Science Foundation Ireland Building Partnerships between Industry and Academia Dr Phil Hemmingway– SFI Programme Manager ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Phil Hemmingway | T: | E:

SFI position on the Irish landscape Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Building Irish Academic Base Supporting Indigenous Irish Companies Supporting Multinational Companies in Ireland

Top level SFI information € 1.6bn Spend and € 2bn Committed to date in 3,750 Awards >€2.3bn Committed to date >4,200 Awards As of June Live Awards with investments totalling >€ 447m Founded in 2000 €160m annual investment

SFI funding since establishment SFI Budget was maintained throughout times of austerity

✚ People and technology transfer to Industry and Society ✚ Higher value products/services ✚ Higher living standards ✚ Industry more competitive, better public services What SFI does Makes grants to Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Ireland Based on competitive, international merit review for scientific excellence and impact Trains people Produces scientific results and technology Builds infrastructure Significant industrial linkages attracting, anchoring and starting companies Leverages other research funding e.g. Industrial / EU / Charitable/ Philanthropic/ International

What SFI Researchers Deliver A research engine of 2,851 people including over 460 leading researchers 752 Active Research awards World leading SFI Research Centres spanning several HEIs and industry 12 Generated in ,029 scientific papers 1200 collaborations with industry (650 MNCs, 561 SMEs) 18 license agreements 31 patent filings, 13 patents awarded 1,843 international collaborations in over 57 countries €117m in leveraged non-SFI funding

Programmes for Industry SFI Industry Fellowship SFI Partnerships Supports bi-directional movement of industry and academic researchers Supports collaborative research projects of scale SFI SpokesSFI Research Centres Supports large scale Research Centres in areas of economic importance Supports recruitment of new industry partners and collaborative projects to Research Centres

SFI Industry Fellowship Up to €120k per Fellowship  Salary, travel and subsistence of an academic researcher to spend time in industry, anywhere in the world  Travel and subsistence of industry personnel to spend time in academia in Ireland Up to one year full time or two years part time Open to Irish and international companies No limit on the number of Fellows in any company No requirement for academic Fellow to return to the Research Body Two deadlines per year – June and December

Finding a Partner SFI Industry Fellowship Programme LinkedIn Group (>400 members) SFI Research Career Forum National Research Centre Directory One-to-one meetings – later today Contact SFI

SFI Industry Fellowship Who can apply? Academic partner submits application Must meet defined eligibility criteria Proposal Aim, work plan, impact, career development prospects CVs International Peer Review Quality of proposed fellow, work programme, potential for impact including long term collaboration and career development fellowship-programme-2015.html fellowship-programme-2015.html

Academia Industry Fellowship Awards In 2013 & academic researchers and 38 companies partnered and received Industry Fellowship Alaunus Bioscience Crystal Innovation Codelco chile

SFI Research Centres SFI Research Centres Spokes World leading, large scale Centres with major economic impact for Ireland Funding of between €1m and €5m per year in direct costs over six years SFI funds up to 70%. Minimum 30% industry investment at least one third of which must be cash 12 Centres funded, representing €355m Exchequer funding and €190m industry investment (>300 industry collaborations) Opportunity to become a new Industry or Academic Partner of a Centre Allows existing Centres to grow and evolve Fixed call: competitive assessment, 30% industry cash contribution Rolling call: proposals assessed on own merits, 50% industry cash contribution No min or max award size, projects of scale expected

SFI Research Centres: Structure Hub:  Core operations  Platform research Spokes:  Targeted projects, each with at least one industry partner Imperatives 1.Collaboration with industry & other academics 2.Harnessing strengths of different experts in different HEIs (Virtual centre)

SFI Research Centres - ICT CentreFocusDirector Materials Science; nano- technology; bio-nano Prof. Stefano Sanvito (TCD) Photonics systems – communications & med- devices Prof Paul Townsend (Tyndall) Big data; data analysis, data management; Connected Health Mr. Oliver Daniels (NUIG) Marine renewable energy; materials; smart grid Prof. Conchúr Ó Brádaigh (UCC)

SFI Research Centres - ICT CentreFocusDirector Unlocking Ireland’s natural resources – energy, minerals, water Prof John Walsh (UCD) Software engineering & development Prof. Mike Hinchey (UL) Future Networks and Communications Prof Linda Doyle (TCD) Digital content and media innovation Prof Vinny Wade (TCD)

SFI Research Centres - Lifesciences CentreFocusDirector Food for health; pharamabiotics Prof. Fergus Shanahan (UCC) Perinatal healthProfs. Louise Kenny & Geraldine Boylan (UCC) Pharmaceutical production chain: synthesis, isolation and formulation Prof. Kieran Hodnett (UL) Medical Devices: biomedical implants, cell-device and drug- device combination products Prof. Abhay Pandit (NUIG)

