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Call for entries: Kathleen Lonsdale Chemistry Prize 2024
Monday, 27 November 2023The Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2024 is now open for applications from researchers who completed a chemistry PhD in Ireland in 2023

Watch 2023 Hamilton Lecture: ‘How surprisingly intricate are random structures?’
Tuesday, 7 November 2023If you missed our 2023 Hamilton lecture ‘How surprisingly intricate are random structures?’ delivered by Professor Wendelin Werner you can watch it now

Response to National Review of State Supports for PhD Researchers, First Report
Tuesday, 24 October 2023This statement is being issued by a group of Academy multidisciplinary committees in response to the first report from the public consultation on State Supports for PhD Researchers.

Watch the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2023
Thursday, 1 June 2023Dr Chunchun Li is awarded the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize for best chemistry PhD thesis in Ireland at a ceremony at the Royal Irish Academy on Thursday 11 May. The prize was awarded in an in-person ceremony...

Ireland’s construction industry, education, research and training sectors are urged to work together to plan future of delivery of construction needs
Friday, 19 May 2023A report released today by the Royal Irish Academy and the Construction Industry Federation contains recommendations for the construction industry, education and training, and research sectors aimed at ensuring Ireland’...

PCMS submission to consultation on state supports for PhDs
Tuesday, 25 April 2023The Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences submitted a response to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science consultation on State supports for PhD researchers in March 2023.

Watch the Hamilton Lecture 2022
Friday, 10 March 2023If you missed the 2022 annual Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Lecture given by Professor Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton you can watch it now. Professor Wigderson spoke about 'Cryptography: secrets...

Ground Breakers: Dervilla Donnelly MRIA
Friday, 10 February 2023A broadcast documentary giving insight into the life and work of Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at University College Dublin, Dervilla Donnelly MRIA who was also the 2017 winner of the RIA's prestigious...

Dr Chunchun Li wins the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2023
Wednesday, 1 February 2023Recent Queen's University Belfast graduate wins prize for best chemistry PhD in Ireland.

The 19th RIA/URSI Research Colloquium on Radio Science and Communications
Wednesday, 11 January 2023Colloquium with papers from academics and industry with a poster exhibition and free public lecture.