Research and Development Funding

Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Questions (614)

Fiona O'Loughlin

Question:

614. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked 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]

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Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

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.

Enterprise Ireland provides support for the technology enterprise sector primarily by investing in new technology start-ups, providing support to companies to engage with higher level Researchers and by supporting in-company R&D.

In terms of funding support provided by Enterprise Ireland for research in third level institutions its principal programmes of support are:

- The Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund which provides support for academic researchers to take research outputs with commercial potential and bring them to a point where they can either be transferred into industry or spun out into a new start-up company. The programme funds the development of technologies at all stages of the commercial pipeline from early stage research through technology development to the point where the technology can be commercialised.

- The Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership Programme which supports joint R&D projects involving companies and colleges, where the bulk of the R&D is carried out within a third level institute or a public research organisation. Through the Programme companies can access expertise and resources to develop new and improved products, processes and services, and generate new knowledge by working with Irish research institutes. The company benefits in terms of its growth, the evolution of its strategic RDI, and the creation of new knowledge that it can use to generate commercial advantage. Innovation Partnership projects can be used for research into new product/ process development, new business model development or new service model development.

- The Enterprise Ireland IDA Ireland Technology Centres Programme which supports the establishment of public-private research centres of excellence that connect industry to the third level sector to increase the generation and availability of new, industrially relevant knowledge. The Centres were developed in order to find an effective way of taking industry views more directly into consideration when undertaking publicly funded research. These centres are delivering industry-led research established in Irish universities.

Detail on the funding provided to each of the third level institutions under each of these programmes for the years 2006 – 2016 is set out in the attached Table B.

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

Third Level Approvals 2006-2016

Sum of Master Approval		Year
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Grand Total
Programme1 College Commercialisation Fund Programme	Dublin City University [DCU]	2,870,518	3,516,900	3,409,232	1,782,830	627,370	2,722,815	3,627,642	3,896,109	4,523,918	1,528,522	1,040,602	29,546,458
	Dublin Institute of Technology	1,726,841	1,531,753	547,549	831,847	485,666	651,935	534,020	921,832	489,792	222,711	625,237	8,569,182
	Dundalk Institute of Technology		85,000	206,915	609,652		435,378	1,677,849	34,046	265,629	105,147		3,419,616
	Heartbeat Trust							37,301					37,301
	I.T. - Blanchardstown			89,423		279,999				13,807	228,349		611,577
	Institute of Art Design 8, Technology						156,856	113,498					270,354
	Institute of Technology Athlone		89,725	376,453	99,697		187,703	636,712	429,465	263,181	496,229	59,793	2,638,957
	Institute of Technology Carlow							22,402		13,132	155,169	37,518	228,221
	Institute of Technology Cork	486,600	401,930	105,536	209,719	177,703	438,967	1,525,094	764,683	2,219,467	1,381,775	796,332	8,507,806
	Institute of Technology Galway-Mayo			76,568					13,500	41,100	210,930	27,015	369,113
	Institute of Technology Limerick		90,000	369,977		91,669	275,592	149,902		250,150		27,785	1,255,075
	Institute of Technology Sligo			272,873				15,090				15,000	302,963
	Institute of Technology Tallaght	50,750		98,712	68,594		248,349	40,009	236,730	133,296	14,400	29,950	920,790
	Institute of Technology Tralee									14,200	336,414	42,950	393,564
	Institute of Technology Waterford	1,938,158	3,220,795	260,176	1,462,905	365,863	1,839,383	979,887	2,106,079	4,020,890	1,262,342	637,280	18,093,759
	Letterkenny Institute of Technology						118,431	457,679		107,296		15,000	698,406
	Marine Institute	113,383											113,383
	National College of Art and Design							214,580	73,096	112,310	44,095	44,431	488,512
	National College of Ireland			90,286									90,286
	National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)			102,499							109,478	15,000	226,977
	Royal College of Surgeons Ireland	861,170	1,318,481	477,539	1,519,683		417,415	164,897	29,700	1,700,453	285,907	230,718	7,005,963
	Teagasc		800,759		70,703			219,932	310,366	273,716	56,487	218,757	1,950,720
	The National University of Ireland, Galway [NUIG]	3,690,795	2,367,576	3,107,123	1,223,731	1,311,676	1,688,141	3,239,535	2,395,652	4,425,848	3,013,828	2,723,235	29,187,138
	The National University of Ireland, Maynooth [Maynooth University]	1,084,474	798,365	2,257,179	709,949	918,906	561,187	1,523,747	1,293,356	390,594	40,450	55,965	9,634,172
	The University of Dublin, Trinity College [TCD]	4,426,238	4,288,502	2,633,801	847,926	1,443,868	2,243,648	2,351,069	1,970,910	3,303,807	2,699,281	1,990,135	28,199,186
	Tyndall National Institute	1,231,331	959,407	2,694,478	372,338	95,275	908,670	1,379,694	540,272	833,141	935,628	867,623	10,817,857
	University College Cork [UCC]	3,527,782	2,283,238	1,512,065	747,502	897,425	2,048,211	783,899	204,903	1,460,029	749,139	225,242	14,439,435
	University College Dublin [UCD]	2,674,491	2,452,807	2,059,260	2,114,881	882,488	2,361,889	2,874,019	1,959,330	2,572,132	1,278,773	2,297,456	23,527,527

