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Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG)
EU Transparency Register
579735319590-03 First registered on 04 Dec 2015
Goals / Remit
National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) is the oldest and leading higher education and research organisation in the Western, Northern and Midland regions of Ireland. It has a student population of over 17,000, with over 2000 international students from 90 countries, and in excess of 2,400 staff. NUI Galway is a research-led university and has an overall ranking of 259th in the QS world university rankings for 2019 and in the range 250 -300 in the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2019.
NUI Galway's mission is to foster a vibrant community of students and staff, where distinguished learning, impactful research, and creative thinking are shared with the world. Our vision is that NUI Galway will be a leading global university, renowned for our distinctive areas of research, recognised as an institution of choice for our teaching and scholarship, celebrated for our outstanding engagement with wider society, and enriched by a dynamic network of partnerships.
The activities and work of NUI Galway are underpinned by five core values:
• Ambition – we share a drive for excellence and leadership, working to a common purpose with confidence in our mission
• Creativity – inspired by our unique location, a distinctive spirit of creativity imbues everything we do
• Impact – our engagement and actions will make a meaningful difference in Galway, across the country, and around the world
• Collaboration – strong, mutually-beneficial partnerships are at the heart of our approach, as we engage locally and internationally
• Integrity – building on our rich heritage, we value openness, diversity and good citizenship
NUI Galway is globally recognised for its excellence in teaching & learning and in research and is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide for the quality of our teaching and research. The University's approach to innovative programme development means that courses are developed to reflect the ever-changing needs of the job market and the economy. NUI Galway have one of the highest graduate employability rates in Ireland, with over 90% of our students employed or in further study each year.
Research at NUI Galway is forward-thinking and global in scale. NUI Galway are leading the field in a wide range of areas including biomedical science and engineering, human rights law, stem cell research, environmental change, and developing the next generation of internet technology. NUI Galway have been awarded over €65 million from the Horizon 2020 programme in addition to research funding from various other EU programmes. In 2013, NUI Galway was awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” logo by the European Commission.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
- Applicable research related initiatives associated with Directorate Generals including DG Sante, DG Justice, DG MARE and DG Education & Culture
- INTERREG programmes
- European Space AgencyAddress
Head Office
University Road
Newcastle
Galway H91C2D0
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
NUI Galway has a central Research Office with 3 staff member dedicated to supporting the academic and research community in the submission of proposal to international funding including EU Horizon 2020/Other EU research funding applications. In addition, NUI Galway has some decentralised support staff within local research centres to support associated activities.
Person in charge of EU relations
Gary Lupton (Head of International Programmes)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Emer McKenna (University Solicitor)
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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 2017 - Sep 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
13,064,000 € (Source: EU research grants including H2020)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
NUI Galway is actively involved and participating in EU-funded research projects under the Horizon 2020 programme. To-date (Oct 2019), NUI Galway is coordinating/partnering over 130 Horizon 2020 projects. All projects would have public relations and communications activities associated with them in addition to publications.
In addition, NUI Galway is/has been involved in funded projects from:
- European Space Agency
- DG Justice
- DG Education & Culture
- DG MARE
- DG Sante
- Interreg
- Life+
- Previous framework programmesOther activities
Other group membership:
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
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 08 Feb 2017 Location BERL 10/394 Subject ROSEnet COST Action - Reducing Old-Age Exclusion in Europe: Collaborations in Research and Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Task Force for Better Implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu Portfolio Regional Policy Attending - Tomas Nejdl (Cabinet member)
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