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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...

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...

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.

RIA celebration of ‘Ireland greatest scientist’ discussed on podcast
Tuesday, 11 October 2022Dr Mary Canning, President of the Royal Irish Academy features on the latest Ibec Voices podcast episode to discuss the upcoming 2022 RIA Hamilton Day celebrations.

Watch the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize 2022
Wednesday, 10 August 2022Dr Priyanka Ganguly is awarded the 2022 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize for best PhD thesis in Ireland in an online ceremony on Thursday 28 July 2022.

Calling all winners of the RIA Hamilton Prize
Tuesday, 5 July 2022We want to hear from winners of the RIA Hamilton Prize for Mathematics since 2002