health Research Board (HRB) has partnered with the Irish Research Council's (IRC) Ulysses travel grant to fund a number of research visits to France to support new research collaborations between Irish and French researchers.[more]
Published: 20 March 2019
HRB welcomes appointment of the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee
Minister for Health, Simon Harris, TD, has appointed 15 people to the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC). [more]
Published: 14 March 2019
Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety to launch its 2019 funding cycle
The Research Collaborative in Quality and Patient Safety (RCQPS) is an initiative between the Health Research Board, the HSE National Quality Improvement Team and Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (RCPI). It was established...[more]
Published: 12 March 2019
HRB launch new scheme to support emerging clinician scientists
The HRB is investing €5 million to build research capacity among health and care practitioners* over the next five years. The Emerging Clinician Scientist Award is designed give people the opportunity to take the first step on an...[more]
Published: 8 March 2019
A research career that complements clinical practice
Peter is a consultant neurologist and Associate Professor in Trinity College Dublin. He leads the Computational Neuroimaging Group (CNG) in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute and he is the medical patron of the Irish Motor...[more]
Published: 1 March 2019
HRB launch new call for Research Leaders in health
The HRB will invest €7.5 million in new research leaders over the next five years. The call for applications goes live today, 4 March 2019.[more]
Published: 1 March 2019
Irish researchers awarded €1.7 million for gender research
The Irish Research Council and the Health Research Board have announced today funding for seven research projects addressing the issue of gender equality across a range of important topics, as part of the European Union...[more]
Published: 27 February 2019
Grant updates - February 2019
Updates on review processes underway and reminders for fast approaching closing dates. [more]
Published: 7 February 2019
New Bill for national research ethics committees
In a major step forward for health research, the cabinet has approved proposals for a Bill to support a mixed model national research ethics committee (REC) system. This would establish a national ethics committee infrastructure...[more]
Published: 31 January 2019
Grant updates - January 2019
Updates on review processes underway and reminders for fast approaching closing dates. [more]
Published: 30 January 2019
New funds for research in Parkinson’s Disease
The HRB in collaboration with the Medical Council Ireland has launched the award which aims to improve outcomes and lives of people living with Parkinson’s or their carers. [more]
Published: 30 January 2019
Horizon 2020 updates
There are still significant funding opportunities available for health researchers in the final two years of Horizon 2020 and budgets for those years have increased. [more]
Published: 29 January 2019
High Gout burden found in patients with kidney disease and under-treatment is common
One in six patients suffering from kidney disease in the Irish health system has gout, according to a new HRB-supported study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick. [more]
Published: 17 January 2019
Artificial intelligence and cervical cancer screening
Congratulations to Laura O'Sullivan from Cork who won the HRB special prize at this year's BT Young Scientists exhibition.[more]
Published: 9 January 2019
Open access - help shape national policy
The National Open Research Forum (NORF) in conjunction with the Royal Irish Academy, will host a meeting on Tuesday 22 January 2018 about Plan S - an EU wide initiative to make open access publishing a reality. [more]
Published: 7 January 2019
Umbilical cord blood biomarkers could identify babies at risk of brain damage
'This outcome highlights the importance of having health professionals, who work within the health system, involved in research', says Darrin Morrissey, Chief Executive at the HRB.[more]
Published: 18 December 2018
Ireland invested €752 million in health-related research between 2011 and 2015
The Health Research Board (HRB) has published the first Irish report on national expenditure on health research in Ireland for the five years from 2011 to 2015.[more]
Published: 17 December 2018
Grant updates - December 2018
Grant applications under review, as well as soon to be live calls.[more]
Published: 16 December 2018
Getting new mothers off to a flying start
Professor Cecily Begley wants to protect the health of new mothers, and she is currently driving HRB projects to reduce the numbers of C-sections and help women experiencing health problems after birth. She talks to Dr Claire...[more]
Published: 13 December 2018
HRB Summer Student Scholarships
Each year the HRB funds and supports university students to spend their summer holidays working on research projects with a supervisor. [more]
Published: 5 December 2018
Rare diseases - new EU funding opportunity
The first funding call under the recently established European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases opens on 14 December 2018.[more]
Published: 5 December 2018
New call and workshop - Secondary Data Analysis
The HRB will launch the first round of the Secondary Data Analysis Projects on the 7 January 2019. There will also be a workshop about the call on 15 January 2019 at the HRB offices.[more]
