EU funding for Irish health research
How much EU research money Irish universities, hospitals, research bodies and companies have won for health and medical research, who won it, and for which projects, from the European Commission's own grant records.
Irish organisations have received €202.6m from Horizon Europe for health and medical research across 278 projects since 2021, according to the European Commission's CORDIS grant records, led by University College Dublin (€26.0m). Universities and colleges received 56% of it and Irish companies €57.8m. Ireland's organisations took 2.1% of the EU money in these projects, compared with 2.6% (€274.0m) under Horizon 2020 in 2014-2020. Horizon Europe runs to 2027, so its totals are still growing.
Funding by project start year
EU contribution to Irish organisations, € millionEach project is counted in the year it started, with the whole EU contribution to its Irish participants. Horizon 2020 projects that started in 2021-2022 were funded from calls closed before Horizon Europe began. Recent years fill in as new grants are signed.
Irish organisations
144 in Horizon Europe| Organisation | Horizon Europe | Projects | Coordinated | Horizon 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University College Dublin Universities and colleges · Dublin |
€26.0m | 43 | 15 | €28.4m |
| University of Galway Universities and colleges · Galway |
€25.3m | 31 | 10 | €36.0m |
| University College Cork Universities and colleges · Cork |
€21.3m | 42 | 13 | €13.0m |
| Trinity College Dublin Universities and colleges · Dublin |
€21.2m | 37 | 12 | €23.9m |
| Health Research Board Public bodies · Dublin |
€8.9m | 9 | 0 | €1.4m |
| Omnispirant Limited Companies · Clonmel Tipperary |
€5.1m | 1 | 0 | — |
| Taighde Eireann Research Ireland Public bodies · Dublin |
€3.8m | 4 | 0 | €1.7m |
| RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Universities and colleges · Dublin 2 |
€3.8m | 16 | 9 | €12.2m |
| Pintail LTD Companies · Blackrock |
€3.0m | 7 | 0 | €2.7m |
| South East Technological University Universities and colleges · Waterford |
€2.9m | 4 | 2 | €2.6m |
| Teagasc - Agriculture And Food Development Authority Universities and colleges · Carlow |
€2.7m | 3 | 1 | — |
| Aveta Medical Limited Companies · Galway |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ovagen Group Limited Companies · Ballina |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | €2.4m |
| Loci Orthopaedics Limited Companies · Galway |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | €1.9m |
| Atxa Therapeutics LTD Companies · Dublin |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | €2.5m |
| Selio Medical Limited Companies · Dublin |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | — |
| Aurigen Medical Limited Companies · Dublin |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | €3.6m |
| Luminate Medical Limited Companies · Galway |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | — |
| Altratech Limited Companies · Limerick |
€2.5m | 1 | 1 | €3.0m |
| Technological University Dublin Universities and colleges · Dublin |
€2.4m | 7 | 1 | €1.9m |
| Relevium Medical Limited Companies · Gaillimh |
€2.4m | 2 | 1 | — |
| Aerogen LTD Companies · Galway |
€2.3m | 2 | 0 | — |
| University of Limerick Universities and colleges · Limerick |
€2.3m | 6 | 1 | — |
| Maynooth University Universities and colleges · Maynooth |
€2.3m | 4 | 1 | €4.3m |
| Echalliance Company Limited By Guarantee Other · Dublin |
€2.2m | 7 | 0 | €2.1m |
The top 25 by Horizon Europe funding. "Projects" counts participations, and an organisation can take part in the same project more than once as a partner and a linked entity. The full list for both programmes is in the CSV download.
Who receives it
Horizon Europe, by organisation typeLargest Horizon Europe projects
by EU contribution to Irish participants| Project | To Irish partners | Irish participants | Coordinator | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSPIRE Developing novel inhaled bioengineered Extracellular Vesicle RNA based advanced therapeutics, delivered by tailored aer… |
€9.1m | Trinity College Dublin, Myriad Consulting Limited, Remedy Biologics Limited +2 | Myriad Consulting Limited IE | 2022–2026 |
| MedTrainPlus MedTrain+: Postdoctoral Career Development and Mobility Fellowships in Medical Device Research Evolving the CÚRAM Indus… |
€7.2m | Relevium Medical Limited, University of Galway, Fleming Medical Limited +6 | University of Galway IE | 2022–2028 |
| BATPROTECT Learning from Bats: New Strategies to Extend Healthspan and Improve Disease Resistance |
€3.7m | University College Dublin | University College Dublin IE | 2024–2030 |
| EP BrainHealth EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR BRAIN HEALTH (EP BRAINHEALTH) |
€3.2m | Taighde Eireann Research Ireland, Health Research Board | Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft - Und Raumfahrt Ev DE | 2026–2035 |
| Zero_HiddenHunger_EU Tackling micronutrient malnutrition and hidden hunger to improve health in the EU |
€3.0m | Crowdhelix Limited, UCC Academy Designated Activity Company, University College Cork | University College Cork IE | 2024–2027 |
| OHAMR European Partnership One Health AntiMicrobial Resistance |
€2.9m | Taighde Eireann Research Ireland, Department Of Agriculture, Food And The Marine, Health Research Board | Vetenskapsradet - Swedish Research Council SE | 2025–2035 |
| Recon4IMD Reconstruction and Computational Modelling for Inherited Metabolic Diseases |
