Tagged: SFI & News
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SFI-funded scientists to head to Silicon Valley News
30.04.2012 Two Irish researchers from DCU and TCD have won an opportunity to head to Silicon Valley and meet with business and scientific research pioneers. Science Foundation Ireland... -
‘Finland's R&D effort is a model for Ireland to copy’ – innovation minister News
26.04.2012 Ireland’s Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, TD, has been checking out Finland’s R&D focus and its education system during a two-day visit to Helsinki. He said...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Government, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Nanoscience institute CRANN gets three new board members News
26.04.2012 CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has added three new members to its board, as the institute ramps up its...Categories: Research, Science, Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Graduate, Government, Funding, Energy, EconomyTags: TCD, exporting, R&D, Technology Transfer, Ireland, Nanoscience, SFI, Nanotechnology, CRANN, Government -
Tech start-up of the week: Xcelerit News
22.04.2012 Our tech start-up to watch this week is Xcelerit, a new software spin-out from the Science Foundation Ireland-funded CTVR telecommunications research centre at Trinity College... -
Irish Government injects €12.3m into scientific research News
20.04.2012 The Irish Government is providing early-career scientific researchers with €12.3m to carry out pioneering work in Ireland, Minister for Research and Innovation Séan Sherlock,... -
Irish software start-up gleans European innovation award News
17.04.2012 Xcelerit, a new software spin-out from the Science Foundation Ireland CTVR telecommunications research centre at Trinity College Dublin, has today won the PRACE innovation... -
TCD computer scientist gets top innovation accolade News
12.04.2012 Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has presented its 2012 Innovation Award to computer scientist and technology entrepreneur Dr Gerard Lacey. -
CRANN in €750K nanotech partnership with Thomas Swan News
04.04.2012 CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin, is set to engage in a €750,000 research partnership focused on graphene...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, Life Sciences, Investments, Funding, Energy, Education, Economy -
From space missions to making Irish software world standard News
29.03.2012 At the end of January, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and a consortium of top technology companies, including Intel and IBM, revealed plans to invest €22.4m over the next five...Categories: Software, Research, R&D, Leadership & Management, Investments, Engineering, Education, Development -
Tyndall scientist wins ICT Invention of the Year at UCC News
27.03.2012 Professor Peter Kennedy of Tyndall National Institute has gleaned the top innovation accolade at University College Cork’s Invention of the Year awards. Meanwhile, the Life...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy -
New €4m WIT facility to pioneer nutrition and vision research News
23.03.2012 Waterford Institute of Technology’s new €4m Vision Research Centre will officially open this afternoon when it is launched by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD. The facility is aiming to...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Investments, Graduate, Government, Funding, Education, Economy -
Excellence and impact in Irish science (video) News
22.03.2012 The new director general of Science Foundation Ireland Prof Mark Ferguson knows all about starting up companies and subsequently leading them to IPO. -
CRANN in nanotech discovery that could change solar cell and flat-screen tech News
21.03.2012 Researchers at CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded nanoscience institute based at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), say they have discovered a new material that could... -
Govt’s €500m scientific research budget to target key job-creating areas News
01.03.2012 The report findings from the Research Prioritisation Steering Group have just been announced at Science Gallery Dublin. The steering group, chaired by Jim O’Hara, former Intel... -
Researchers get €250k for drug treatment and telecoms studies News
23.02.2012 Three groups at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have been awarded almost €250,000 by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to progress their research around drug delivery... -
Ireland’s €6.5m boost for applied research News
23.02.2012 The Irish Government is to inject more than €6.5m in funding into 58 research awards, as part of Science Foundation Ireland’s Technology Innovation Development Award programme....Categories: Government, Funding, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment, Graduate, Green, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, R&D, Research, Science, Sustainability -
IEEE recognises Tyndall researcher for pioneering semiconductor work News
16.02.2012 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has honoured the head of Cork-based Tyndall’s Micro-Nano Electronics Centre for his work on advancing technology for the... -
CPA calls for ‘National Entrepreneurship Strategy’ News
13.02.2012 In light of the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 revealed today by the Irish Government, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) is calling for what it’s terming... -
'Science could save Europe’s economy' – Geoghegan-Quinn News
09.02.2012 Science "forms and informs our path to economic recovery”. That’s according to EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who was in Ireland...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Intellectual Property, Government, Education, Economy, Investments, Life Sciences, Science -
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin talks science education (video) News
06.02.2012 Today TV personality and science teacher Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin awarded post-primary school students for winning the all-island story writing competition, Tell The Future,...Categories: Education, Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Recycling Services, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, CompetitionsTags: Clean Tech, Biomass, Science Foundation Ireland, SFI, Innovation, Science, Ireland, EU, Dublin