Third Level Approvals 2006-2016 (cont.d)

Sum of Master Approval		Year
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Grand Total
Commercialisation Fund Programme Total	University of Limerick	4,275,49428,958,024	3,329,36627,534,604	880,45021,628,093	589,27413,261,232	140,7797,718,687	819,13318,123,702	2,014,12724,582,583	1,815,05018,995,079	3,291,78630,719,675	801,80815,956,861	1,611,85913,634,883	19,569,126221,113,423
	Innovation Partnerships Bord Iascaigh Mhara							18,000					18,000
	Dublin City University [DCU]	140,552	320,373	848,698	600,346	567,533	1,614,312	595,993	675,067	865,041	1,240,446	1,541,563	9,009,925
	Dublin Dental Hospital				177,281								177,281
	Dublin Institute of Technology	158,050	160,575	48,000	536,571	284,525	169,206	154,605	379,715	61,550	214,919	157,382	2,325,098
	Dundalk Institute of Technology	79,200	86,670		93,635		166,819	8,600		105,069		8,995	548,988
	Georgia Tech Ireland			9,000									9,000
	I.T. - Blanchardstown				225,584								225,584
	Institute of Art Design 8, Technology	9,000											9,000
	Institute of Technology Athlone	565,045	294,575	638,059	36,000	193,591	432,706	80,675	374,221	171,633	447,703	383,367	3,617,575
	Institute of Technology Carlow										55,222		55,222
	Institute of Technology Cork		34,680	96,017	314,707	298,646	337,104	88,139	258,851	24,702	176,196	229,851	1,858,893
	Institute of Technology Galway-Mayo	18,000	366,963	9,000	91,210				98,486		74,822	284,593	943,074
	Institute of Technology Limerick	9,000		178,926	40,700	173,436		98,287	428,372	380,161	380,832	152,384	1,842,098
	Institute of Technology Sligo	174,600	82,910		126,477			9,000			9,000	9,000	410,987
	Institute of Technology Tallaght		142,000	53,500	99,669	67,473	107,962	182,753	18,000	155,258	56,728	36,000	919,343
	Institute of Technology Tralee	90,836	85,776	322,431	27,000	225,368	201,414	249,277	236,104	423,221	73,262	230,411	2,165,099
	Institute of Technology Waterford	165,980	683,295	427,545	337,004	574,556	483,964	84,800	973,061	1,144,618	507,333	446,690	5,828,846
	Irish Manufacturing Research Limited										81,897	724,849	806,746
	Letterkenny Institute of Technology	66,700	168,252		4,907		59,580	93,011	7,954	37,815	84,410	48,918	571,547
	National College of Ireland									166,440			166,440
	National Institute of Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT)									485,342		8,979	494,321
	Royal College of Surgeons Ireland		12,000		24,904			196,574	8,640	23,715	570,066		835,899
	St. Angelas - Food Technology Centre	9,000	18,000	9,000									36,000
	Teagasc	179,000	257,203			210,819	330,394	102,800	9,000	85,213	199,992	364,735	1,739,156
	The National University of Ireland, Galway [NUIG]	778,241	752,978	1,250,467	1,178,101	253,719	647,333	438,211	753,938	588,134	534,685	269,889	7,445,697
	The National University of Ireland, Maynooth [Maynooth University]	287,496	235,869	92,472	152,825	63,776	172,913	163,722	99,875	537,547		38,373	1,844,868
	The University of Dublin, Trinity College [TCD]	947,711	945,269	360,750	534,339	400,096	130,188	624,894	399,580	1,029,920	712,525	1,055,173	7,140,444
	Tyndall National Institute	48,790	119,376	720,329	594,011	6,200	167,418	495,877	721,600	861,467	741,757	518,297	4,995,122
	University College Cork [UCC]	592,092	1,017,951	523,246	852,479	382,773	453,504	454,059	615,559	443,682	149,787	79,066	5,564,197
	University College Dublin [UCD]	1,669,053	532,248	1,962,290	340,527	380,694	502,398	298,558	713,918	1,028,038	1,819,363	1,231,677	10,478,765
	University of LimerickInnovation Partnerships Total	1,392,746 7,381,093	697,626 7,014,588	1,459,333 9,009,063	490,300 6,878,576	457,455 4,540,660	1,071,664 7,048,878	391,352 4,829,187	1,428,418 8,200,359	2,551,032 11,169,598	1,335,311 9,466,255	1,587,795 9,407,988	12,863,032 84,946,245

