US-Irish trilateral research programme to receive $20m

From left: First minister Michelle O'Neill, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, TD and deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly. Image: Communications Clinic

The project falls under the US-Ireland R&D Partnership, a tri-jurisdictional initiative founded in 2006 with the aim of supporting collaborative research projects involving partners in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the US.

A new all-island research programme will support Irish-US collaboration between researchers, innovators and industry partners through a $20m investment.

The ‘research translation and commercialisation initiative’ is a trilateral project funded by Research Ireland, Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP).

The project falls under the US-Ireland R&D Partnership, a tri-jurisdictional initiative founded in 2006 with the aim of supporting collaborative research projects involving partners in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the US by bringing together government departments, funding agencies, academic institutions and industry to address shared scientific, economic and societal challenges.