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Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
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 (NUI Galway)
EU Transparency Register
333258440320-53 First registered on 25 Nov 2020
Goals / Remit
NUI 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, NUI Galway has a distinguished reputation for teaching and research excellence. The University has a growing international profile for its research in five key priority 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. NUI Galway has been awarded over €100 million from EC research programmes since 2014 supporting impactful research. (NUI Galway's previous ID number was 579735319590-03)
Main EU files targeted
EU Framework Programme for Research & Innovation including:
Horizon 2020 (and previous framework programmes)
Erasmus+
European Institute of Innovation & Technology and associated KICs
European Technology Platforms
Lifelong Learning
Staff/student mobility and partnerships
INTERREG programmes
European Space Agency
Applicable research related initiatives associated with Directorate Generals including DG-Sante, DG Justice, DG MARE, DG Research & Innovation and DG Education & CultureAddress
Head Office
University Road
Galway HR1 TK33
IRELAND -
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
NUI 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
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions
Subcategory
Academic institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
12,590,000 € (Source: EU Research Funding)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
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