Health Research Board (HRB), Ireland / Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
The Health Research Board (HRB), Ireland
The Health Research Board is the lead agency in Ireland supporting and funding health research. Its mission is to improve people’s health, patient care and health service delivery by leading and supporting excellent research by outstanding people within a coherent health research system, and by generating knowledge and promoting its application in practice. In doing so, it has a key role in health system innovation and economic development.
It has over 70 staff, an annual budget in excess of €45m and a research investment portfolio of approximately €195m. It is funded mainly by the Department of Health and Children, and board members are appointed by the minister for Health. A copy of our strategic business plan 2010-2014 can be found at this link
The Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is the national foundation for research in Ireland
SFI invests in academic researchers and research teams who are most likely to generate new knowledge, leading edge technologies and competitive enterprises in the fields of science and engineering underpinning three areas: Biotechnology; Information & Communications Technology (ICT) and Sustainable Energy & Energy Efficient Technologies (Energy).
SFI also advances co-operative efforts among education, government and industry that support its fields of emphasis and promotes Ireland's reputation for science and engineering research.
SFI uses an international merit review process to choose far-reaching, high-impact research for support in its target areas and to fund excellent scientists and engineers on the dynamic intellectual frontiers of Biotechnology, Information Communications Technology (ICT) and Sustainable Energy & Energy Efficient Technologies (Energy)
Participating center of excellence:
Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN), Dublin Link...
