Tagged: Maire Geoghegan-Quinn
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NUIG researcher wins EU award for road safety tech News
26.04.2012 New technology to improve pedestrian safety that’s being developed by Anthony Winterlich, a researcher at NUI Galway, has won a gold medal in the European Commission’s Young... -
Students get awards for inventive STEM projects News
10.02.2012 Students from more than 20 Irish schools have been awarded medals for their projects in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) at the CREST Awards. The...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Graduate, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, AppsTags: Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, STEM, Scientists, Europe, Innovation -
'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 -
Institutes of technology to get technological university status? News
08.02.2012 Sources in the Higher Education Authority (HEA) have confirmed reports circulating that the process of setting up a technological university in the southeast, and potentially in...Categories: Science, R&D, Life Sciences, Intellectual Property, Graduate, Government, Engineer, Education, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Govt science adviser on Europe’s city of science (video) News
30.01.2012 With Dublin having now officially launched as the 2012 European City of Science, the Irish Government’s chief scientific adviser, Prof Patrick Cunningham, talks about how Dublin...Categories: Science, R&D, Private Irish Business, Life Sciences, Jobs, Intellectual Property, Government, Funding, Education, Economy -
IBM Science of Cities pulls scientific minds to Dublin News
28.10.2011 As Dublin prepares to be City of Science 2012, it was fitting that European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was at the IBM campus in Mulhuddart,... -
EU aims for an ‘Innovation Union’ via R&D link-ups News
25.11.2011 European Commissioner for Research and Innovation Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was in Ireland yesterday to visit Tyndall National Institute, where she gave a heads-up on the EU's new...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Global CIO, Financial Results, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Economy, CIO, Careers and Employment, Bio Tech -
‘Europe is facing an innovation emergency’ – Commissioner warns News
17.10.2011 Europe’s Commissioner in charge of research, innovation and science Maire Geoghegan-Quinn has warned that Europe is facing an innovation emergency – with the principle barrier... -
EU’s €7bn R&D fund to generate 450,000 jobs News
19.07.2011 The European Commission’s €7bn FP7 R&D fund launched today by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is expected to generate 174,000 jobs in the short term and nearly 450,000 in the...Tags: US, China, Europe, Health, SMEs, Nanotechnology, Smart Cities, R&D, EU, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, FP7, European Commission -
Trinity College opens €131m biomedical sciences R&D operation News
17.06.2011 A €131m state-of-the-art research facility which redefines the scientific landscape in Ireland and will allow the country to take an international lead was officially opened today. -
Meeting to step up worldwide co-operation in science and research News
17.05.2011 EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is meeting key international stakeholders today from science and research to look at ways of stepping up world-wide cooperation in this area. -
Ireland a follower, not a leader on EU innovation scorecard News
01.02.2011 Ireland comes in with the innovation 'followers' in the EU's new Innovation Scoreboard, out today. It cites an ‘innovation emergency’ and warns an innovation gap exists...Categories: R&D, Private Irish Business, Life Sciences, Investments, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital 21 -
€1.2bn EU research wind, solar and nuclear energy schemes expected News
29.11.2010 Three new pan-European energy research infrastructures have been announced by the Research Ministers of the European Union Member States and Associated Countries (RMEUMSAC) and... -
10,000 clean-tech jobs expected in the next five years News
23.11.2010 Ireland's first green economic zone known as An tSlí Ghlas - The Green Way, has forecast 10,000 jobs over the next five years in the green sector. -
Ireland wins €269m from European R&D fund News
25.11.2010 Researchers from Irish companies and higher education institutions have won funding totalling €269m since 2007 for research projects in areas like ICT, health, nanotechnology...Tags: Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Energy, Nanotechnology, Health, ICT, Innovation, Science, FP7, Conor Lenihan -
Irish companies are among EU's most innovative News
22.11.2010 Fifty-seven per cent of Irish companies experienced innovation activity between 2006 and 2008 and Ireland can boast a higher than average global exports record, a European... -
DCU’s Ryan Academy plans to create €3m early stage fund News
22.11.2010 Dublin City University’s Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship has raised €1m in funding for early stage technology start-up companies. It plans to raise an additional €2m in the...Categories: Research, Investments, Graduate, Funding, Financial, Education, Economy, Digital 21, Advisory -
EU booklet that can help Irish businesses News
20.11.2010 Chambers Ireland has launched a new information booklet detailing European Union (EU) funding programmes to support research and innovation that can be availed of by Irish... -
RTOs key players in European economic recovery News
28.10.2010 European Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) are "key actors" in the European innovation system, a recently released study has found. -
New European initiative focuses on innovation News
06.10.2010 A large-scale European Union initiative will be launched today that hopes to place Europe among the best researchers and innovators in the market today.