“Academics have called for a debate on the likely impact of independence on the funding of Scottish universities. UCU Scotland, which represents lecturers, made the call after warnings that funding from UK-wide research bodies could dry up in an independent Scotland …” (more)
[Andrew Denholm, Herald Scotland, 24 January]
“It is ‘steady as she goes’ when looking back at decisions made by Government in the research, innovation, enterprise sector during 2011. Rather than simply throw out coherent policies formulated under Fianna Fáil-led governments from as far back as 1998, the incoming Government took them on board reshaping them to suit their own agendas …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 30 December]
“Ireland’s science budget for 2012 has largely been protected from the €1.4 billion in cuts to hospitals, schools, and other public expenditures announced last week …” (more)
[Seán Duke, ScienceInsider, 13 December]
“SCIENCE: We know the national finances are in a parlous state, that savings must be made and that we are facing into years of austerity. But filleting the science budget to save money ranks is a retrograde step …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 25 November]
“Following the release of the Government’s Infrastructure and Capital programme launched earlier today the Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr Sean Sherlock TD commented. ‘The plan reaffirms the Government’s commitment to the research and innovation agenda’ …” (more)
[Labour Party, 11 November]
“After 10 years of major investment in research in higher education in Ireland, reserachers now face uncertain times with the problems in the Irish economy. Professor Anita Maguire, Vice-President for Research and Innovation at University College Cork, Ireland talks about the challenges of developing research in financially straitened times.” (video)
[AlphaGalileo, 8 November]
“For an undergraduate contemplating a career in research, the future may seem uncertain. There is strong support from government for investment in research and innovation. That said, the scale of investment over the last 10 years will not continue …” (more)
[Conor O'Carroll, Irish Times, 27 October]
“Linking enterprise with research institutions will deliver innovative market-led products, Minister for Small Business, John Perry, TD, said, speaking at the ‘Innovative Entrepreneurship: Pulling on Both Oars’ conference in Dublin today …” (more)
[Silicon Republic, 26 October]
“Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills (Deputy Sean Sherlock): I am happy to have the opportunity to speak in the Seanad about supporting, embedding and realising a return on investment in science, technology and innovation for national competitive advantage. It is at the heart of what we do …” (more)
[Seanad Éireann - Statements, 11 October]
“I take issue with Mojgan Naghavi’s and Derek Walsh’s critique of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI; Nature 476, 399; 2011). Ireland has moved steadily up the country rankings of research performance and is now in the top 20, according to Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators …” (more)
[Graham Love, Nature, 28 September]
“EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, was in Dublin’s Science Gallery today to meet with some of Ireland’s successful scientific researchers to have recently secured prestigious EU funding …” (more)
[SFI, 22 September]
“IBEC today welcomed the publication of ‘Ten Years On: Confirming Impacts from Research Investment’ by the Higher Education Authority. The report validates the progress that Ireland has made over the past decade in research, development and innovation utilising Ireland’s research capacity and benefiting companies commercially …” (more)
[IBEC, 20 September]
“Seán Sherlock, the Minister for Research and Innovation has welcomed the conclusions of a study carried out by PA Consulting for the Higher Education Authority on the impact of the State’s investment in a range of research centres and initiatives funded in the period 2000-2006 …” (more)
[Cork Politics, 20 September]
“The decision of the Government over a decade ago to develop the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) centres in our universities, institutes and colleges has resulted in a direct commercial return on investment of €1.8 billion, according to a new independent study carried out by PA Consulting …” (more)
[Higher Education Authority, 19 September]
“… There has never been a more important time to mark the significance of research within the College, as in the national context we await the Forfas prioritisation report which may have implications for the amount of research funding made available for AHSS …” (more)
[Caroline Fennell, creative Head space, 14 September]
“The taxpayer is getting a good return on the investment in scientific research, according to Science Foundation Ireland. The foundation yesterday released its annual report for 2010 and also its annual census of scientists who have received financial support …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 9 September]
“Ongoing State investment in scientific research is delivering results, Science Foundation Ireland said today. The numbers of companies undertaking research is on the increase, and academic researchers are winning a reputation for abroad for the quality of their work, according to the foundation …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 8 September]
“You highlight China’s scientific investment drive (Nature 476, 5; 2011). This is a reminder that nations with little experience of modern large-scale investment in science may be jumping into ill-planned knowledge-economy ventures that could have serious long-term consequences. Take Ireland, for example …” (more)
[Mojgan Naghavi and Derek Walsh, Nature, 25 August]
“In American science, race affects the chance of getting a grant. You might expect that science, particularly American science, would be colour-blind. Though fewer people from some of the country’s ethnic minorities are scientists than the proportions of those minorities in the population suggest should be the case, once someone has got bench space in a laboratory, he might reasonably expect to be treated on merit and nothing else …” (more)
[Economist, 20 August]
“State funding for scientific research has held up well in spite of the recession, the head of Forfás has said. Forfás, the policy advisory board for enterprise and science, has released the latest figures for State sector research funding, with detailed returns for 2009 and estimated figures for 2010 …” (more)
[Dick Ahlstrom, Irish Times, 16 August]
