US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme invests €7m in collaborative projects
A joint funding investment worth more than €7 million was announced today through the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme. This partnership between the US, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland promises to increase the number of collaborations among researchers and industry across the three jurisdictions.
Four awards have already been funded under the programme, spanning 10 higher education institutions and supporting approximately 20 research positions. The projects funded include research on communications networks and healthcare.
Since its launch in 2006, the US-Ireland R&D Partnership has funded 98 partnership projects with a combined government investment of €158 million. This unique funding initiative aims to increase the level of collaborative R&D, generating valuable discoveries and innovations.
The funding agencies involved in today’s announcement are Research Ireland and the Health Research Board (HRB) in RoI, the Department for the Economy (DFE) and the Health & Social Care R&D Division (HSC R&D) in NI, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in USA.
“The US-Ireland R&D Partnership Program provides a unique opportunity to advance world-class technological innovations,” said NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan (pictured). “Working together, we are furthering a global ecosystem of innovation – one that not only responds to today’s challenges but anticipates the needs of tomorrow.”
Celine FitzGerald, Interim CEO of Research Ireland, said: “Research Ireland congratulates the US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme award recipients – their innovative projects in the areas of healthcare and telecommunications will provide mutual benefit to societies and economies across all three jurisdictions. Strong international research partnerships are vital to address the global challenges of our time. Through this significant tri-partite investment, the US-Ireland R&D Partnership continues to support and encourage world-class, impactful and collaborative research projects between our countries.”
Mark Lee, director of Higher Education at Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy, said: “International research collaborations are key to building a strong research and innovation landscape in Northern Ireland to deliver on the Economy Minister’s vision of a regionally balanced, net zero economy which supports good jobs and higher productivity. The US Ireland R&D Partnership is an important flagship programme bringing world class researchers together across the north and south of Ireland and the US to collaborate on ground-breaking scientific research that delivers benefits for all.”
Mairead O’Driscoll, CEO of the Health Research Board, said: “Collaboration is key when tackling grand challenges in relation to health. The US-Ireland R&D Partnership Programme funds essential research to improve health and advance care for people throughout Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United States.”
The 10 collaborating institutions are: South East Technological University (SETU), Teagasc, University College Dublin (UCD) and University College Cork (UCC) in the Republic of Ireland; Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and Ulster University (UU) in Northern Ireland; and Virginia Tech, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Pennsylvania and Rochester Institute of Technology in the United States.
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