Written answers
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Department of Education and Skills
Research Funding
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of research centres funded by Science Foundation Ireland in 2021; and the Budget 2022 allocation for same. [10071/22]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The SFI Research Centres are funded on a multi annual basis. During 2021 there were 16 SFI Research Centres in receipt of funding through the SFI Research Centres Programme. These are set out below along with the projected allocations for those Research Centres in 2022.
SFI Research Centres do receive funding through other SFI programmes. The attached table reflects the core funding through the SFI Research Centres Programme.
| SFI Research Centre | SFI Research Centre Programme Award | 2022 Allocation |
|---|---|---|
| BiOrbic, SFI Bioeconomy Research Centre | 15,021,703.00 | 484,416.75 |
| FutureNeuro, The SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases | 10,337,285.00 | 1,556,927.00 |
| Confirm, SFI Research Centre for Smart Manufacturing | 32,171,331.00 | 4,680,939.00 |
| I-FORM, The SFI Research Centre for Advanced Manufacturing | 15,709,451.00 | 1,803,122.90 |
| VistaMilk, SFI Research Centre for Digitalising Dairy Production and Processing | 25,629,333.00 | 4,904,787.00 |
| APC, APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Centre | 34,251,344.00 | 5,674,797.00 |
| Insight, SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics | 63,628,806.00 | 11,820,281.00 |
| SSPC, SFI Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals | 29,973,083.00 | 3,001,646.00 |
| AMBER, SFI Research Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research | 51,895,011.00 | 9,684,959.60 |
| IPIC, SFI Research Centre | 26,639,181.00 | 2,739,418.00 |
| MaREI, SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine | 25,029,197.00 | 5,117,637.00 |
| ADAPT, SFI Research Centre for AI-driven Digital Content Technology | 42,090,078.00 | 7,497,891.00 |
| Lero, SFI Research Centre for Software | 37,449,510.00 | 6,267,699.00 |
| Connect, SFI Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications | 38,864,909.00 | 3,535,858.50 |
| CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices | 46,372,380.00 | 6,961,648.36 |
| ICRAG, SFI Research Centre in Applied Geosciencs (iCRAG) | 28,273,066.00 | 2,722,348.55 |
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