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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%