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Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National University of Ireland Galway (University of Galway)
EU Transparency Register
333258440320-53 First registered on 25 Nov 2020
Goals / Remit
University of Galway has earned national and international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top-quality teaching. With over 19,000 students and more than 2,700 staff, the University has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence. The University has a growing international profile for its research in five key thematic areas: “Enhancing policy and society; Enriching creativity and culture; Improving health and well being; Realising potential through data and enabling technologies; Sustaining our planet and people.” The identification of priority research areas and subsequent investments in these areas have enabled the University to develop a critical mass of expertise which has led to significant success in securing competitive research grants, nationally and internationally. The University has been awarded over €170million from EU funded R&I Programmes since 2014 supporting impactful research. (Previous ID number: 579735319590-03)
Main EU files targeted
EU Framework Programme for Research & Innovation including:
Horizon 2020 (and previous framework programmes)
Horizon Europe
Erasmus+
European Institute of Innovation & Technology and associated KICs
European Technology Platforms
European Defence Fund
COST Actions
Lifelong Learning
Staff/student mobility and partnerships
INTERREG programmes
European Space Agency
Applicable research related initiatives associated with Directorate Generals including DG International Partnerships, DG-Sante, DG Justice, DG MARE, DG Research & Innovation, DG SCIC, DG LINC and DG Education & CultureAddress
Head Office
University Road
Galway HR1 TK33
IRELANDEU Office
University Road
Galway HR1 TK33
IRELANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
University of Galway has a dedicated Research Office where a staff of 20 provide support to national, European and other funded research projects and applications.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
https://www.unhcr.org/en-ie/
http://www.phosphorusplatform.eu/
https://eua.eu/
https://coara.eu/
https://www.coimbra-group.eu/
https://www.euromarinenetwork.eu/
https://www.earma.org/
https://enlight-eu.org/
https://www.sunergy-initiative.eu/supportletter
http://www.ectp.org/
https://prace-ri.eu/
http://www.etp4hpc.eu/
http://www.ec-earth.org/
https://www.bbi-europe.eu/about/scientific-committee
https://ec.europa.eu/health/exph
https://www.bdva.eu/
https://eithealth.eu/
https://www.iua.ie/
http://globalwordnet.org/
https://www.timemachine.eu/
https://www.bdva.eu/
https://claire-ai.org/
https://www.timemachine.eu/
https://www.informatics-europe.org/
https://www.iau-aiu.net/
https://enlight-eu.org/
https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/
www.magna-charta.org
https://www.fulbright.ie/
https://www.iua.ie/
https://universitiesireland.ie/
https://www.qqi.ie/
https://hydrogeneurope.eu/research/
https://euromarinenetwork.eu/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
360,030,000€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Grants, Public financing
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution State Grants 65,027,000€ Contribution Academic Fees 132,910,000€ Contribution Research Grants and Contracts 72,360,000€ Contribution Income from Financial Assets 7,151,000€ Contribution Amortisation of Deferred Capital Grants 6,775,000€ Contribution State Funding for Pensions 63,925,000€ Contribution other rental and licence income 975,000€ Contribution Funded Post Income 2,489,000€ Contribution Insurance Income 1,427,000€ Contribution Student Accomodation 9,075,000€ Contribution Other Income 5,157,000€ Contribution Pension Scheme Administrative Costs 598,000€ Contribution Subsidaries Income 5,062,000€ Contribution HSE Learning Agreement 312,000€ Other financial info
Financial information provided is for the FY ending 30 September 2022 - this is the latest data available
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
European Commission, DG SCIC, Academy of Trainers, University of Galway contributes to the annual meeting of 12 "key trainers" from across the EU with DG SCIC.
Communication activities
None
Other activities
NUI Galway Memberships: Dr JC Desplat - PRACE partnership for advanced computing in Europe Dr Edward Curry - BigDatValueAssociation Dr JC Desplat - ETP4HPC Dr Martin Glavin - ETRAC task force on automated driving Prof Andrew Shearer - Photonics21 Dr Ger O'Connor - Photonics21 Prof Gerard Jennings - ESFRI Dr Marcus Keane - ECTP (membership category B3) Prof Charlie Spillane - FIT4FOOD2030
In 2019 NUI Galway income exceeded €270 million of which over €70 million was from competitive external research funding. In the period 2014 - date NUI Galway secured over €100 million from EC competitive research funding. NUI Galway places a strong focus on providing a supportive and exciting environment for its researchers and has maintained the EC “HR Excellence in Research” award since 2013. NUI Galway is recognised in the top 1% Universities in the QS World University Rankings.
Meetings
Meetings
None declared