My first Magazine Annual report 2015 | Page 8

6 SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SFI Research Centres In 2013, seven SFI Research Centres of scale and excellence were established, with a further five being added in 2015. These 12 Research Centres are focused on strategic areas of importance to Ireland covering Pharma, Big Data Analytics, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology/Materials, Marine Renewable Energy, Food for Health/Functional Food, Perinatal Research, Applied Geosciences, Software, Digital Content and Telecommunications. The data below show the cumulative results for the seven 2013 SFI Research Centres from inception to the end of 2015: 24 Excellent Science Journal Publications 1,837 Talent and Skills 28 MSc/MEng Graduates ERC awards granted 11 940 Conference Publications 108 PhD Graduates Economic Impact 300 Collaborations with industry 10 Spin out companies Coordinations in major EU initiatives 122 Enterprise Ireland commercialisation awards % of trainee departures with industry as first destination 23% 61 Licence agreements Funding from non- exchequer and non- commercial sources % Industry cost share (cash) Industry Cash Received % Industry cost share (total) 13% € 58 million € 14 million 28%