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Disclosure of Affiliations
Our Board of Directors and management and staff generally must absent themselves from deliberations about grantees and vendors with whom they or their family members have a relationship. The code supplements this recusal duty by requiring public disclosure of these relationships. Vendor Affiliations The following list…
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University College Dublin Foundation Limited
$53,566,706
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University challenge
Source: Limerick Leader
It took many years of lobbying before Limerick got a third level institution. As UL celebrates 20 years of university status, key figures recall the joy and the struggle. Anne Sheridan reports. 28 May 2009 ON THURSDAY, June 1, 1989, the University of Limerick bill…
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'A Quantum Jump': Reinvigorating University Research in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Like many Irish Americans, Chuck Feeney, Atlantic’s founder, has a profound affection for his ancestral land. Luckily for the Irish, that abiding love has prompted a radical transformation in the country, which started with a focus on enriching the university experience nationwide—both with capital grants…
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Taking Research and a Country to New Levels of Excellence
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250"] Postgraduate research student Eric Farrell and Minister of Education and Science Mary Hanafin at Trinity College Dublin's Centre for Bioengineering. Photo: Trinity College Dublin[/caption] "Look, frankly you've got to invest in research," were Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney's words in 1998 to…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Limerick's quiet revolution
Source: The Irish Times
by SEÁN FLYNNPROFILE: PROFESSOR DON BARRY, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (UL): The University of Limerick has been physically transformed but it still needs to move up the world rankings of leading universities - that's the next big challenge for its self-effacing president, Don BarryFOR SUCH A…
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Atlantic Mourns the Death of Patrick Johnston, Dynamic Leader of Queen's University Belfast
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Professor Patrick (Paddy) Johnston was a dynamic leader of Queen's University Belfast and a leading oncologist. He was deeply and personally committed to raising a new generation of thinkers, researchers and leaders. Atlantic Founder Chuck Feeney, and all of us at the foundation who knew…
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UNIVERSITY OPENS 30m EURO SPORTS CENTRE
Source: PA Newswire
By Ed Carty A state-of-the-art sports centre part funded by American billionaire Chuck Feeney was opened today at Trinity College Dublin. The 30 million euro complex, which includes a 25m swimming pool with a floating floor and a dramatic 19m high climbing wall visible from…
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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI)
The University College Dublin Foundation Limited received PRTLI grants, described below, from The Atlantic Philanthropies and Higher Education Authority for support for the Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology and the Molecular Medicine Centre. Taking a big risk in grantmaking has paid off hugely for Ireland and…
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Universities jointly honour ‘Chuck’ Feeney, the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies
Source: University College Dublin
The universities of Ireland, North and South, have conferred an honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) on Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies. The degree was conferred to give public honour and thanks to Chuck Feeney for his incredible support of the Irish…
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