Innovation - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

Trinity hosts EU Research and Innovation Ministers in the Old Library

European Research and Innovation Ministers and policy makers visited Trinity College Dublin this week to visit the Long Room and view the Book of Kells, the exquisite medieval manuscript housed in Trinity's Old Library.

23 Jul 2026

Innovation|Research|Society

Trinity-led report: sustainability in healthcare offers huge opportunity

Sustainability in healthcare should not be viewed as a cost, but as an opportunity, according to a new report launched today by Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI).

21 Jul 2026

Health|Innovation|Sustainability

Trinity team developing environmentally friendly biopesticide to tackle devasting EU crop pest

Scientists from Trinity have secured Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation funding of around €690,000 to develop an environmentally friendly biopesticide to tackle one of the EU’s most financially devastating pest species, the Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB).

20 Jul 2026

Ireland’s first cement-free, 3D-printed geopolymer

Researchers from Trinity’s School of Engineering have successfully demoed the geopolymer, showcasing its potential as a scalable option for circular construction.

15 Jul 2026

Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability

Meet “Bruce” – the fourth-gen race car built by Trinity students

Bruce is being readied to follow in the tyre tracks of his predecessors, Betsie, Bertie and Bella, as the team looks forward to competing at Formula Student UK, Europe’s leading educational engineering competition.

10 Jul 2026

Innovation|Students

PEGASUS takes off as new EU project launches to strengthen public trust in urban air mobility

A new €4.83 million project has been launched to help Europe build a future for urban air mobility (UAM) that is sustainable, inclusive and trusted by citizens.

9 Jul 2026

From graphene in a blender to flexible electronics: Prof. Jonathan Coleman awarded 2026 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science

Professor Jonathan Coleman FRS, Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in Trinity’s School of Physics and a PI in the CRANN research centre, has won the 2026 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science.

2 Jul 2026

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity students win Y Combinator place for US circuit-board manufacturing startup

Two students from Trinity have won a place in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch, the San Francisco programme whose alumni include Stripe, Airbnb and Reddit.

23 Jun 2026

Business|Innovation|Research

Smart Docklands funds four projects in biodiversity, accessibility, and community innovation

The newly funded pilot projects will enable another cohort of innovators to tackle some of Dublin Docklands’ urban challenges.

8 May 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Environment|Innovation

Trinity researchers bring true privacy to cloud collaboration as Europe rethinks its tech reliance on US tech giants

The InvizCrypt platform, developed at Trinity, is designed so users can collaborate on sensitive documents without the platform provider being able to read the content.

7 May 2026

Innovation|Research