€2.8m | University of Galway, Children'S Health Ireland, Dundalk Institute Of Technology +1 | University of Galway IE | 2023–2027 |
| SEARCH Synthetic hEalthcare dAta goveRnanCe Hub |
€2.6m | Iqvia Rds Ireland Limited, Trinity College Dublin, Ibm Ireland Limited | Trinity College Dublin IE | 2024–2028 |
| PiezoMac Piezoceutical biomaterial scaffolds for immunomodulatory-based myocardial repair |
€2.6m | Trinity College Dublin | Trinity College Dublin IE | 2024–2029 |
| NanoX Nanoscale X-ray tissue imaging: understanding the pathophysiology of hepatitis E infection |
€2.5m | University College Dublin | University College Dublin IE | 2025–2031 |
| AVeta Hormone-free solution for vaginal atrophy |
€2.5m | Aveta Medical Limited | Aveta Medical Limited IE | 2022–2024 |
| Ovavax2 Accelerating scale up and commercialisation of 100% bacteria free eggs for use in production of vaccines |
€2.5m | Ovagen Group Limited | Ovagen Group Limited IE | 2022–2024 |
| InDx CMC Implant The InDx CMC Implant. A new treatment for thumb base joint arthritis. |
€2.5m | Loci Orthopaedics Limited | Loci Orthopaedics Limited IE | 2022–2024 |
| PAH-Advance PAH-ADVANCE: Accelerating the Clinical Path of NTP42, a disease-modifying drug that will disrupt the future treatment o… |
€2.5m | Atxa Therapeutics LTD | Atxa Therapeutics LTD IE | 2023–2023 |
| Selio System Development and commercialisation of a novel needle tract sealant system for pneumothorax prevention during lung biopsy |
€2.5m | Selio Medical Limited | Selio Medical Limited IE | 2022–2024 |
Largest Horizon 2020 projects
2014-2020 programme| Project | To Irish partners | Irish participants | Coordinator | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBODAC Communication strategy and tools for optimizing the impact of Ebola vaccination deployment – Sofia ref.: 115847 |
€13.5m | World Vision Of Ireland Lbg | London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine Royal Charter UK | 2014–2020 |
| MEDMICO Moving to Efficient Diabetes care: Multimode Integrated CO-morbidity diagnostics platform |
€4.5m | Radisens Diagnostics Limited | Radisens Diagnostics Limited IE | 2015–2018 |
| PREPARE Preventing Respiratory Events through Proactive Assessment of Respiratory Effort |
€4.3m | Pmd Device Solutions Limited | Pmd Device Solutions Limited IE | 2016–2018 |
| VACCELERATE VACCELERATE - European Corona Vaccine Trial Accelerator Platform |
€3.9m | University of Galway, University College Dublin | Klinikum Der Universitaet Zu Koeln DE | 2021–2025 |
| SHAPES Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems |
€3.6m | Access Earth Limited, Maynooth University, University College Cork | Maynooth University IE | 2019–2023 |
| DRIVE Diabetes Reversing Implants with enhanced Viability and long-term Efficacy |
€3.3m | University of Galway, University College Dublin, Dublin City University +2 | University of Galway IE | 2015–2019 |
| SMILE Synchrotron Miniaturization enabling Innovative Laboratory Equipment in soft x-ray tomography. |
€3.0m | Siriusxt Limited | Siriusxt Limited IE | 2017–2019 |
| AUTOSTEM Development of closed, scalable and AUTOmated robotic systems for therapeutic STEM cell manufacturing: aseptic systems … |
€3.0m | University of Galway, Pintail LTD, Crospon Limited +2 | University of Galway IE | 2016–2018 |
| EASIVIRAL EASIVIRAL |
€3.0m | Altratech Limited | Altratech Limited IE | 2017–2021 |
| DOROTHY DevelOp interdisciplinaRy apprOaches to healTH crises collaborativelY’ |
€2.8m | Taighde Eireann Research Ireland, An Tudaras Um Ard Oideachas | Taighde Eireann Research Ireland IE | 2021–2026 |
Direct NIH awards to Irish organisations
21 award years since 2014Only awards made directly to an Irish organisation. Most US National Institutes of Health money reaching Irish researchers comes as subawards through US universities, which NIH RePORTER lists under the US institution, so this table understates it.
What counts here. A project is included when it is funded under the programme's health budget line (Horizon Europe Cluster 1 "Health", or Horizon 2020 societal challenge "Health, demographic change and well-being", which includes the Innovative Medicines Initiative), or when CORDIS classifies it mainly under medical and health sciences or medical engineering. An organisation is Irish when its registered country in CORDIS is Ireland. Amounts are the EU contribution to each Irish participant as published by the European Commission, not the total project cost; totals, shares and counts are calculated here. Northern Ireland organisations are recorded under the United Kingdom and are not included.
How this page is built
Every amount is the EU or NIH figure as published. Totals, shares and the organisation and project rankings are calculated here from those figures.
- CORDIS, European Commission: Horizon Europe projects ↗ projects, participants and EU contributions; reuse under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU
- CORDIS, European Commission: Horizon 2020 projects ↗ projects, participants and EU contributions, 2014-2020
- NIH RePORTER API ↗ direct NIH awards to organisations in Ireland, US federal data
A weekly job downloads the CORDIS bulk files for both programmes and the NIH RePORTER records, selects health and medical projects by the rule above, and keeps Irish participants. No AI drafting and no editorial pass. See our methodology. The CORDIS and NIH data on this page was last retrieved on 8 Oct 2026. How every register is built: methodology · fixes we have made: corrections log.