Ireland’s first Competence Centres for industry-led R&D were announced on 10th March by the Tanaiste Mary Coughlan T.D in Dublin.  There will be 9 centres in total, 5 centres are already up and running. Click on each link to watch a 3 minute video in which industry personnel and researchers involved explain what each centre will be working on over the next 5 years:
Competence Centre for Bioenergy & Biorefining, based in NUI Galway, co-hosted by UL and UCD
Competence Centre for Applied Nanotechnology, based in Tyndall UCC, co-hosted by TCD CRANN
The Competence Centre for Composite Materials, based in UL and co-hosted by UCD
Competence Centre for IT Innovation, based in NUI Maynooth
Competence Centre for Microelectronics, based in Tyndall, UCC and co-hosted by UL
Work is ongoing to create the following Competence Centres;
Manufacturing Productivity
This centre will address the key challenges in developing Ireland as an environment for high value added manufacturing. Some of the companies involved are Pfizer, Intel, Bombardier and Seagate.
Energy Efficiency
Using new multi-disciplinary approaches, this centre will focus on making manufacturing in Ireland more competitive, cleaner and greener. Companies involved include Xerox, Analog Devices, SEI and Intel.
E-learning
The aim of the Competence Centre in E-learning is to create a world-class environment to combine learning and innovation for the benefit of Irish industry.
Financial Services
This centre will create a research environment where the challenges facing the financial services industry can be efficiently met positioning Ireland as an innovation leader in this global sector.
For more information visit www.competencecentres.ie

Share

Related posts:

1. Partnerships with industry
2. Tánaiste Launches Enterprise Ireland's Strategy for the Irish Software Industry