SFI Partnerships Flexible mechanism to support ambitious research projects of scale between industry and academia SFI matches the investment by industry Two strands: Competitive Joint Funding Partnership Programme Strategic Partnerships

Competitive Joint Funding Partnership What?  Company partners with SFI to launch a new competitive funding programme Why?  Solicit ideas from the research community addressing industry challenges  Develop new industry-academic collaborations  Opportunity to leverage state funding to de-risk early stage research How?  Joint design of funding programme to meet needs of company and SFI  SFI administers programme  Fast track review  Opportunity for industry partner to engage in review of proposals  Joint decision-making process  Joint funding of successful applications

Strategic Partnership Programme Key aim:  To foster and develop strategic partnerships  Initiatives of scale with strong potential for delivering economic impact to Ireland Application prepared jointly by academic researcher and company, submitted by academic partner Non-competitive rolling call – can apply anytime 50% cash co-funding requirement Two stage application process  Expression of interest  Full proposal (by invitation only)

Programmes for Industry SFI Industry Fellowship SFI Partnerships Supports bi-directional movement of industry and academic researchers Supports collaborative research projects of scale SFI SpokesSFI Research Centres Supports large scale Research Centres in areas of economic importance Supports recruitment of new industry partners and collaborative projects to Research Centres

One-to-One Meetings…. Industry Fellowship speed-dating….. – Opportunity to meet potential candidates who could apply to take up a Fellowship at your company Meetings have not been pre-screened by SFI – open booking system – Assume some will have a good knowledge of the IF Programme, and some may have little – Assume some will know what they want to achieve from the meeting, and some won’t Starts at 2 o’clock - everyone should have a ‘meeting agenda’ Reminder: Industry Fellowship Deadlines – June and December every year

Thank you for your interest ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Phil Hemmingway, BE PhD CEng MIEI Programme Manager Programmes Directorate Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2 T: | F: | E: | W: Science Foundation Ireland – Research for Ireland’s

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Intellectual Property National IP Framework  Putting public research to work for Ireland Document Putting public research to work for Ireland Document Ensure a streamlined and transparent process by which industry interacts with RPO’s Balance the needs of industry and the State RPO ownership of research that is partly or fully funded by the state Industry partner can negotiate preferential access to IP subject to a minimum cash commitment Industry partner owns IP in contract research undertakings Ownership of background IP protected

Irish Research Landscape Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 7 Universities 14 Institutes of Technology 12 SFI-sponsored Research Centres  Academia-led (industry partners)  Across multiple HEIs  TRL 1-7 > 15 EI-sponsored Technology Centres  Industry-led  Some co-located with HEIs  TRL 5-9

Centre Title DirectorProfessor John J. Walsh Lead InstitutionUniversity College Dublin Research Programme DescriptionThe Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) brings together a team of internationally leading researchers representing the full geosciences spectrum with a clear focus on the wider economic impact of the geosciences sector in Ireland. iCRAG’s research programme comprises four cohesive topics or ‘spokes’ in the areas of raw materials, marine, groundwater and hydrocarbons, which are built around four enabling technology and equipment based ’platforms’ which focus on geophysical sensing and imaging, geochemistry, 3D geological modelling and public perception and understanding. iCRAG’s research focusses on finding solutions for problems such as: safe and secure groundwater supplies the discovery of mineral and aggregate deposits de-risking of oil and gas exploration. Academic PartnersTrinity College Dublin, NUI Galway, University College Cork, NUI Maynooth and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Budget & Research Team Size€30.1m (€19.4m SFI + €10.7m Industry) Large: 50+

Industry Partners Raw Materials and GroundwaterMarine and Hydrocarbons BolidenGeoscience IrelandPIPCO International Lithium CorporationAGECAtlantic Petroleum LundinAPEXCairn Energy Teck IrelandAWN ConsultingChevron Trevali Mining Corp.BRGENI SRK ConsultingByrne Looby PartnersEuropa Oil and Gas EurostoneCoastwayExxonMobil HomebondF.L.I. GroupHusky Energy David Ball AssociatesGDGKosmos Energy GeoservIGSLMaersk Oil NRA (National Roads Authority)Irish DrillingProvidence Resources Tobin Consulting EngineersJ.B. Barry & PartnersRepsol Exploration PIPCOMeehan DrillingSan Leon Energy Nicholas O’DwyerSerica Energy Priority DrillingShell Priority GeotechnicalSosina Sorhill Advocates PtyQMETullow Oil Verde Environmental GroupSLRWoodside Energy

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Balz Kamber TCD Prof. Chris Bean DIAS Prof. Peter Croot NUIG Prof. Laurence Gill TCD Prof. Peter Haughton UCD Prof. Frank McDermott UCD Prof. Pat Shannon UCD Prof. Andy Wheeler UCC Contact DetailsName: Prof. John J. Walsh Telephone: +353(1) Web: icrag‐centre.org

