TCD, NUI Galway allocated SFI funding

More than €20m has been awarded to a facility in Trinity College Dublin developing nanotechnolgies for use in the medical and ICT sectors.

Half of the funding is to be allocated to a new Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) centre for Science, Engineering and Technology in partnership with UCC and UCD. Intel is the industry partner for this project. The remainder of the funding is to go towards a specialised nanoscience research facility.