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  Government announces E45m investment in science

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  The Tanaiste today announced substantial awards totalling E45.7million over five years to science, technology and innovation projects through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).
  
  The cash provides second-term funding to three existing world-class research Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSETs), and will be supplemented by an additional contribution from industry of E14.5 million, bringing the overall investment to over E60 million.
  The five-year funding awards under the SFI CSET Programme announced today are for Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) based at University College Cork which is focusing on research in gastrointestinal health; CRANN, the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices which is hosted by Trinity College Dublin and is working in the area of Nanotechnology and DERI, the Digital Enterprise Research Institute, based at NUI Galway where the team are researching technologies that will underpin the next generation of the World Wide Web - the Semantic Web.
  
  Announcing the awards, the Tanaiste said "From its inception, the SFI CSET programme has been designed to facilitate the creation of internationally-competitive, large-scale research centres that support high-quality collaborations between higher education institutes and industry-based researchers."
  
  She added "These CSETs link researchers in partnerships across academia and industry to address crucial research questions, foster the development of new and existing Irish-based technology companies, attract industry that could make an important contribution to Ireland and its economy, and expand educational and career opportunities in science and engineering."
  
  • 17 Dec 2008, 7:38 pm
  Helena Deane wrote: > (BizWorld) > > The Tanaiste today announced substantial awards totalling > E45.7million over five years to science, technology and innovation > projects through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). > > The cash provides second-term funding to three existing world-class > research Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSETs), and > will be supplemented by an additional contribution from industry of > E14.5 million, bringing the overall investment to over E60 million. > The five-year funding awards under the SFI CSET Programme announced > today are for Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) based at > University College Cork which is focusing on research in > gastrointestinal health; CRANN, the Centre for Research on Adaptive > Nanostructures and Nanodevices which is hosted by Trinity College > Dublin and is working in the area of Nanotechnology and DERI, the > Digital Enterprise Research Institute, based at NUI Galway where the > team are researching technologies that will underpin the next > generation of the World Wide Web - the Semantic Web. > > Announcing the awards, the Tanaiste said "From its inception, the SFI > CSET programme has been designed to facilitate the creation of > internationally-competitive, large-scale research centres that > support high-quality collaborations between higher education > institutes and industry-based researchers." > > She added "These CSETs link researchers in partnerships across > academia and industry to address crucial research questions, foster > the development of new and existing Irish-based technology companies, > attract industry that could make an important contribution to Ireland > and its economy, and expand educational and career opportunities in > science and engineering."