Meet the winners of the Arqus Réamh Collaboration Funding 2026

The Arqus Alliance team at Maynooth University is pleased to announce the successful projects awarded under the Arqus Réamh Collaboration Funding 2026, a seed-funding initiative designed to support early-stage research collaborations between MU academics and partner institutions across the Arqus European University Alliance.

The Réamh (Irish for “starting point” or “preliminary”) Collaboration Funding provides €5,000 per project to enable researchers to initiate or strengthen partnerships with at least one Arqus partner. Supported activities include joint workshops, research visits, pilot studies, and the development of proposals for larger national and European funding opportunities.

Successful Projects: Arqus Réamh Collaboration Funding 2026

Arqus European University Alliance at Maynooth University is delighted to announce the following projects as successful:

1. The Impact of Mandatory Sustainability Reporting on Reporting Practice: A Comparative European Study

• Lead MU Researcher: Elisabetta Barone, School of Business
• Arqus Partners: University of Granada; Vilnius University
• Arqus Researchers: Dr Maria Victoria López Pérez, Associate Professor of Accounting and Auditing, Department of Social Science and Law, Universidad de Granada & Dr Rasa Paulienė, Associate Professor of Leadership and HR Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University
• MU Research Beacon: Sustainability & Climate Change

2. FERTILITY@WORK: Building an Interdisciplinary European Research Network

• Lead MU Researcher: Valentina Paolucci, School of Business
• Arqus Partner: University of Padua; National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
• Arqus Researchers: Dr Valeria Piro, Dr Costanza Galanti, University of Padova & Dr Dr Iryna Mazhak, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
• MU Research Beacons: Health & Wellbeing; Society & Public Policy

3. NEUROAI – AI Support for Neuropsychological Assessment

• Lead MU Researcher: Unai Diaz-Orueta, Department of Psychology
• Arqus Partners: University of Granada; University of Padua
• Arqus Researchers: Dr. Carmen Rosa Sáez Zea; Psychobiology Department & Dr. Maria Jesús Funes Molina, Experimental Psychology Department, University of Granada; Dr. Fabio Masina, Prof. Barbara Carretti & Prof. Marco Zorzi, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua
• MU Research Beacon: Data Science & Digital Transformation

4. EMI Beyond Borders

• Lead MU Researcher: Yulia Kharchenko, Department of Modern Languages
• Arqus Partners: University of Padua; Vilnius University
• Arqus Researchers: Katherine Ackerley & Fiona Dalziel, Linguistic and Literary Studies; Barbara Gödeke, Language Centre, University of Padua; Jurgita Kašelionytė-Radet, Loreta Chodzkienė, Lina Bikelienė, Faculty of Philology, Institute of Foreign Languages; Giedrė Balčytytė, Institute of English, Romance and Classical Studies; Laura Piliukienė, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University
• MU Research Beacon: Heritage, Culture and Languages

The inaugural 2026 call attracted a highly competitive pool of applications, reflecting the strength, diversity, and ambition of research collaboration across the University. The initiative serves as a key stepping stone toward larger-scale funding applications, while also strengthening Maynooth University’s engagement within Arqus research networks and aligning closely with the University’s Research Beacons.