Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Research and Development Funding
Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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614. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated for research in each of the third level institutions for each of the years from 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2680/17]
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Science Foundation Ireland, an agency of my Department, is the national foundation for investment in scientific and engineering research and is the principal agency through which my Department funds research in third level institutions.
Enterprise Ireland, also an agency of my Department is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. Enterprise Ireland also provides funding for research to third level institutions, principally through its Commercialisation Fund; Innovation Partnerships and the Technology Centres.
Science Foundation Ireland invests in academic researchers and research teams who are most likely to generate new knowledge, leading edge technologies and competitive enterprises in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Science Foundation Ireland funds a balanced portfolio of programmes, many involving national and international collaborations with both small and large companies, charities and international funders as well as national funders such as the Marine Institute, Health Research Board, Teagasc, etc.
Science Foundation Ireland funds across the career spectrum from early and mid-stage researchers to emerging research stars and established highly-esteemed research leaders, through individual researcher funding and collaborative awards.
SFI awards all funding through a competitive process. Third level institutions may apply for funding through open calls. Research proposals submitted under such calls are evaluated via international peer review and in line with Science Foundations Ireland’s remit.
The following Table A provides the funding awarded by Science Foundation Ireland to Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) from 2006 to 2016.
Table A.
Science Foundation Ireland - Schedule of gross Committments to Research Bodies from 2006 to 2016
| Research Body | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlone Institute of Technology | 462,727 | 259,575.4 | 464,092 | 1186394.4 | ||||||||
| Cork Institute of Technology | 237,248 | 95,697 | 110,175 | 155,051 | 1,351,758 | 1,074,590 | 331,058 | 78,100 | 467,153 | 493,527 | 4,394,357 | |
| Dublin City University | 6,590,746 | 33,173,684 | 22,468,373 | 9,149,831 | 24,804,321 | 2,513,366 | 3,761,280 | 4,664,964 | 9,344,686 | 5,818,412 | 15,586,671 | 137,876,332 |
| Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | 353,650 | 1,021,557 | 722,008 | 155,492 | 1,229,347 | 276,334 | 563,974 | 278,209 | 1,187,603 | 2,970,657 | 2,766,313 | 11,525,144 |
| Dublin Institute of Technology | 658,095 | 4,954,609 | 407,910 | 1,071,628 | 764,862 | 2,036,305 | 345,521 | 594,094 | 240,759 | 1,321,534 | 1,754,232 | 14,149,549 |
| Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology | 16,000 | 16,000 | ||||||||||
| Dundalk Institute of Technology | 68,900 | 783,275 | 638,006 | 192,649 | 5,980 | 1,688,810 | ||||||
| Institute of Technology Carlow | 7,670 | 122,579 | 118,625 | 248,875 | ||||||||
| Institute of Technology Sligo | 178,965 | 562,779 | 514,102 | 15,000 | 17,125 | 1,287,971 | ||||||
| Institute of Technology Tallaght | 117,273 | 568,036 | 203,200 | 360,750 | 673,999 | 3,500 | 118,406 | 2,045,164 | ||||
| Limerick Institute of Technology | 34,294 | 34,294 | ||||||||||
| National College of Ireland | 67,227 | 22,450 | 89,677 | |||||||||
| National University of Ireland, Galway | 10,166,800 | 31,055,975 | 49,807,480 | 9,202,192 | 15,658,643 | 4,767,619 | 10,063,643 | 65,236,032 | 50,062,414 | 8,243,299 | 31,166,037 | 285,430,134 |
| National University of Ireland, Maynooth | 4,259,636 | 19,562,514 | 9,947,084 | 1,815,051 | 2,523,435 | 4,855,202 | 3,242,857 | 5,235,417 | 4,590,685 | 873,766 | 6,611,088 | 63,516,734 |
| Queen's University Belfast | 1,196,132 | 119,312 | 1,315,444 | |||||||||
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | 2,713,968 | 5,279,371 | 10,581,789 | 3,086,886 | 2,202,313 | 1,453,415 | 598,887 | 2,282,614 | 7,742,075 | 2,470,714 | 2,597,367 | 41,009,399 |
| Tralee Institute of Technology | 193,453 | 131,030 | 31,750 | 356,233 | ||||||||
| Trinity College Dublin | 33,817,039 | 73,578,183 | 52,106,429 | 18,642,023 | 22,982,497 | 36,700,882 | 28,261,299 | 69,465,188 | 84,232,576 | 31,911,835 | 39,755,277 | 491,453,228 |
| Tyndall National Institute | 23,988,144 | 51,084,927 | 7,981,204 | 3,932,509 | 12,094,721 | 3,805,660 | 6,225,265 | 25,329,241 | 8,643,469 | 2,656,992 | 23,485,063 | 169,227,195 |
| University College Cork | 18,441,016 | 46,079,078 | 36,271,523 | 7,778,633 | 10,428,927 | 5,452,825 | 4,090,789 | 67,221,312 | 16,418,200 | 26,537,752 | 10,750,524 | 249,470,580 |
| University College Dublin | 30,174,726 | 75,207,413 | 41,886,463 | 45,119,438 | 25,331,877 | 17,137,357 | 6,962,405 | 15,290,267 | 47,156,384 | 25,351,462 | 39,408,355 | 369,026,147 |
| University of Limerick | 7,459,691 | 14,674,943 | 1,112,602 | 1,932,276 | 4,649,464 | 19,846,659 | 5,843,440 | 38,334,329 | 41,601,304 | 15,415,417 | 12,969,386 | 163,839,510 |
| University of Ulster | 2,194,205 | 2,194,205 | ||||||||||
| Waterford Institute of Technology | 7,469,065 | 742,224 | 14,000 | 302,842 | 3,753,781 | 546,933 | 30,000 | 122,865 | 1,238,275 | 14,219,985 | ||
| 139,300,794 | 358,338,222 | 240,872,105 | 106,811,579 | 122,887,606 | 101,566,806 | 74,913,023 | 296,116,383 | 271,792,346 | 124,180,357 | 188,822,140 | 2,025,601,362 |
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