The Irish Research Council has today announced €27m in funding for new research projects under the Irish Research Council’s flagship Government of Ireland programmes. The investment will fund 316 awards in total, namely 239 postgraduate scholarships and 77 postdoctoral fellowships.

Now in its 20^th year, the Eli Lilly Postgraduate Research Symposium in Organic & Pharmaceutical Chemistry took place on Thursday 8^th September in the Pharmacy building, UCC.

Congratulations to our postgraduate students that presented at the 73rd Irish Chemistry Research Colloquium, and in particular to the following prize winners.

Molly Brew, final year student in the BSc Chemistry of Pharmaceutical Compounds degree at University College Cork, has been awarded the inaugural Catherine Keogh Memorial Grant.

Today, the School of Chemistry held its annual Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Cork Simon Community.

PhD graduate from the School of Chemistry in UCC, Dr. Rose O'Mahony, has been named SSPC Graduate of the Year for 2020.

Michelle O'Driscoll, a first year PhD student in the Schools of Chemistry and Pharmacy under the supervision of Dr. Tim O'Sullivan, has been awarded the Jane Grimson Medal of Excellence for being the top ranked STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) applicant in the IRC GOIPG (Government of Ireland Postgraduate) scheme this year.

UCC STEM researchers talk about spinning out their projects from the lab to the market and how they are poised to bring local solutions to global issues across healthcare and sustainability.

Congratulations to all postgraduate students on their Ph.D. and M.Sc. graduation this week, and our best wishes to all of them in their future careers.