The Ryan Institute is a cross-cutting Research Institute of NUI Galway with research groups drawn from all Colleges across NUI Galway. Its internationally-renowned expertise spans the sciences, engineering, socio-economics and health. 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 comprised of 12 Research Centres/Clusters spanning the four thematic research areas:
- Marine & Coastal
- Energy & Climate Change
- Agriculture & BioEconomy
- Environment & Health
Ecosystems
- Seagrass (Zostera) beds
- Maerl beds
- Tidal rapids
- Sedimentary habitats
- Rocky habitats