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€60m boost for three research centres

Research funding - SFI's €45.7m
Research funding - SFI's €45.7m

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has announced funding of €45.7m over five years to three research centres across the country.

Industry will contribute an additional €14.5m to the projects, bringing the total investment to over €60m. The awards announced today are for three Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSETs).

They are the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre based at UCC, CRANN (Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices) at Trinity College Dublin and DERI, the Digital Enterprise Research Institute based at NUI Galway.

SFI distributes funding for research on behalf of the Government.