€25m funding for 'high-potential' research projects

Enterprise Minister Batt O’Keeffe today announced more than €25m over the next five years for 139 researchers to carry out cutting-edge work aimed at generating new jobs in the "smart" economy.

The researchers, based in Irish higher education institutions, were awarded the funding under Science Foundation Ireland’s Principal Investigator Programme which supports strategic work in the life science, information communications technology and sustainable energy sectors.