Royal Irish Academy launches dissertation award

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The Royal Irish Academy, in association Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), has launched it’s All-Ireland ICT dissertaion award for 2011.

Aimed at third level and post-graduate students, the award aims to recongise excellence in research, as well as facilitate knowledge transfer from the Universities and Institutes of Technology into society and the economy.

As some of the largest research efforts in ICT in Ireland, this thesis award is organised and sponsored by the Science Foundation Ireland funded Centres for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSETs) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector (DERI, CLARITY, CTVR, CNGL, and LERO) under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy. The award is combined with a cash prize of €1,500, sponsored by the CSETs.

Commenting on the award launch, president of the Royal Irish Academy Prof Luke Drury said: “This award reflects the importance of ICT research as an integral part of the academic landscape in Ireland. Digital tools and electronic communications are now indispensable in all areas of research as well as more generally in civic society and commerce. Excellence in this area in our Universities and Institutes of Technology is a necessary prerequisite for economic growth and prosperity.”

SFI director of ICT Research Prof Fionn Murtagh said: “Our ever-changing ICT industry will play a pivotal role in Ireland’s economic recovery. With a large number of ICT multinational companies based in Ireland collaborating with ICT-focused research bodies, it is crucially important that we continue to position Ireland at the leading edge of technological innovation. Science Foundation Ireland has been instrumental in facilitating this, and is committed to continuing such a role in partnership with a diverse range of agency, commercial and academic partners.”

The closing date for submissions is 7 May 2011. The winner will be announced in June.

For more details about the award please go to : http://ria.ie/our-work/grants—awards/national-prizes-awards.aspx

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