Centre Title DirectorProf. Mike Hinchey Lead InstitutionUniversity of Limerick Research Programme DescriptionLero’s research programme is informed by three long-term trends: software is everywhere and our quality of life and economic well-being depend on it; the digital and physical worlds are increasingly integrated; and software-intensive systems must be always-on, yet continuously changing. These trends are significantly impacting key Irish industry sectors, such as manufacturing, medical devices, financial services, cloud computing, analytics, and smart cities. Hence, Lero’s research mission is to replicate the success of traditional software engineering in the context of large-scale, pervasive, physically-integrated, highly interconnected, evolving, and continuously-available systems, in which the boundary between design-time and runtime is disappearing. Lero’s research focuses on the tools, methods and best practices required to maintain software development leadership in this climate of accelerating change. Academic PartnersDublin City University, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Maynooth University, NUI Galway, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin Budget & Research Team Size€41 Million (24.7m SFI 16.3m industry) Large: 197

Industry Partners

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Brian Fitzgerald, Chief Scientist (UL) Prof. Liam Bannon (UL) Prof. Mathew Hennessy (TCD) Prof. Tiziana Margaria (UL) Prof. Joao Marques-Silva (UCD) Prof. John Murphy (UCD) Prof. Bashar Nuseibeh (UL) Prof. Gregory Provan (UCC) Contact DetailsName: Brendan O’Malley Telephone: (0) Web:

Centre TitleCentre for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM) DirectorProf. Abhay Pandit Lead InstitutionNational University of Ireland, Galway Research Programme Description The objective for CÚRAM is to radically improve health outcomes for patients by developing innovative implantable medical devices. Devices will be developed with strong clinical collaborations, with industry partners and hospital groups, to enable rapid translation to the clinic. CÚRAM will design and create implantable ‘smart’ medical devices. Implants will be designed and manufactured to respond to the body’s environment and to deliver therapeutic agents, such as drugs, exactly where needed. CÚRAM’s outputs will particularly benefit patients with chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and musculoskeletal diseases. Research areas include: Combinational and advanced delivery devices Enhancement of current implants and devices Design of devices Characterisation of implants and devices Clinical translation of selected CÚRAM technologies Academic PartnersUniversity College Dublin, University College Cork, Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Limerick, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Budget & Research Team Size €41.3m (€28.8m SFI + €12.5m Industry) Large: 200+

Industry Partners38 Industry Partners (30 SMEs and 8 MNCs) including the following:

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. David Brayden Prof. Lokesh Joshi Prof. Tim O’Brien UCD NUI Galway Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Prof. Abhay Pandit +353 (0)

Centre TitleCONNECT DirectorLinda Doyle Lead InstitutionTrinity College Dublin Research Programme Description The CONNECT Centre for Future Networks & Communications will solve multi-faceted scientific and engineering challenges relating to the design of flexible and responsive future communications networks. We envisage networks of the future as systems of highly heterogeneous connections between sensors, mobile devices, access points and smart nodes, which are performed into existence in response to a service need, creating the ultimate service-aware network. Central to our vision is the idea of open communications: we will design network infrastructure that is shared by unlimited virtual operators supporting specialised services. This infrastructure will be able to seamlessly handle everything from light-weight IoT services, to media-rich applications, to mobile services. We will take a system-wide, end-to-end view, considering challenges from the service, the network and the underlying physical perspectives. We will create a virtualized and programmable network substrate, in which distributed software services directly configure networking functionality to meet their needs. We will push resource sharing to the extreme, throughout the network. We will design smart sensors, sophisticated processing-intensive intelligent nodes and complex infrastructural elements that are responsive to the service and network needs. Our vision will be exemplified via a range of targeted projects co-designed with our extensive team of industry partners. Academic PartnersTrinity College Dublin (TCD), Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Dublin City University (DCU), National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM), University College Dublin (UCD), Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG), Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), University College Cork (UCC), Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall) & University of Limerick (UL) Budget & Research Team Size€52.5m (€23.8m SFI & €28.7m Industry & Cash) Large: 177

Industry Partners

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Max Ammann (DIT) Prof. Luiz Da Silva (TCD) Prof. Michael Peter Kennedy (UCC) Prof. Cian O’ Mathúna (Tyndall) Prof. Cormac J. Sreenan (UCC) Prof. Tom Brazil (UCD) Dr. Willie Donnelly (TSSG) Prof. Doug Leith (TCD) Prof. Dave Payne (TCD) Contact DetailsName: Catherine Keogh Telephone: +353 (0) Web:

