Funding announced for 67 new higher education posts

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin today announced details of a €44.55m funding award that will create 67 new research posts in higher education institutes.

The project, under the Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professorship and Lectureship Programme will support 32 professorships and 35 lectureships.

It is aimed at recruiting senior, world-class research academics as well as entry-level academics and senior post-doctoral researchers.

Successful candidates are internationally-competitive, research-active academics, performing at the highest level appropriate to their career point.

"The central role of education and in particular higher education in Ireland’s economic success is beyond debate," said Martin.

"We require significant support for new posts at Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to achieve the next phase of our national development ambitions, and the Stokes Programme will be a key element in meeting this requirement."