Science Foundation Ireland

Frank Gannon, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, is to leave his post a year early to become Director and CEO of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research.

The fur on the Celtic Tiger is getting extremely ruffled, but despite being the first country in the eurozone to go into recession, the Republic of Ireland continued to attract significant inward investment in 2008,

The publicly funded Science Foundation Ireland is currently defining its new strategy for the 2009-2013 period and is seeking comments on its plans.

Science Foundation Ireland has appointed Dr Paul Dodd as Head of Industry-Research Development.

Ireland’s remarkable ability to attract inward investment has made it the economic role model for aspiring small countries. Now it plans to lure corporate R&D.

Holders of existing grants in the Republic can now apply for supplementary awards to fund collaborative projects with researchers in Northern Ireland, making it easier to set up collaborations with colleagues across the border.