The following table provides the detail requested in regard to the number of SFI funded Research Centres and the annual budget in the years 2010 to 2017 and the 2018 budget allocation for same. It should be noted that seven research centres were commenced in 2013 (AMBER, IPIC, APC, MaREI, INFANT, INSIGHT and SSPC), followed by a further five in 2015 (ADAPT, CONNECT, CURAM, iCRAG and Lero), an additional 4 in 2017 (iFORM, CONFIRM, BEACON, FutureNeuro) and a 17th (FutureMilk) is to be commenced during 2018.
Year
|
No of active SFI Research Centres
|
Payments in Research Centres Programme
|
2010
|
0
|
€0
|
2011
|
0
|
€0
|
2012
|
0
|
€0
|
2013
|
7
|
€48,186,875
|
2014
|
7
|
€44,926,089
|
2015
|
12
|
€44,909,000
|
2016
|
12
|
€42,890,000
|
2017
|
16
|
€67,083,476
|
|
|
Budget allocation for Research Centres Programme payments
|
2018
|
17
|
€62,341,814
|