Government invests €460m in creation of new Research Ireland centres
Research Ireland has announced the creation of a network of seven new research centres, representing an investment of €460 million.
The Rinn network of centres reflects a step change in the scale and breadth of collaboration, governance, and funding, supporting a more coordinated and internationally engaged research system.
The new centres will span advanced therapies; artificial intelligence; energy; medical devices; pharma & biopharma; Quantum; and Semiconductors.
The Rinn network will support 577 research positions, develop over 800 PhDs, and involve 17 research-performing organisations in a coordinated, collaborative national effort of unprecedented scale.
An additional funding of €500 million has been secured from industry and other sources, with support from over 200 industry partners comprising more than 100 multinational corporations and almost 100 SMEs.
Speaking at a launch event this week Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless said: “This is an investment in our future economy, our future societal resilience, and making sure that Ireland remains not just following world trends, but setting them and being a global leader and excellence and an impact. So, these are really important if you look at the centres that we’re launching with everything from semi-conductors and renewable energy to advanced cell therapy, quantum computing, and AI. So, this is a huge investment in our future but the beauty of research is you don’t know where it’s going to go.”
Research Ireland CEO Diarmuid O’Brien added: “The idea with Rinn was two things we wanted to simplify: Rather than having kind of bespoke names that people couldn’t relate to. We’ve now got a centre in AI, and we’ve got a Rinn in Med Technologies, and one in Quantum. So when industry looks in from abroad, they can connect with those communities in a very simple way.
“The other thing we wanted to do with Rinn was to create this family. The centres are connected with each other because science is interdisciplinary. For example, when you begin to think about how Quantum might impact healthcare is quite significant, or how AI might impact energy. Now, we’ve got a network where you can actually as look at it as a national piece of infrastructure. Seven Rinns that all connect to each other, thinking about the bigger challenges that we face as a country.”
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