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€13.5m joint investment will boost R&D across the US and Ireland
Seven projects have received funding as part of an initiative to foster collaboration between researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.
An investment of €13.5m will support more than 60 research positions across 14 institutions in Ireland and the US over three to five years.
This is part of the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership, which was launched in 2006 to increase the level of collaborative R&D between researchers and industry in the US, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Seven funding awards have been announced under the programme today (17 March).