Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
1219. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount, excluding other sources of funding or in-kind contributions, being made available to each of the SFI research centres established since 2012 and within her remit; the exact amount per centre; the timespan in which funding is allocated; the purpose of the funding; and if funding will cease for those centres within the next five years. [32659/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAfter an extensive international review of scientific excellence and impact, the first seven SFI Research Centres were established in 2013. A further five SFI Research Centres were established in 2015, and four additional SFI Research Centres were awarded funding in 2017. Budget provision was provided for one further centre in 2018, and this will commence later this year.
All SFI Research Centre awards are for a period of six years. These SFI Research Centres are funded to focus on areas of strategic importance to Ireland and are expected to deliver scientific excellence with economic and societal impact. The Centres are expected to leverage significant funding from industry and competitively won international funding, such as EU Horizon 2020, and these KPIs are monitored closely.
Each SFI Research Centre undergoes rigorous international expert review at various stages of the funding cycle and there is no automatic renewal of funding.
SFI Research Centre Awards
Launch year 2013
|
Centre |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Total |
|
Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research Centre (AMBER) |
€1,869,855 |
€6,218,554 |
€6,558,088 |
€7,637,120 |
€6,333,342 |
€5,409,048 |
€1,145,599 |
€35,171,606 |
|
Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) - Interfacing Food and Medicine |
€1,032,074 |
€5,238,405 |
€6,852,003 |
€7,283,063 |
€6,917,067 |
€6,191,656 |
€2,371,164 |
€35,885,432 |
|
Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) |
€178,823 |
€891,674 |
€1,192,153 |
€1,472,396 |
€1,556,337 |
€1,585,607 |
€771,788 |
€7,648,778 |
|
INSIGHT - Irelands Big Data and Analytics Research Centre |
€2,459,848 |
€8,383,956 |
€9,804,496 |
€10,425,884 |
€11,592,167 |
€9,034,656 |
€5,994,406 |
€57,695,413 |
|
I-PIC Irish Photonic Integration Research Centre |
€357,054 |
€853,083 |
€4,272,022 |
€3,887,286 |
€4,144,227 |
€4,166,819 |
€1,938,878 |
€19,619,369 |
|
Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research |
€1,463,357 |
€3,476,169 |
€3,389,288 |
€3,255,257 |
€3,123,644 |
€3,025,732 |
€1,173,466 |
€18,906,913 |
|
Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC) |
€2,666,492 |
€4,561,910 |
€4,824,881 |
€4,958,138 |
€4,780,168 |
€4,675,258 |
€1,664,772 |
€28,131,618 |
Launch Year 2015
|
Centre |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
|
ADAPT: Centre for Digital Content Platform Research |
€3,268,974 |
€6,269,640 |
€6,430,321 |
€6,068,572 |
€5,157,714 |
€3,518,504 |
€30,713,725 |
|
CONNECT: The Centre for Future Networks and Communications |
€1,413,168 |
€4,626,873 |
€6,837,294 |
€6,459,299 |
€6,261,952 |
€5,787,089 |
€31,385,675 |
|
CÚRAM - Centre for Research in Medical Devices |
€6,333,988 |
€6,285,655 |
€6,291,249 |
€6,447,146 |
€6,171,335 |
€5,563,528 |
€37,092,901 |
|
Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) |
€3,425,302 |
€4,809,400 |
€5,417,161 |
€5,195,376 |
€3,956,832 |
€2,084,483 |
€24,888,554 |
|
Lero - the Irish Software Research Centre |
€4,705,199 |
€6,548,857 |
€6,865,567 |
€6,627,784 |
€4,884,481 |
€2,972,799 |
€32,604,686 |
Launch Year 2017
|
Centre |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
Total |
|
Bioeconomy Research Centre (BEACON) |
€1,516,246 |
€3,228,550 |
€3,493,667 |
€3,237,706 |
€2,168,191 |
€1,034,682 |
€342,661 |
€15,021,703 |
|
Confirm Centre for Smart Manufacturing |
€386,124 |
€4,997,966 |
€5,985,254 |
€6,645,330 |
€6,127,277 |
€4,680,939 |
€3,348,441 |
€32,171,331 |
|
FutureNeuro |
€476,699 |
€1,888,903 |
€1,810,993 |
€1,769,721 |
€1,648,641 |
€1,556,927 |
€1,185,401 |
€10,337,285 |
|
I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre |
€441,840 |
€2,813,503 |
€2,833,820 |
€3,600,271 |
€2,645,949 |
€2,089,160 |
€1,284,908 |
€15,709,451 |
SFI Spokes Awards to SFI Research Centres
This competitive programme, involving additional international peer review for excellence and impact and a separate SFI Board recommendation for funding, is a vehicle to enable the addition of new industrial and academic partners and projects to an SFI Research Centre, so allowing the Centre to expand and develop in line with new priorities and opportunities. This ensures that SFI Research Centres retain their ability to perform cutting edge research, remain industrially relevant in repose to new opportunities or challenges, and so enhance their sustainability. The Spokes programme also provides a vehicle to link together, in a meaningful and relevant way, different Research Centres. The table below outlines the Spokes awards made to each SFI Research Centre.
