Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
819. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of research capital funding received by each HEI since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41692/21]
View answerFunding for research in higher education institutions (HEI) is provided by a number of different sources. The main sources of funding come from three distinct areas: direct government funding, indirect government funding and other funding sources such as Irish industry, foreign industry and EU funding programmes.
The table below shows the amount of capital funding received by each HEI which underpins the research expenditure reported by each HEI. The data are taken from the Higher Education R&D Survey (HERD) which is undertaken every two years to monitor the level of research and development activities in the higher education sector. The Survey asks each HEI to indicate how much they spend on research activities and how those research activities are funded.
The latest HERD Survey, covering the academic year 2018-2019, is available at:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/00d67-higher-education-research-and-development-survey-2018-2019/
