Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
1888. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown of the €157 million provided to Science Foundation Ireland in 2015; the project and description of which the funding was used for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25991/16]
View answerThe original capital allocation for Science Foundation Ireland in 2015 was €157 million. In addition, a Supplementary Estimate of €5 million was approved for SFI, which was allocated to SFI in December 2015.
In 2015, SFI funded 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 Irish Research Council and Health Research Board. Details of all the programmes funded and payments made in 2015 are available in the SFI Annual Report 2015. Full details of SFI’s suite of programmes is available on its website www.sfi.ie
The breakdown of total grant payments made by Science Foundation Ireland in 2015 by Programme area is provided in the Table below.
2015 Payments by Programme
|
€000s |
|
|
Research Centres |
€44,909 |
|
Investigators |
€36,146 |
|
Research Infrastructure awards |
€28,766 |
|
Centres for Science Engineering & Technology (CSET) |
€9,228 |
|
Strategic Research Centres (SRC) |
€4,563 |
|
Technological Innovation Development Award (TIDA ) |
€4,467 |
|
Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) |
€3,918 |
|
Research Professorship Programme |
€3,091 |
|
SFI Discover Programme |
€3,035 |
|
Research Centres - Spokes Awards |
€3,392 |
|
Strategic Partnership Programme |
€2,674 |
|
US Ireland R&D Partnership |
€2,390 |
|
European Research Council Support Programme |
€2,325 |
|
Industry Fellowship Awards |
€1,751 |
|
Career Development Award |
€1,722 |
|
President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) |
€1,455 |
|
Inv Catalyst Award |
€1,123 |
|
European Research Council Development Award |
€1,106 |
|
SFI-Pfizer Biotherapeutics Innovation Award Programme |
€896 |
|
Research Frontiers Programme |
€735 |
|
ERC Development |
€669 |
|
Advance Award Programme |
€661 |
|
SFI ERC Support Programme |
€535 |
|
SFI Fellowship Programme |
€509 |
|
SFI / Irish Research Council - Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme |
€522 |
|
ICS-SFI Collaborative Cancer Research Centre (CCRC) Programme 2014 |
€367 |
|
EU Joint Programme Initiative |
€346 |
|
Conference & Workshop |
€351 |
|
RS-SFI University Research Fellow |
€263 |
|
Translational Research Awards |
€222 |
|
SFI Maternity Allowance |
€208 |
|
HRB/Wellcome Trust awards |
€111 |
|
SFI/Irish Universities Association (IUA) Partnership |
€90 |
|
SFI-HRB-Wellcome Trust Biomedical Research Partnership |
€70 |
|
Joint Programming Initiatives |
€58 |
|
NSF/SFI Graduate Research opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Programme |
€32 |
|
STOKES - Professor & Lectureship Programme |
€31 |
|
Walton programme |
€16 |
|
Supplements |
€11 |
|
US-Ireland R&D Partnership Planning Grant |
€9 |
|
Engineering - Professorship & lectureship Programme |
€6 |
|
Charles Parsons Energy Research Awards |
-€2 |
|
International Strategic Cooperation Award |
-€69 |
|
Grand Total |
€162,706 |
