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The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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The call for nominations for the Ernst Schering Prize 2020 is now open

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

The €50,000 Ernst Schering Prize is one of the most prestigious German science awards. Given annually by the Schering Stiftung, Berlin, it honours individual scientists in the fields of medicine, biology or chemistry,...

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ALLEA Statement: ‘The Need for Intellectual Property Rights Strategies at Academic Institutions’.

Monday, 11 November 2019

This publication formulates recommendations both to scientific organisations and European and national legislators and highlights the importance of managing intangible assets with due consideration of intellectual...

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Health Risks: Academies warn against unregulated use of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Friday, 8 November 2019

The European Academies of Science and Medicine call for evidence-based diagnosis and therapy in response to the WHO inclusion of Traditional Chinese Medicine in its standard framework.

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Dr Stephanie Annett selected as a panel speaker for the 2019 World Science Forum

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Th Academy congratulates Dr Stephanie Annett on being selected as a panel speaker for the 2019 World Science Forum taking place on 21-23 November 2019, in Budapest, Hungary.

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Call for Nominations: Scientific Committee of the World Data System

Thursday, 17 October 2019

The World Data System (WDS) Scientific Committee has three vacancies for the period 2018–2021.

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Delivering Horizon Europe

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

ALLEA statement to the European Commission calling for a strong and well-resourced framework programme guided by principles of excellence, fairness and openness.

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Serious mismatches continue between science and policy in forest bioenergy

Wednesday, 11 September 2019

The international peer-reviewed journal "Global Change Biology - Bioenergy" has just published a paper authored by 15 of EASAC’s Environmental Experts on the serious mismatches between science and policy on forest...

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New Working Group: “Harnessing the world’s academies to combat predatory academic journals and conferences”

Tuesday, 13 August 2019

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) have issued a call for working group nominations to a planned IAP study, “Harnessing the world’s academies to combat predatory academic journals and conferences.”

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The Royal Irish Academy congratulates Dr Sadhbh Lee on being identified as an Outstanding Young Physician Leader (YPL) by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)

Tuesday, 13 August 2019

Dr Lee will now attend the 9th IAP YPL Programme taking place on 24-29 October 2019 in conjunction with the World Health Summit being held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 October 2019.

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XX INQUA Conference Comes to Ireland

Friday, 9 August 2019

The International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) recently held its 2019 Congress in the Dublin Convention Centre from 25-31 July.

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