Mark Lawler, Associate Director of Postgraduate Studies, Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, and Professor of Digital Health at Queen’s University Belfast, shared a post on LinkedIn by Frances Wood, International Director at UK Research and Innovation, adding:
“Great to see this development which hopefully with drive tripartite Ireland Northern Ireland UK agendas in research and innovation.”
Quoting Frances Wood’s post:
“Great to announce this after a good deal of work behind the scenes. Huge credit to Laura Bones and Paul Wiley.
I really enjoy our close relationship with Research Ireland. Thanks for all your and your team’s hard work Michael Ryan
And still time to apply to the networking call on UK-Ireland creative economy collaboration (deadline 24th March).”
Quoting Uk Research and Innovation’s post:
“Today a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen UK-Ireland collaboration was announced to coincide with the second UK-Ireland Summit taking place in Cork.
The new agreement supports the UK and Irish governments’ ambition for closer UK-Ireland research collaboration on research areas that are critical to technological innovation and economic growth. These include telecommunications, advanced materials and quantum technologies, and a new creative industries programme launched this year.
UKRI International Champion and AHRC Executive Chair Professor Christopher Smith said:
‘From the creative industries, design and advanced communications to vaccines and biomedical research, collaborations between the UK and Ireland are addressing the major challenges and opportunities of our time.
‘This Memorandum of Understanding deepens the already strong ties between the UK and Ireland’s research and innovation sectors, enhancing our ability to work together to advance our knowledge and deliver growth for the benefit of everyone in society.’
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