Maynooth University welcomes science funding research money
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Maynooth University (MU) has welcomed an investment of €193 million in five Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centres for a further five years announced today by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris.
The investment is set to benefit the whole country with 17 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), including Maynooth University, partnering in Centres.
The money will support around 1,060 graduate and postdoctoral students and research fellows across the five Centres, ADAPT, CONNECT, LERO, CÚRAM and iCrag.
The investment breakdown per Centre (including overheads) is: ADAPT: €42,090,078; CONNECT: €38,864,909; CÚRAM: €46,372,380; iCRAG: €28,273,066 and Lero: €37,449,510