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AMBER Researchers have been successful in the Research Ireland Enterprise Fellowship programme. Congratulations to Kwadwo Asare Owusu of University of Limerick, Mahmoud Soliman of RCSI, Parvaneh Mokarian of Trinity College Dublin and Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy of UCC. Their projects are in areas of semi-conductors, in-vitro diagnostics, sustainable packaging, and thermoelectric generators, and with researchers located in 4 AMBER University partners it demonstrates the breadth and talent engaged in materials science and bioengineering in Ireland. Details of their project and company placements below:
| Award title | Awardee | HEI/RPO | Enterprise Partner | Research Ireland funding amount |
| Improving Nitride Deposition for Next-Generation Semiconductor Integration | Kwadwo Asare Owusu | University of Limerick | Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) | €93,656.09 |
| Development of a Diagnostic-Grade, Scalable Gold Nanoparticle Platform Coated with Carboxymaltose for Customizable In Vitro Diagnostics | Mahmoud Soliman | RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences | Glantreo Ltd | €100,636.03 |
| Advancing Sustainable Packaging with Mycelium Technology through Kinetic and Self-Assembly Studies | Parvaneh Mokarian | Trinity College Dublin | Private Enterprise | €128,425.18 |
| Next Generation Thermoelectric Generators (NEXTEG): Approaches to barrier layer optimization and bonding developments. | Rupa Ranjani Palanisamy | University College Cork | Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) | €82,543.75 |
Research Ireland announced €4.4 million to support 46 fellowships across all disciplines under its Enterprise Fellowship programme. This co-funded programme enables researchers to gain experience beyond academic settings through defined research collaborations, while providing enterprise partners with access to academic knowledge and skills relevant to their interests.
Dr. Diarmuid O’Brien, CEO of Research Ireland, commented:
The high level of participation in the Research Ireland Enterprise Fellowship programme illustrates a strong appetite across disciplines and sectors for meaningful collaboration between academia and enterprise. This investment supports the mobility and development of research talent by giving researchers experience across both academic and enterprise settings, and enabling the flow of knowledge and skills in both directions. Through these awards, we are supporting the development of solutions to real-world challenges while strengthening connections across Ireland’s research and innovation ecosystem. This is delivering on our recently launched strategy’s ambition to grow Ireland’s talent base, economy, and society.
The 2025 programme was delivered through two streams – a partnership stream, and a placement stream – each designed to support different modes of research in collaboration with enterprise partners.
The partnership stream supports researchers to undertake full-time research in an eligible research body while working in close partnership with enterprise. 15 proposals were awarded under the partnership stream, with a total investment of €1.3 million.
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