Science Foundation Ireland welcomes Government’s commitment to scientific research
Revised capital investment programme a clear signal of intent
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has welcomed the announcement by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen T.D. of Infrastructure Investment Priorities 2010-2016, the Government’s €39.43billion revised capital investment programme.
Welcoming the six-year plan, Director General of SFI, Professor Frank Gannon, said “The Government’s announcement unambiguously reaffirms the central role that research and development is playing in our economic rejuvenation, in fostering academic-enterprise collaboration on these shores, and in enhancing Ireland’s efforts of becoming an international innovation hub.
Professor Gannon added: “The investment of €2.4billion for Science, Technology and Innovation programmes will enable SFI and others to deliver on the sustained progress collectively achieved in partnership with Government, agencies, industry and the academic community over the past decade. The funding will assist in retaining and attracting world-class researchers and foreign direct investment, as well as developing Ireland’s indigenous hi-tech sector. A capital injection of this magnitude represents perhaps the clearest signal to date - to the myriad of interested parties here and abroad - of Ireland’s commitment to re-establishing competitiveness and growth and to attaining excellence, through targeted investment in scientific and engineering research.”
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