08/07/2014

€23m Funding Secured For Research Projects

Government funding of €23m is to be shared forty research projects in Ireland as part of two Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) schemes.

The SFI has said that the funding will help to keep talented young researchers in Ireland, with the Starting Investigator Research Grant and Career Development Award Programmes funding projects in sustainable and renewable energy, cancer research, neurological disorders and immunology, amongst others.

The Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation is providing the funding.

(MH/CD)

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