The Ryan Institute The Ryan Institute is NUI Galway’s multi- disciplinary hub for research and innovation supporting sustainable development, from local to global scales. Advancing sustainability and innovation is central to the research activities of the Ryan Institute’s Research Centres/Clusters and Research Groups. The Ryan Institute is engaged in research and partnerships that contribute to 15 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , which need to be achieved both nationally and internationally between now and 2030. To achieve its mission, the Ryan Institute is focused on four thematic research areas consisting of: (1) Marine and Coastal, (2) Energy and Climate Change, (3) Agriculture and BioEconomy, and (4) Environment and Health. The Ryan Institute is comprised of 12 Research Centres/Clusters spanning these four thematic research areas. The Ryan Institute is NUI Galway’s largest research institute comprised of 91 research groups and 12 research centres/clusters that are responsible for over 350 funded research projects comprising about 20% of the university’s overall research income. The Ryan Institute is a powerhouse for the interdisciplinary research and innovation that is necessary to address the many sustainable development challenges facing society today, from both national to global scales. The Ryan Institute is a cross-cutting research institute with research groups drawn from all colleges across NUI Galway, with internationally renowned expertise spanning science, engineering, socio-economics and health The Ryan Institute is home to 91 research groups each led by
an academic staff principal investigator. Each research group is typically composed of post-doctoral researchers, research assistants and postgraduate (PhD, masters) research students. The 91 research groups (each led by a Ryan Institute Principal Investigator) within the Ryan Institute collectively consist of circa 470 full-time researchers, including 90 postdoctoral fellows, 50 research assistants, and over 240 PhD students. The Ryan Institute research groups are involved in a wide variety of interdisciplinary research projects and collaborate extensively with national and international partners. The Ryan Institute’s 91 Research Groups span all five colleges and are based in multiple locations across the NUI Galway campus, including the Martin Ryan Building, the Orbsen Building, Áras de Brún, the Engineering Building, the Science Concourse and Áras Moyola, among many others. The Ryan Institute’s core administrative and technical staff are located in the Martin Ryan Building and the Orbsen Building.
The Ryan Institute has a number of dedicated core research facilities that it supports, including: (1) GeoSpatial Analytics Facility; (2) Chemical Monitoring Facility; (3) Carna Aquaculture Research Station; (4) Carron and Finnavara Ecological Field Stations; (5) Mace Head Climate Facility; (6) Coastal Observing Radar Facility; and (7) Large-Scale Structures Testing Facility.
As a postgraduate research student, you can conduct research within the Ryan Institute research groups and research centres/clusters to shape the future and make an impact on sustainable development in each of the Ryan Institute’s four thematic research areas.
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