UCC Futures


An ambitious programme of research prioritisation coupled with an innovative academic recruitment strategy across ten indicative areas of strategic importance


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Research at UCC FactBook

€113m Research Income in 2021/22

Highest ever and 18% increase from 2020/21

UCC have 20 European Research Council grant awardees, 10 of which were awarded since 2021 in Horizon Europe.

1st in Ireland for highly cited researchers in the Shanghai Rankings 2022

2,853 publication outputs in 2021

105,343 citations (2019-2021)

15 active spin-out companies

20 research projects with Civic Group collaborators

UCC is the leading University in Ireland for research impact as measured by citation performance

Research News

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD is pictured with Dr Andy Bielenberg, Principal Investigator of the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project and Senior Lecturer at UCC School of History, and John Dorney, Research Assistant and Historian, at the launch of The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project. Image: Maxwell Photography
29 Apr 2024

Landmark research on Irish Civil War fatalities launched

Database and interactive map lists all of the combatant and civilian fatalities. Project shows that numbers killed were considerably less than in the War of Independence. Research indicates the Civil War was more violent, brutal and protracted in counties Kerry, Tipperary and Louth.
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17 Apr 2024

Public invited to special recording of Derek Mooney show in UCC

A new collaboration between Mooney Goes Wild and University College Cork (UCC) will see a special recording of the popular radio show on the UCC campus, and the public are invited.
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Photo: Professor John Cryan, a renowned researcher in the area of gut health features in the 'Hack your Health: Secrets of your Gut' Netflix documentary.
15 Apr 2024

Hack your Health: New Netflix documentary features UCC expert

Hack Your Health: Secrets of your Gut, a new Netflix documentary will premiere globally on Friday 26th April, and will feature a University College Cork (UCC) scientist who is a global expert on gut health.
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11 Apr 2024

Ireland’s climate policy is failing women and marginalised communities – new report

New report finds that government response to climate crisis is worsening inequalities for women and marginalised people. Energy poverty, housing poverty, food poverty, mobility and spatial injustices risk being exacerbated by the climate crisis and policy responses. The report was led by UCC researchers for Feminist Communities for Climate Justice, a joint project between the National Women’s Council of Ireland and Community Work Ireland.
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UCC Futures

We are looking for talented individuals who mine the frontiers of curiosity and inquiry at the intersection of disciplines. Consolidating talent and potential, UCC Futures supports the delivery of superior quality in research, scholarship, and the translation of research to tangible impact on the world. 

Research by College

Our institutional research strategy focuses on creating and supporting world-leading clusters of researchers, and building on the research strengths of the University.

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