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Update on the Asterisk Project from the University Management Team February 2026
Acknowledging Concerns
The University acknowledges the concerns raised about our participation in Asterisk, a European Commission-funded Horizon Europe research project. We also recognise the depth of feeling across our community in relation to the genocide in Gaza and the distress it is causing. Our values as an institution are firmly grounded in respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, and we recognise the strength of conviction with which these values are held by our staff, students and wider community.
Commitment to Inclusion and Respect
As a university, we condemn the genocide which has been inflicted on the people of Gaza, in the same way we condemn the loss of life on October 7th 2023.
While we support proposed sanctions in relation to Israel, we are equally committed to supporting Israeli and Jewish members of our community and to ensuring that our campus remains a place of respect, safety and belonging. There is no place for antisemitism within our university, and we remain committed to fostering an inclusive environment for everyone.
Participation in the Asterisk Project
The Asterisk research project involves Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, alongside 11 European partners, with University of Galway acting as lead. The project, co-funded by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and the European Commission, focuses on researching the possibility of the production of green hydrogen directly from seawater, with a view to mitigating climate change. The University recognises that participation in this project has caused many within our community to feel that, as an institution, we have fallen short of standards to which we aspire.
Legal and EU Constraints
A challenge facing the University arises from the continued involvement of Israeli universities in research projects at a European Union level. There are hundreds of European Commission-funded Horizon Europe research projects involving Israeli institutions, some of which involve other universities in Ireland. Higher education institutions are operating within a funding framework that does not provide a mechanism for unilateral termination by a single partner without breaching contractual and funding obligations, resulting in significant consequences to the University beyond an individual research project. Our position is further complicated by our role as lead partner in the Asterisk project.
The University has engaged with European institutions involved in similar collaborations, including those that have publicly yet unsuccessfully explored options with the European Commission for disengagement. If the European Commission changes its position in respect of Horizon Europe funding for Israeli institutions, this would allow greater scope for unilateral action.
Ongoing Actions
University of Galway has previously called for guidance regarding the EU–Israel Association Agreement, which enables Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe. The lack of direction is compounded by the European Parliament not supporting the suspension of Israel’s access to EU research funding. These decisions rest at the highest levels of the European Commission. We have written directly to the European Commission and will continue to advocate for appropriate action, including consideration of suspending research funding to Israeli institutions.
University of Galway will focus on areas where it can make a meaningful and immediate difference including supporting the rebuilding of higher education in Gaza through collaboration with Palestinian academics and scholarship support for researchers and students. We are committed to supporting students and staff who are directly or indirectly affected by these events.
Decision on Future Collaborations
In light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, University of Galway reiterates a commitment previously given in 2025: that no new institutional research agreements involving direct Israeli partners will be submitted for approval or agreed to. This decision is grounded in the University’s responsibility to ensure that its partnerships do not contribute to, or become associated with, violations of international law, and reflects our commitment to ethical, responsible research and is consistent with our values.
Moving Forward
University of Galway thanks all those who have engaged with the institution’s leadership on this issue. It is a credit to our community that justice and human rights have remained central to these engagements. The University is committed to finding a way forward together, with those values firmly at the centre of its work.
24/02/26
Nuashonrú ar Thionscadal Asterisk ó Fhoireann Bainistíochta na hOllscoile Feabhra 2026
Ag Admháil Imní
Aithníonn an Ollscoil an imní a ardaíodh faoinár rannpháirtíocht in Asterisk, tionscadal taighde Horizon Europe atá maoinithe ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach. Aithnímid freisin doimhneacht na mothúchán ar fud ár bpobail faoin gcinedhíothú i nGaza agus an anacair atá á chruthú aige. Tá ár luachanna mar institiúid bunaithe go daingean ar mheas ar chearta daonna idirnáisiúnta agus ar an dlí daonnúil, agus aithnímid neart an chreidimh lena bhfuil na luachanna seo á sealbhú ag ár bhfoireann, ár mic léinn agus an pobal níos leithne.
Tiomantas don Chuimsiú agus don Mheas
Mar ollscoil, cáinimid an cinedhíothú a rinneadh ar mhuintir Gaza, ar an mbealach céanna a cháinimid cailliúint na beatha ar an 7 Deireadh Fómhair 2023.
Cé go dtacaímid le smachtbhannaí atá beartaithe maidir le hIosrael, táimid chomh tiomanta céanna tacú le baill Iosraelacha agus Giúdacha dár bpobal agus a chinntiú go bhfanann ár gcampas ina láthair ina bhfuil meas, sábháilteachta agus muintearais chun tosaigh. Níl aon áit ann don fhrith-Sheimíteachas laistigh dár n-ollscoil, agus táimid tiomanta fós do thimpeallacht chuimsitheach a chothú do gach duine.