Third Level Approvals 2006-2016 (cont.d)

Sum of Master Approval		Year
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Grand Total
Technology Centres	Dublin City University [DCU]			162,589		315,281	523,789	3,903,325					4,904,984
	Dublin Institute of Technology			71,769			318,056	268,932					658,757
	Institute of Technology Athlone						118,175						118,175
	Institute of Technology Cork						307,827	522,240					830,067
	Institute of Technology Limerick							602,527					602,527
	Institute of Technology Tallaght							62,956					62,956
	Institute of Technology Waterford					199,190		62,956					262,146
	Irish Manufacturing Research Limited									15,000,000			15,000,000
	Molecular Medicine Ireland			153,846			150,000	150,000			630,769		1,084,615
	Royal College of Surgeons Ireland					690,368							690,368
	Teagasc											4,672,570	4,672,570
	The National University of Ireland, Galway [NUIG]		1,750,274	144,406	4,303,269	411,298	363,019	98,770	585,000	1,120,734			8,776,770
	The National University of Ireland, Maynooth [Maynooth University]			310,732	4,576,557	324,615	492,229			5,773,269			11,477,402
	The University of Dublin, Trinity College [TCD]			460,039	152,914	616,381	4,043,857					6,365,385	11,638,577
	Tyndall National Institute			832,985	8,057,260	384,615	1,117,057	1,675,478	10,100,035		5,245,769		27,413,198
	University College Cork [UCC]		14,561,286	247,251		231,057	1,219,136	4,407,992	641,802		3,852,333		25,160,857
	University College Dublin [UCD]			1,467,408	241,524	80,322	135,107	1,723,385	16,237,831	3,852,333			23,737,911
	University of Limerick			1,398,207	4,582,311	616,893		444,075	3,854,000	18,030,714			28,926,200
Technology Centres Total	University of Ulster		16,311,560	5,249,232	21,913,836	3,870,020	8,788,252	620,136	31,418,668	43,777,050	9,728,871	11,037,955	620,136
	Grand Total	36,339,117	50,860,752	35,886,388	42,053,644	16,129,366	33,960,831	43,954,541	58,614,106	85,666,323	35,151,988	34,080,826	472,697,882

Note: During 2010 the new Commercialisation Fund Programme was launched. Commercialisation pre-2010 is comprised of Proof of Concept, Technology, Development and Commercialisation Plus the pre-cursor programmes.