The programme implements doctoral programmes through partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe, to train highly skilled doctoral students.

UCC research projects funded include:

Advancing Research at the Intersection Between Gut Microbiota and Cancer Cachexia to Train Europe’s Future Leaders in Microbiota Medicine (MiCCrobioTAckle) - €572,976. 

The project led by Dr Harriët Schellekens (Project Beneficiary), Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, and APC Microbiome Ireland, will advance personalized microbiota medicine as a new clinical approach to treat cancer cachexia, a metabolic syndrome characterized by significant loss of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue.

Improvement of the quality and safety of fermented beverages through the management and control of spoilage microorganisms (SpoilControl - €572,976). The project led Professor Jennifer Mahony (Project Beneficiary), School of Microbiology and Professor John Morrissey (Project Beneficiary), Director of SUSFERM.

Integrated Spectroscopy for Protein Analysis Using Metasurfaces and Interband/Quantum Cascade Devices (PROTEMIC - €358,110). The project led by Dr Padraic Morrissey (Project Beneficiary), Tyndall National Institute.

ForMovFluid includes ten European partners and proposes to adopt new and existing laboratory and field techniques in geoscience sub-disciplines to address key knowledge gaps related to fluid flow drivers, pathways, and fluid/rock reactions. Dr Pat Meere, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UCC, is a coordinator of the ForMovFluid project