€230m funding for third-level colleges

AN additional 900 research places will be made available as part of a €230 million Government investment in third-level colleges announced yesterday.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin revealed the projects and colleges which will share the funding from the fourth phase of the Government’s Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI).

The core of the funding will help create new research buildings on campuses around the country and will aid specific projects at the seven universities, four institutes of technology, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin Institute for Advance Studies, Royal Irish Academy and the National College of Art and Design (NCAD).