THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

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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Watch the Hamilton Lecture 2022

Friday, 10 March 2023

If 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...

Science Committees, Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee, Hamilton Day

A vibrant civic society in Ireland today: The role of the Church

Friday, 10 March 2023

If you missed this talk by Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell which took place in Benburb Priory, Co. Tyrone, you can watch it back now.

Public Engagement

Gold Medals for top Irish researchers shaping their fields

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Senator Malcolm Byrne, presented Jane Ohlmeyer MRIA with the 2023 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities and Jonathan N. Coleman MRIA with the 2023 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Physical and...

Gold Medals

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell Hon MRIA awarded the 2023 Cunningham Medal

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell Hon MRIA , was awarded the Royal Irish Academy’s Cunningham Medal at a ceremony in Dublin on Tuesday, 28 February 2023.

Cunningham Medal, Grants and Awards

‘From vice to virtue, from idleness to industry, from profaneness to practical religion’ - Grangegorman penitentiary

Monday, 6 March 2023

Joan Kavanagh, author and historian, has documented the experiences of women and girls transported from Ireland to the Australian colonies during the 19th Century. Here, Joan discovers the history of the Clock Tower...

Grangegorman Histories

R.J. Hunter Research Bursary scheme open

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Thanks to the generous support of Laura Houghton Hunter the RIA is pleased to open the R.J. Hunter Research Bursary scheme once again this year.

Grants and Awards

NORF’s Open Research Fund 2023 is open

Thursday, 2 March 2023

NORF’s Open Research Fund 2023 is now open to proposals. This year, the Fund includes a new strand designed to recognise and reward researchers who want to play a leading role in advancing open research in Ireland.

Digital Repository of Ireland

Save the Date - Ireland's First Annual National Open Research Festival

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Ireland’s first annual National Open Research Festival will take place at the Royal Irish Academy, on 2-3 November 2023

Digital Repository of Ireland

First WorldFAIR Project Report: DRI in the Cultural Heritage Image Sharing Landscape

Thursday, 2 March 2023

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that the first deliverable for the Horizon Europe funded WorldFAIR Project Cultural Heritage Case Study (WP13) has been published!

Digital Repository of Ireland

New Collection in DRI – Ports, Past and Present

Thursday, 2 March 2023

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is pleased to announce that a new collection – Ports, Past and Present – has been published in the Repository. 

Digital Repository of Ireland

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