SETU researchers part of €27.5m investment in early-career researchers

Three early-career researchers at South East Technological University have received part of a €27.5 million Research Ireland investment in Irish researchers, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD announced today. 

The funding is being allocated across 290 projects under Government of Ireland programmes to support exceptional young researchers to pursue cutting-edge research in sciences, engineering, arts and humanities.

In a statement on social media, South East Technological University said, "We're delighted to share that three SETU early-career researchers have been successful in this funding."

"Congratulations to Denise McAllister Wylie, Md Shamsuzzaman and Brian Mulhare on securing this prestigious funding. The highly competitive programme enables the development of high-level skills and knowledge for current and future challenges across a variety of settings, including industry, the public sector, civil society and academia."

Brian Mulhare has received funding for 12 months for his project, 'Evaluating a Novel "Supervised Tapered to Unsupervised" Resistance Training Model for Healthy Older Adults'. 

Also from SETU, Denise McAllister Wylie's research project will be funded for two years for her work looking at reimagining higher education in Ireland. Similarly, Md Shamsuzzaman has been given two years of funding for a research project into the restoration of Ireland’s natural carbon stores in degraded peatland.

Announcing the project, Minister O’Donovan TD, said he was "delighted to announce this very significant investment in top research talent" saying that the funding will help to uphold Ireland's "strong reputation for research and innovation".

"The ability to attract and retain excellent researchers within Ireland is key to the success of our knowledge economy for the long-term, and the Government of Ireland programme supports this aim," he said, "I wish the many researchers supported under the 2024 programme every success with their projects.”

The investment this year will be allocated this year across 210 postgraduate scholars and 80 postdoctoral fellows. The programme aims to enable the development of high-level skills and knowledge in academia.