July 16
UCD and Trinity College Dublin have secured a major share of fund for third-level research
The Irish Times reports that UCD and Trinity College Dublin have secured a major share of a new EUR358 million fund for third-level research. The programme will be unveiled by Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Minister for Enterprise Batt O’Keeffe on Friday. TCD has secured more than EUR75 million in capital funding for Biomedical Sciences Development, while UCD has secured over EUR50 million to develop a new science centre. NUI Galway has secured EUR31.5 million for a project named Advancing Medicine Through Discovery. UCC will receive EUR19 million for a project entitled Translating Bio Sciences into Health. DCU will get over EUR16 million for a nano-bioanalytical research facility, NUI Maynooth will receive EUR4.6 million for ICT infrastructure development, while UL will get more than EUR12 million for a national centre for applied materials research.