Ten recipients of the 2024 Marie Curie-Sklodowska Postdoctoral Fellowship have chosen to conduct their research projects at Trinity, some of whom will start in the coming months. The Fellowships are awarded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Europe’s leading programme for funding doctoral and postdoctoral research. Through MSC, over 1,600 research proposals are funded yearly, paving the way for global excellence in scientific and technological advances.
Trinity College Dublin has long been a leader in international research scholarship. Ranked 87th globally and with five major research institutes, Trinity’s extensive research programs address global, economic, and social issues. Outperforming the EU acceptance rate of 16.6 per cent for the 2024 MSCA fellowships, Trinity’s success rate was 23.8 per cent, one of the highest success rates for universities across the world.
The recipients of the 2024 MSCA Fellowships at Trinity will be conducting research spanning a diverse range of fields, including natural sciences, engineering, and creative arts. According to Trinity, the diversity of its research drives discovery and creates vital impact for society.
Dr Silvia Giménez Santamarina, one of the 2024 MSCA recipients at Trinity, is conducting a research project based in the AMBER Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research entitled, “Controlling spin polarisation using light and chiral phonons.”
According to Giménez, the MSCA Fellowships “promote excellence in research and innovation”, providing researchers with “unique opportunities to develop in a wide range of skills, from scientific research to project management, networking and independence.”
The ten Trinity recipients will join the ranks of Trinity’s prestigious researchers and scholars, past and present. Dr Giménez Santamarina says, “I am deeply delighted to have been awarded such a fellowship since it is accelerating my professional growth in science and academia.” In the footsteps of such scientific giants as William Rowan Hamilton and ETS Walton, as well as numerous writers and two Irish presidents who studied at Trinity College, these researchers are ready to make their mark on the world in important and concrete ways.
