IGNITE UCC

IGNITE | University College Cork Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

We bring a lifetime of start-up wisdom.
That’s The IGNITE Advantage.

What you get:
Insights from founders who’ve done it before and are doing it now. Case studies and lessons from real start-up journeys
Access to guest speakers, alumni founders, and sector experts.
Find out www.ucc.ie/en/ignite/

Nice one. We've had a considerable number of applications for our July 2025 start. Thank you everyone who shared our updates and spread the word!

🚀 #Pint25 in #Cork  
 
🚼🐟🧠🩸Tiny Signals, Big Impact: The Secrets of Baby Brains (ISL supported)

📅May 20th 📍Crawford and Co 
 
Interested in baby’s sleep, risks of iodine deficiency, cerebral palsy and transfusion medicine? FREE ticket here: pintofscience.ie/event/our-bo...

The Winding Road: Rights, Roles, and Recovery Our laws, policies and systems are meant to protect the most vulnerable in our societies, but are they actually working as they should? Walk in the shoes o…

As part of the Pint of Science 2025 festival, I'll be at the Harcourt Bar & Garden on May 21st to chat about employment rights in the #gigeconomy

Free tickets available below. Pop along for a 🍸 of debate!

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@zapwilliams.bsky.social, Amiee, and I will talk about the involvement of gut microbes in various neurological processes in just over a week! 🦠

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If you're a recent graduate with a business idea, this is your moment.

Applications close for the IGNITE Graduate Incubation programme at 5pm today. This is your moment. submit.link/3DQ

What you get:
✅ A programme valued at €20,000
✅ €5,000 funding
✅ Mentorship, workshops & a powerful peer network
✅ No equity taken
✅ Real-world experience + alumni community

Be like Anna. Apply to @igniteucc.bsky.social

Only 5 days left to apply for IGNITE! 💡

Turn your idea into Ireland’s next start-up success.

🕔 Deadline: May 12
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⏰ 6 days left to apply!

Big ideas take time, start building yours with IGNITE.

Deadline: May 12
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Workshops, coaching, funding - everything you need to launch.
IGNITE gives you:
💡 Practical workshops and expert mentoring
🚀 Personal coaching to fast-track your success
🎓 Research and expertise from UCC
🏢 Workspace and funding to grow
🤝 A network of founders that lasts a lifetime

Is this you?
It’s a long weekend. The sun is out. Maybe there’s a barbecue on the go. And yet, part of you is thinking about that business idea.

You’re not alone. We’re everywhere. Many joined IGNITE.

In just 10 days, applications close for the IGNITE startup incubation programme. Take the leap!

14 days to apply to our amazing incubation programme. Tell your friends too! ignite.submit.com/show/61

IGNITE supports your start-up journey with funding, mentorship & more.

Start: July 2025 | Apply by: May 12
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Applications are now open for IGNITE's July 2025 intake!

✅ Full-time Programme
✅ No equity taken
✅ Mentorship + €5K support

Apply by 12 May 2025: ignite.ucc.ie

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IGNITE featured in The Sunday Times, Irish Examiner & ThinkBusiness!
Our founders are turning bold ideas into impactful businesses.

Are you our next founder?
Applications for the July 2025 intake close May 12.

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Applications are now open for IGNITE's July 2025 intake!

✅ Full-time Programme
✅ No equity taken
✅ Mentorship + €5K support

Apply by 12 May 2025: ignite.ucc.ie

#IGNITEUCC #StartUpLife #UCCInnovation #Entrepreneurship

School culture start-up sparks IGNITE award | ThinkBusiness 2025 IGNITE at UCC programme showcases innovative start-ups making an impact in health, sustainability, education, and music.

School culture start-up sparks IGNITE award - 2025 IGNITE at UCC programme showcases innovative start-ups making an impact in health, sustainability, education, and music
#irish #tech #startups #entrepreneurs #accelerators @ucc.ie @igniteucc.bsky.social
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Western Gateway Building, UCC

Western Gateway Building, UCC

Western Gateway Building, UCC

We have such a beautiful campus here at UCC and the Western Gateway where we are is such a beautiful space.

Galway’s Perfuze raises €22m, gets FDA clearance for catheter Perfuze, a medtech has raised €22m. With the infusion, the company will release its catheters to select stroke centres in the US.

The new catheter devices will be released to select US stroke treatment centres.

We're back! Also 15 days to apply for the IGNITE Programme

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Join the IGNITE family of startups and alumni

Launch Your Start-Up with IGNITE – No Equity Taken

We support recent graduates in turning their business ideas into successful ventures. Open to graduates from any third-level institution in Ireland. Apply for an April Start
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The Twitch Streamer Using Face Recognition to Make Video Games More Accessible For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a soluti...

For years, the Twitch streamer Valentin Squirelo has been seeking new ways players with disabilities can enjoy games without expensive hardware. Now he and his community of fans have invented a solution.

First day of four for @ucclibrary.bsky.social staff working with @andypriestner.bsky.social on building our capability to carry out user experience research on our library services. Such a rich capture of data directly from our users. Break-up letters, behavioral mapping, affinity mapping. Oh my.

CergenX making Waves with new FDA designation Irish neurotech company CergenX has received the Breakthrough Device Designation from the US FDA while being accepted into the TAP program.

The University College Cork spinout plans to closely collaborate with the FDA on device development and premarket review.

You may have woken up on Monday not knowing who or what DeepSeek was but rest assured it is a name you are likely to be hearing a lot more of in the future...

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Culture That Made Me: Mel Mercier — Cork is my spiritual home Mel Mercier has worked with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, theatre director Deborah Warner, Pat Kiernan, and Cork acting great, Fiona Shaw... he describes his career highlights to Richard Fitzpatrick

Mel Mercier is featured in today's 'Culture that made me” @irishexaminer.bsky.social
(Particularly lovely to see him talk about how Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin influence on him. Mel is one of the contributors to our book Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A life in music

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Silicon Valley Is Raving About a Made-in-China AI Model DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips.

A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley marveling at how the programmers got close to American rivals with inferior chips

Exeter firm excited over long Covid test breakthrough The firm says for some people it can confirm the existence of long Covid and help treatment.

A team in Exeter has developed a finger-prick test to classify long Covid into three types: weak antibody response, excess immune response, and unclear patterns.

Early results suggest it could guide tailored treatments, but larger trials are needed.

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