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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI)
The University College Dublin Foundation Limited received PRTLI grants, described below, from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Higher Education Authority for support for the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and the Molecular Medicine Centre. Taking a big risk in grantmaking has paid off hugely for Ireland and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Taking Research and a Country to New Levels of Excellence
Postgraduate research student Eric Farrell and Minister of Education and Science Mary Hanafin at Trinity College Dublin’s Centre for Bioengineering. Photo: Trinity College Dublin “Look, frankly you’ve got to invest in research,” were Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney’s words in 1998 to Ireland’s then Prime Minister…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Creating Excellence in Dementia Care: A Research Review for Ireland’s National Dementia Strategy
Source: The School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin and The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUIG
More people in Ireland have dementia than cancer or heart disease yet it has been a largely invisible and underfunded health issue, according to a new report by Suzanne Cahill and Maria Pierce from the School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin;…
Resource type: Research Report
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Establishing a National Centre of Gerontology
The development of expert social and rural gerontology in the Republic of Ireland is particularly urgent given the changes that are expected over the coming decades. There are major information deficits in relation to how people age. Older people’s experience of ageing in urban and…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Social Justice and the Life Course
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, addressed the National University of Ireland-Galway’s Life Course Institute Seminar. He commented that Life Course projects are important because they are not just about “treating” disadvantage in old age or in youth, but are about breaking…
Resource type: Speech
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Paying Dividends: A Report on The Atlantic Philanthropies Investment in Dementia in Ireland
Source: National University of Ireland Galway
This study examines Atlantic’s investments in the Republic of Ireland to improve dementia care, boost research and encourage changes in policy, and how these efforts have impacted the lives of people with dementia and their families. The study focuses on investments—made between 2011 and 2015—to provide support…
Resource type: Research Report
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