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What is UCC Futures?

UCC Futures is our flagship strategic initiative for research and innovation. Launched in 2021, it is a creative, inclusive, and transformative interdisciplinary platform that unites researchers, infrastructure, partnerships, and investment around shared priorities enabling internationally competitive research that addresses complex societal challenges.

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UCC Futures Framework

The Framework comprises ten institution-wide thematic areas, five College-based Futures Strategic Research Centres (FSRC), and a suite of enabling Core Research Facilities. Each thematic area and centre houses a critical mass of expertise within a defined strategic theme, creating environments where disciplinary strength and interdisciplinary collaboration flourish together.

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Tyndall's Annual Report Highlights Growing Indigenous Semiconductor Sector with Record Spinout Success

Tyndall National Institute has today published its 2025 Annual Report, marking a landmark year for research, innovation and industry engagement, highlighted by the launch of three new semiconductor spin-out companies and growing evidence of Ireland’s emerging indigenous semiconductor sector.

Photo (L-R): Professor John Cryan, Benjamín Valderrama, Professor Aonghus Lavelle, Professor Gerard Clarke

When it comes to brain health, is microbiome science missing much of the world?

For more than two decades, scientists have uncovered remarkable links between the trillions of microbes living in our gut and the health of our brains. This research has transformed our understanding of stress, depression, anxiety and neurodevelopment, opening new possibilities for preventing and treating mental illness. What if much of this science is based on studying only a narrow slice of global diversity?

Dr Claire Scannell, Principal Meteorological Officer at Met Éireann: Dr Catriona Duffy, Climate Services Division, Met Éireann; Dr Rosa Rogers, Research Fellow and author of Chasing the Curlew’s Call; and Rosa Kelly, Visual Artist. Image: Clare Keogh.

New resource for teaching climate change through storytelling launched for schools

A bilingual graphic novel and suite of educational resources designed to support climate change education in schools has been officially launched through a collaboration between University College Cork (UCC), Met Éireann and members of the public.

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UCC launches Future Humanities Institute

University College Cork (UCC) has launched the Future Humanities Institute (FHI), marking a major milestone in its commitment to arts and humanities research.

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