|
Centre |
Spoke |
Total SFI contribution |
Start Date |
End date |
|
AMBER |
PPSAD – Plasma Processes for Selective Area Deposition |
€1,515,390.00 |
01/07/2017 |
30/06/2021 |
|
AMBER |
Delivering Innovative Materials for Medical Devices |
€2,571,151.00 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2023 |
|
APC |
Gut Phageomics |
€2,733,033.20 |
01/11/2014 |
31/10/2019 |
|
APC |
COMBINE (Cross-Centre Spoke) Nutrition and Microbiome Material/Infant Study |
€783,536.12 |
01/04/2015 |
31/03/2020 |
|
APC |
Gut Inflammation |
€5,126,383.00 |
01/10/2015 |
30/09/2020 |
|
APC |
Mother-to-Infant Transfer |
€2,903,800.00 |
01/07/2017 |
30/06/2022 |
|
APC |
BacTrans – DNA Transfer for Bacterial Cultures |
€1,082,411.10 |
01/12/2017 |
30/11/2021 |
|
CONNECT |
ENABLE (Cross-Centre Spoke) Smart Cities |
€6,651,302.19 |
01/09/2017 |
31/08/2021 |
|
iCRAG |
Geohazards |
€360,872.00 |
01/09/2017 |
31/08/2021 |
|
INFANT |
PiNPoiNT Personalise Nutrition |
€1,078,038.00 |
01/10/2014 |
31/12/2019 |
|
INFANT |
COMBINE (Cross-Centre Spoke) Nutrition and Microbiome Material/Infant Study |
€1,484,027.72 |
01/04/2015 |
31/03/2020 |
|
INFANT |
Neoview - Intensive Care-Viewer |
€380,919.00 |
01/11/2015 |
28/02/2018 |
|
INFANT |
ENRICH contribution of sleep to the healthy development of infants |
€648,285.00 |
01/02/2016 |
31/07/2018 |
|
Insight |
ENABLE (Cross-Centre Spoke) -Smart Cities |
€2,835,841.13 |
01/09/2017 |
31/08/2021 |
|
LERO |
ENABLE (Cross-Centre Spoke) -Smart Cities |
€737,617.38 |
01/09/2017 |
31/08/2021 |
|
MaREI |
OM-MaREI – Observation of Marine Renewal Energy Infrastructure |
€4,881,562.00 |
01/10/2015 |
30/09/2019 |
|
MaREI |
SEFE – Sustainable Energy and Fuel Efficiency |
€2,824,492.00 |
01/09/2017 |
31/08/2021 |
|
SSPC |
Adv Biopharma Tech |
€1,375,299.00 |
01/10/2014 |
31/12/2017 |
|
SSPC |
MOMEnTUM – Modelling of Transport Automation in Manufacturing |
€2,486,809.00 |
01/10/2015 |
30/09/2019 |
SFI Research Centres PhD Award Programme
This competitive programme supports the training of PhD students in strategic areas and is key to implementing Innovation 2020 targets to increase the number of PhD students. The awards are made following additional international peer review for excellence and impact and a separate SFI Board recommendation for funding.
|
Centre |
Total SFI contribution |
Start Date |
End date |
|
AMBER |
€1,170,000 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
APC |
€1,167,600 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
INFANT |
€1,144,581 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
INSIGHT |
€1,146,216 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
IPIC |
€1,159,380 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
MaREI |
€1,099,950 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
SSPC |
€1,167,300 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
ADAPT |
€1,163,250 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
CONNECT |
€1,164,780 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
CÚRAM |
€1,168,320 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
iCRAG |
€1,170,000 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
|
LERO |
€1,167,672 |
01/04/2018 |
31/03/2022 |
