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.

NUI Galway has been awarded €15m in funding over the next five years from SFI to fund a new centre for Science Engineering and Technology. This funding will be used to develop a new Regenerative Medicine Institute which will specialise in basic and applied research in regenerative medicine to develop new therapies for human diseases that are currently incurable.

Tánaiste Mary Harney said today the projects, which link academic researchers with industry partners, will play a "significant role in building Ireland's new knowledge-driven economy".

The awards are part of €69m in funding that Science Foundation Ireland has recently approved for a number of research projects around the country.