Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation has today (Thursday, July 23rd, 2009) announced research funding awards of €20.7million for 22 world-class research projects under the Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator Programme.

Pictured (L-R) at the award announcement are Mr. Conor Lenihan, TD, Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation and Professor Seamus Martin, TCD.

GlycoScience Ireland Hosts Annual International Conference in NUI Galway

Pictured (L-R) at the 2nd Annual GlycoScience Ireland Conference attended by over 150 delegates from Ireland, Europe and the US today held in NUI Galway on the April 30th, 2009.  Prof. Lokesh Joshi, SFI Stokes Professor of Glycosciences, NUI Galway Dr. Ruth Freeman, Head of Industry Research Development, SFI, Dr. Declan Healy, Science Programme Manager, SFI and Dr Annie Curtis, Science Programme Manager, SFI.

Science Foundation Ireland launches ‘Powering the Smart Economy’ Strategy 2009-2013

(R-L) Professor Frank Gannon, Director General SFI presents the new SFI Strategy Powering the Smart Economy to the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T.D. and Minister of State with responsibility for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Jimmy Devins T.D.

Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T.D, announced on Wednesday, February 25th 2009, the establishment of 5 new Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Research Clusters (SRC's) representing a €23.9 million investment in ground-breaking, collaborative research activities involving seven academic institutions and 22 companies

Pictured (L-R) at the announcement are Prof Miles Turner of DCU - Precision SRC; Prof Pádraig Cunningham of UCD - Clique SRC; Prof Brett Paull, DCU - Irish Separation Science Cluster;   Dr Jimmy Devins, TD, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr William Donnelly of Waterford Institute of Technology - Federated, Autonomic Management of End-to-end Communication Services (FAME SRC) and Prof. Lokesh Joshi of NUIG - Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster (AGRC).

January 22 2009:  Dr Jimmy Devins TD, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation visits the Energy Research Centre at NUI Galway

Pictured at the Energy Research Centre were (L-R) Krishna Katuri, Marie Curie Researcher, NUI Galway; Dr Jimmy Devins, T.D., Minister of State for Science and Innovation; and Paul Kavanagh, Senior Researcher, NUI Galway

January 9 2009:  Science Foundation Ireland awards Patrick O'Doherty, Gonzaga College, Dublin the SFI Special Award at the Young Scientist Exhibition

Presenting the award to Patrick at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition Award Ceremony was Prof Fionn Murtagh, SFI Director, Information, Communications and Emergent Technologies. 

January 8 2009:  Science Foundation Ireland participate in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Competition 2009

Pictured at the SFI stand at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition were Sandra Collins, SFI and student Sarah Murphy.

December 17 2008:  Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T.D. announces substantial awards totalling €45.7 million over five years, through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).

Pictured were Prof. Fergus Shanahan, Director APC, based at UCC; Prof. Stefan Decker, Director DERI, based at NUI Galway; Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughan T.D.; Diarmuid O’Brien, Executive Director CRANN, based at Trinity College Dublin; and Prof Frank Gannon, Director-General of SFI.

Over 350 SFI Researchers gather at Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny for the SFI Science Summit 2008-Convergent Worlds

Pictured at the SFI Science Summit 2008 were (L-R) Prof Frank Gannon, SFI Director General and keynote speaker Prof Dan Nocera, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Announcement of the SFI/Dell Scholarship Awards by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T.D. at the Merrion Hotel, Thursday 23 October 2008

Pictured with the SFI/Dell Young Women in Engineering Scholars 2008 were (L-R) Prof Frank Gannon, SFI Director General, Mary Coughlan T.D. Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Mr Dermot O'Connell, GM, Dell.

Minister Devins Awards Science Foundation Ireland STARs Certificates at a ceremony in the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin on 20 August 2008.

Pictured at the ceremony were (L-R) Prof. Frank Gannon, SFI, Director General, Dr. Jimmy Devins T.D. and Ms. Deirdre Kilbane SFI STARs certificate recipient.

Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Jimmy Devins T.D.  launched on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland its Annual Report 2007 at the Royal College of Physicians on 24 July 2008

Pictured at the Annual Report 2007 launch were (L-R) Prof. Patrick Fottrell, SFI Chairman, Dr. Jimmy Devins T.D. and Prof. Frank Gannon, SFI, Director General

President McAleese Announces 2008 recipient of the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) at ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin on 12 June 2008

Pictured with President McAleese at the award presentation were Dr. Daniel Kelly, SFI PIYRA 2008 award recipient and Prof. Frank Gannon, SFI, Director General

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resouces addresses the SFI Board, May 26th 2008

Professor Frank Gannon, Director General, SFI pictured with Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and Professor Pat Fottrell, Chairperson, SFI at the SFI Board Meeting held in Limerick on the 26th May 2008.

Open Access to Research - A Celebration, Science Gallery (May 16th 2008)
The IReL-Open Project is building online open-access institutional repositories in all seven Irish universities and linking these together through a national portal. For the first time, Irish research will be made freely available on a worldwide scale. The project which is managed by the IUA Librarians' Group is supported by the IUA and funded through the HEA Strategic Innovation Fund.

Pictured are Ned Costello, IUA CEO, with Hugh Brady President, UCD; John Hughes President, NUIM; Frank Gannon, Director General, SFI and Ferdinand von Prondzynski President, DCU.

 CLARITY CSET Award Announcement (April 15th 2008)

Pictured with Prof Frank Gannon, SFI Director General and Michael Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment are the CLARITY CSET collaborating researchers.

SFI Stokes Professorship and Lectureship Nominees (December 2007)

Pictured with Prof Frank Gannon, SFI and Michael Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment are the SFI Stokes Professorship and Lectureship Nominees at the announcement of the Stokes Awards at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin on December 13th 2007

SFI Science Summit 2007 (November 26th & 27th 2007)

Pictured at the reception held in the Mansion House to mark the Science Foundation Ireland Science Summit, were:  Minister Micheál Martin, TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, European Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, Commissioner for Science and Research and Prof. Frank Gannon, Director General, SFI.

SFI Science Summit 2007 (November 26th & 27th 2008)

Pictured at the SFI Science Summit 2007 were Werner Arber, Nobel Prize Winner for Physiology or Medicine 1978 and Professor Frank Gannon, Director General SFI.

SFI CSET and Strategic Research Cluster Awards Announcement (November 13th 2007)

Pictured at the announcement of the SFI Strategic Research Cluster Awards and the Next Generation Localisation DCU CSET Award were Minister Micheál Martin, TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment, Prof Josef Van Genabith, NGL Centre Director and Prof Frank Gannon, SFI Director General 

SFI/Dell Young Women in Engineering Scholarship Award Winners 2007 (October 24th 2007)

Pictured with Prof Frank Gannon, SFI; Dermot O'Connell, Dell and Michael Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment were the 2007 SFI/Dell Young Women in Engineering Scholarship Award winners.

Launch of the SFI Annual Report and Accounts 2006 at the Royal Irish Academy

Pictured at the Royal Irish Academy on September 6th 2007 Mr Micheal Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Prof Frank Gannon, SFI Director General.

Renowned molecular biologist, Prof. James Watson, visits SFI

Pictured at SFI offices on Wednesday, September 5th 2007 (from left) Dr Maurice Treacy SFI Biosciences and Bioengineering Director, Dr Gary Crawley SFI Frontiers Engineering and Science Director, Prof James Watson, Prof Frank Gannon SFI Director General, Prof Fionn Murtagh SFI Information and Telecommunications Director and Mr Donal Keane SFI Chief Operations Officer.

Divide and Conquer; The remarkable story of our immune defense system.  The SFI E.T.S Walton visitor, Dr. Philip D. Hodgkin delivers lecture on July 25th 2007 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

Pictured on the evening of the lecture at the RIA (from left) Dr Philip D Hodgkin, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, Ms Anne Plunkett, Australian Ambassador to Ireland, Prof Peter Wellstead, Hamilton Institute, NUI Maynooth.

President Mary McAleese announces the 2007 winners of the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA) at a ceremony in Áras an Uachtaráin on May 28th 2007.

Pictured at the announcement of the awards (from top left) Dr. Ruth Freeman, SFI Scientific Programme Officer, Dr. Claude Erderer, TCD, Dr. Stephen Rea, NUIG, Dr. Maurice Treacy, BIO Director, SFI, Dr. Silvia Giordani, TCD, President Mary McAleese, Dr. Karen Keeshan, UCC.