Consolidator Awards: ERC awards €10m to ’pioneering’ UCD researchers

Cathryn Costello - sub - Posted 3 December, 2024 Five researchers from University College Dublin have received prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Awards - the highest number awarded to an Irish university in one call. The UCD awardees will each receive €2 million for their projects spanning Law, Philosophy, Biomechanical Engineering and Information and Communication Studies. Some 328 researchers across Europe received a total of €678m in ERC Consolidator Grants - under the EU's Horizon Europe programme - this year. Of the six awarded to Ireland, only one did not go to a recipient based at UCD. Recognising outstanding scientists and scholars, the grants aim to support those at a career stage where they may still be consolidating their own independent research teams to pursue their most promising scientific ideas. The UCD recipients are Professor Cathryn Costello , Associate Professors Ruth Boeker and Aisling Ní Annaidh , and Dr Maebh Harding and Dr Lai Ma. RefLex: Is International Refugee Law Effective?.