Tagged: Science Foundation Ireland & News
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Taoiseach reveals new St Patrick’s Day medal for Irish scientific diaspora News
19.03.2013 A new science award has been unveiled by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, called the St Patrick’s Day Medal which will be presented annually to a distinguished Irish scientist living... -
SFI to pump €60m into scientific research projects with economic potential News
25.01.2013 Irish Government ministers announced today that €60m will be invested in 85 research projects across the country through Science Foundation Ireland’s Investigator Programme.... -
New software tool puts high-performance composite materials to the test News
04.12.2012 A new software tool developed in Ireland can test failure rates in composite materials used in high-performance products, such as yachts, aircraft and sports cars, helping to... -
STEM Careers Week will highlight career opportunities in med-tech sector News
17.09.2012 Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, TD, today launched STEM Careers Week, the latest campaign from the Smart Futures initiative to encourage secondary school... -
Nanoweek aims to highlight Ireland’s nanosciences opportunity News
17.09.2012 A two-day conference called Nanoweek has started at Science Gallery in Dublin today to showcase the commercial applications of nanoscience research in Ireland, especially as the... -
SFI opens up consultation process for 2020 strategy agenda and 2013 operational plan News
03.09.2012 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has announced the launch of a draft of its new Strategy Agenda 2020 and operational plan for 2013. It means that academics, researchers and... -
Four Irish students in Slovenia to battle it out in Linguistics Olympiad News
03.08.2012 Veering away from London 2012 for just a moment, this week Ljubljana, Slovenia, has been an Olympic setting with a difference, as the International Linguistics Olympiad games... -
Science Foundation Ireland reveals 2011 annual report details at ESOF News
12.07.2012 The Irish Government’s science agency Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has released the details of its annual report for 2011 at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this... -
DSE encourages students to keep STEM courses on their CAO forms News
27.06.2012 As the Central Applications Office (CAO) ‘change of mind’ deadline approaches, Discover Science and Engineering (DSE) is encouraging students who have just completed their... -
Ireland signs education and research agreements with Brazil News
22.06.2012 Some 1,500 Brazilian scholarship students will be able to come to Ireland and conduct research with its higher education institutions and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-funded... -
Gov’t reveals new IP Protocol to commercialise publicly funded R&D News
08.06.2012 The Irish Government has announced details of a new Intellectual Property Protocol to make it easier for businesses to engage with scientific researchers and commercialise...Categories: Science, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Funding, Education, Economy, Bio Tech -
Science-2-Business forum to focus on business innovation News
23.05.2012 A new programme to show how scientific research can be commercialised will take place at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this July, but today marked the launch of...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Legal, Investments, Intellectual Property, Financial, Engineer, Energy, Career Advice -
Nanoscientists aim to shake up future of electronic devices News
16.05.2012 Nanoscientists in Ireland have been carrying out research to develop materials that, they claim, could in time revolutionise the manufacture of silicon chips and lead to a new... -
Science event to explore future of silicon microneedle tech News
14.05.2012 The future of low-cost, painless drug and vaccine delivery is the topic of discussion this week at Tyndall National Institute in Cork, where up to 180 clinicians, scientists and... -
US government deploys open data standards created in Ireland News
26.04.2012 The open data movement is in full swing and tools and standards created in Ireland are to prove pivotal to open data employed by the US government. It emerged today that...Categories: Data Management, Database, Deals Done, Digital Media, Government, Internet, R&D, Research, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Web, Web 2.0 -
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... -
#DIF12 – SFI planning hybrid entrepreneurial PhD programme News
23.03.2012 Science Foundation Ireland is planning to initiate a new kind of PhD qualification that will see graduates spend half of their four-year programme in industry with innovative...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Engineering, Education, Bio Tech -
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. -
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...