Three CHI research projects have been funded through the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme
Children’s Health Ireland are delighted to announce that three CHI research projects have been funded through the co-funding partnership.
Oct. 23, 2024
Research, News
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has today announced funding of €26 million for 40 research projects through the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.
Welcoming the announcement, Minister O’Donovan said: “I am delighted to announce the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future projects, which support high-risk, high-reward research endeavours. The selected projects, conducted across 11 research bodies, each represent highly innovative and novel approaches to research that support and underpin enterprise competitiveness and societal development in Ireland. I want to commend Research Ireland and Children’s Health Foundation and for their dynamic partnership and their focus on advancing children’s health through this funding programme. I would encourage others to establish similar partnerships and collaborations.”
Children’s Health Foundation were a co-funding partner on the programme and aimed to fund novel collaborative paediatric research projects that will significantly improve the understanding of the underlying causes, diagnosis or treatment of childhood diseases and support further growth and development of paediatric research in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI).
Children’s Health Ireland are delighted to announce that three CHI research projects have been funded through the co-funding partnership.
Fiona Freeman (Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, UCD) and Scheryll Alken (Consultant in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer, CHI) were awarded funding for their project on bone cancer - “Conjugated STINGagonist nanoparticles as novel therapeutic add-on to enhance the therapeutic response of chemotherapy for the treatment of osteosarcoma”. This project is co-funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland and CHF.
Nicholas Allen (Professor of Paediatrics, University of Galway) and Kathleen Gorman (Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, CHI) have been awarded funding for their project on childhood epilepsy - “Therapeutic targeting in patient derived pluripotent stem cell neuronal modelling of KCNQ2-encephalopathy”. This project is wholly funded by CHF.
Judith Coppinger (Senior Lecturer/Principal Investigator, RCSI) and Fiona Ringholz (Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, CHI) have been awarded funding for their project on Cystic Fibrosis - “Investigating extracellular vesicles as novel tools to monitor and treat Cystic Fibrosis”. This project is wholly funded by CHF.
““Children’s Health Foundation is a proud partner of Frontiers for the Future programme, and we are delighted to co-fund paediatric research projects that will benefit sick children throughout Ireland. Working with Research Ireland, we are able to leverage the funds our incredible supporters raise, to deliver larger grants for research into childhood diseases. This ensures the tireless efforts of our fundraisers can result in kinder and more gentler treatments for sick children. Frontiers for the Future programme plays a key role in enabling us to fund paediatric research with the potential to deliver impact for sick children now and into the future.”
““The Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future programme helps to build research capacity, expertise and reputation. This latest round of grants will support a diverse range of research positions and represents a strong commitment to developing future talent in key areas. It has been a pleasure having Children’s Health Foundation as a funding partner in that drive to strengthen Ireland’s research pipeline.”