Rannpháirtíocht sa Tionscadal Asterisk
Tá Technion – Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Iosrael, mar aon le 11 chomhpháirtí Eorpacha, páirteach sa tionscadal taighde Asterisk, agus Ollscoil na Gaillimhe i gceannas air. Díríonn an tionscadal, atá comhmhaoinithe ag an gComhpháirtíocht um Hidrigin Ghlan agus an Coimisiún Eorpach, ar thaighde a dhéanamh ar an bhféidearthacht hidrigin ghlas a tháirgeadh go díreach ó uisce na farraige, féachaint le athrú aeráide a mhaolú. Aithníonn an Ollscoil gur mothaigh go leor dár bpobal gur theip orainn sna caighdeáin atá uainn inár rannpháirtíocht sa tionscadal seo, mar institiúid.
Srianta Dlíthiúla agus AE
Eascraíonn dúshlán roimh an Ollscoil ón rannpháirtíocht leanúnach atá ar bun ag ollscoileanna Iosraelacha i dtionscadail taighde ar leibhéal an Aontais Eorpaigh. Tá na céadta tionscadal taighde Horizon Europe maoinithe ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach a bhaineann le hinstitiúidí Iosraelacha, agus baineann cuid acu le hollscoileanna eile in Éirinn. Tá institiúidí ardoideachais ag feidhmiú laistigh de chreat maoinithe nach soláthraíonn meicníocht do fhoirceannadh aontaobhach ag comhpháirtí aonair, gan oibleagáidí conarthacha agus maoinithe a shárú, rud a fhágann iarmhairtí suntasacha don Ollscoil thar thionscadal taighde aonair. Tá ár seasamh níos casta fós ag ár ról mar phríomhchomhpháirtí i dtionscadal Asterisk.
Tá an Ollscoil tar éis plé a dhéanamh le hinstitiúidí Eorpacha atá páirteach i gcomhoibrithe cosúil leis seo, lena n-áirítear iad siúd a rinne iniúchadh poiblí leis an gCoimisiún Eorpach, cé nár éirigh leo, maidir le dícheangal. Má athraíonn an Coimisiún Eorpach a sheasamh maidir le maoiniú Horizon Europe d'institiúidí Iosraelacha, thabharfadh sé seo deis níos mó do ghníomhaíocht aontaobhach.
Gníomhartha Leanúnacha
D’iarr Ollscoil na Gaillimhe treoir roimhe seo maidir leis an gComhaontú Comhlachais idir an AE agus Iosrael, rud a chuireann ar chumas Iosrael rannpháirtíocht a ghlacadh in Horizon Europe. Cuirtear leis an easpa treorach seo de bharr nach dtacaíonn Parlaimint na hEorpa le fionraí rochtana Iosrael ar mhaoiniú taighde an AE. Is ag na leibhéil is airde den Choimisiún Eorpach a ghlactar na cinntí seo. Scríobhamar go díreach chuig an gCoimisiún Eorpach agus leanfaimid orainn ag déanamh abhcóideachta ar son gníomhaíochta cuí, lena n-áirítear breithniú ar mhaoiniú taighde d’institiúidí Iosraelacha a chur ar fionraí.
Díreoidh Ollscoil na Gaillimhe ar réimsí inar féidir linn difríocht shuntasach agus láithreach a dhéanamh, lena n-áirítear tacú le hathchóiriú an ardoideachais i nGaza trí chomhoibriú le lucht acadúil na Pailaistíne mar aon le tacaíocht scoláireachta do thaighdeoirí agus do mhic léinn. Táimid tiomanta do thacaíocht a thabhairt do mhic léinn agus do bhaill foirne a mbíonn tionchar díreach nó indíreach ag na himeachtaí seo orthu.
Cinneadh maidir le Comhoibrithe sa Todhchaí
I bhfianaise na géarchéime daonnúla atá ar siúl i nGaza, athdhearbhaíonn Ollscoil na Gaillimhe gealltanas a tugadh roimhe seo in 2025: nach gcuirfear aon chomhaontuithe taighde institiúideacha nua a bhaineann le comhpháirtithe díreacha Iosraelacha faoi bhráid formheasa ná nach gcomhaontófar iad. Tá an cinneadh seo bunaithe ar fhreagracht na hOllscoile a chinntiú nach gcuireann a comhpháirtíochtaí le sáruithe an dlí idirnáisiúnta, ná nach mbíonn baint acu leo, agus léiríonn sé ár dtiomantas do thaighde eiticiúil, freagrach agus tagann s lenár luachanna.
Ag Bogadh Chun Cinn
Ba mhaith le hOllscoil na Gaillimhe buíochas a ghabháil le gach duine a bhí i mbun oibre le ceannaireacht na hinstitiúide ar an gceist seo. Is mór an chreidiúint dár bpobal é go bhfuil ceartas agus cearta an duine lárnach sna rannpháirtíochtaí seo. Tá an Ollscoil tiomanta do bhealach chun cinn a aimsiú le chéile, agus na luachanna sin i gcroílár ár gcuid oibre.
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