Minister Harris announces â¬193 million investment in five world- leading SFI Research Centres
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD today announced an investment of â¬193 million in five Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres for six years.
The five centres will carry out research into smart medical devices, e-health, telecommunications networks, cybersecurity, smart cities, artificial intelligence, ethics and data privacy, as well as applied geosciences, energy security and marine resources.
Speaking today, Minister Harris said: I am delighted to announce this significant government investment in five SFI Research Centres, which reflects Irelandâs position as a world leader in research and innovation.
Government to invest €193m in five SFI research centres
Five Science Foundation Ireland research centres spanning medical devices, AI technology, future networks and more will receive the funding over the next six years.
Today (1 February), Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris, TD, announced an investment of €193m in five Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centres over the next six years.
The centres – Adapt, Connect, Cúram, iCrag and Lero – carry out research across cybersecurity, e-health, energy and marine resources, AI, data privacy, telecommunication and more.
Harris said that the investment reflects “Ireland’s position as a world leader in research and innovation”.
Young Scientist success for Lisdoonvarna students
January 16, 2021
STUDENTS of Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna scooped four awards at this year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition.
Oisín Jackson won the second prize in the Junior Individual category of the Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences. His project was entitled “An investigation into the differences in height of adjoining clints in limestone pavement in the Burren”. In this project he looked in detail at the difference in height of adjoining clints and seeing if prevailing wind may contribute to their formation. As well as getting this award he also got the Geological Survey Ireland special award.
What a day it has been for a number of first year students at Mary Immaculate Secondary School who took part in this year’s virtual BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition.
Five first year students took on the daunting task of carrying out a science project with all the restrictions of Covid 19. Their resilience has to be praised. They all completed their project on time and produced excellent reports. The projects were of such high standard that four awards were taken back to Lisdoonvarna.
Oisín Jackson won the second prize in the Junior Individual category of the Chemical, Physical and mathematical Sciences. his project was entitled “An investigation into the differences in height of adjoining clints in Limestone pavement in the Burren”. In this project he is looking in detail at the difference in height of adjoining clints and seeing if prevailing wind may contribute to their formation. As well as getting this award he also got the Geological Survey Ireland special a
Geological Survey Ireland announces â¬1.45 million funding for new research projects
Topics include Climate Change, Landslides & Hazards, Offshore & Geothermal Energy
Geological Survey Ireland has announced it awarded over â¬1.45 million under its Research Programme in 2020. World-class research projects in geoscience and related areas of environmental science and engineering were supported. Since 2015, the Programme has committed over â¬11 million in funding to over 150 projects in academia and SMEs. Data, expertise and support from Geological Survey Ireland scientific and technical staff have also been provided under the Programme.
The 2020 awards include six multi-annual projects in areas including groundwater modelling, sourcing of critical metals, deep geothermal energy and geotechnical engineering studies of slope failure. Two of these projects are co-funded with Science Foundation Ireland