Centre TitleADAPT DirectorProfessor Vincent Wade Lead InstitutionTrinity College Dublin Research Programme Description We live in a world of global digital connectivity where enterprises, communities and individuals are sharing information and content and communicating globally at incredible speed, in enormous volumes, across the world’s languages and over an ever-increasing number of devices. The ADAPT Centre empowers people, companies and communities to achieve unprecedented engagement across digital content and multimodal interaction. ADAPT empowers people and communities by enabling: deeper understanding of multilingual content by significant advances in multilingual language processing; dynamic transformation of content to break down language and cultural barriers; personalisation of the user experience to ensure rapid assimilation and reuse of content; and multimodal/multimedia interaction with global content for contextualised discovery, communication and interaction. ADAPT innovations can help businesses to analyse, personalise and deliver digital content more effectively to drive business in the digital age. ADAPT research is fundamentally changing the way in which enterprises, communities and individuals can engage globally in real time. ADAPT enhances efficiencies and global reach for industry partners in key priority sectors for Ireland, including ICT, localisation, financial services, eCommerce, media, entertainment and games, life sciences, digital culture and humanities, and eLearning/eEducation. Academic PartnersTrinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, University College Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology Budget & Research Team Size€49.9m (€23.8 SFI + €26.1m Industry). Large : 127

Industry Partners

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Andy Way Prof. Nick Campbell Prof. Qun Liu Dr. Gareth Jones Prof. Owen Conlan Prof. Declan O’Sullivan Prof. David Lewis Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Vincent Wade

Centre TitleAdvanced Materials and Bio-Engineering Research (AMBER) Director (Interim)Prof. Stefano Sanvito Lead InstitutionTrinity College Dublin Research Programme Description The Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research (AMBER) Centre delivers internationally- leading materials research which is industrially and clinically informed. The research is translated to have direct impact on devices and products in the ICT, Medical Devices and Industrial Technology sectors. Research activities include: improving our understanding of existing materials exploring novel ways to deposit, pattern, structure and package these materials and translate their benefits to deliver products to the ICT and medical device sectors innovative materials research for applications such as filtration, packaging, memory and drug delivery The centre comprises of a team of leading international researchers from areas such as nanoscience, material science, physics, chemistry, medicine, immunology, pharmacology and bioengineering. Academic PartnersRoyal College of Surgeons Ireland, University College Cork Budget & Research Team Size Large: 100+ €50.5m (€27.3m SFI + €23.2m Industry)

Industry Partners

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Michael Coey TCD Prof. Jonathan Coleman TCD Prof. Georg Duesberg TCD Prof. Michael Morris UCC Prof. Justin Holmes UCC Prof. Daniel Kelly TCD Prof. Fergal O’Brien RCSI Prof. Valeria Nicolosi TCD Prof. John Boland TCD Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Prof. Stefano Sanvito +353-(0)

Centre TitleAlimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) DirectorProfessor Fergus Shanahan Lead InstitutionUniversity College Cork Research Programme DescriptionThe overall focus of APC is to investigate the role of the gut microbiotia in human health and disease. The APC focuses on the following thematic areas: 1.Mining the gut microbiota for novel bioactives, including bacteriocins, probiotics, prebiotics and bacteriophages 2.The role of the gut microbiota at the extremes of life; determining the mechanistic links between diet, microbiota composition and health status in infants, elderly, athletes etc 3.The role of the gut microbiota in the brain-gut axis; examining the relationship between the gut microbiota and brain function e.g. stress, cognitive function, IBS 4.The role of the GI microbiota in host-microbe dialogue; identify mechanisms used by microbiota to regulate the host immune system & gut epithelium homeostasis and investigate intestinal inflammation Academic PartnersTeagasc Moorepark Food Research Centre Cork Institute of Technology Budget & Research Team Size Large: 150 €42.6m (€27.9m SFI + €14.7m Industry)

Industry Partners13 Companies from the Food, Biotech, Diagnostics and Pharma sectors

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Gerald Fitzgerald UCC Prof. Paul Ross UCC Dr. Catherine Stanton Teagasc Prof. Colin Hill UCC Prof. Ted Dinan UCC Prof. John Cryan UCC Dr. Paul O’TooleUCC Prof. Douwe van Sinderen UCC Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Professor Fergus Shanahan +353 (0)

Centre TitleIrish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) DirectorProf. Louise Kenny, Prof. Geraldine Boylan Lead InstitutionUniversity College Cork Research Programme Description Biomarkers for screening and diagnostics in pregnancy Innovative cot-side monitoring Perinatal clinical trials centre Major thematic areas: 1.The INFANT Biobank: Investing in our future 2.Predict to Prevent: Creating safer pregnancies for lifelong health 3.Innovative cot-side monitoring 4.Neonatal risk prediction 5.Protecting the pre-term brain 6.Perinatal clinical trials: INFANT as a global hub for data and biobanking 7.Infant and maternal nutrition 8.Connected Health: Mobilising perinatal healthcare to the community and the home Academic PartnersRoyal College of Surgeons of Ireland Budget & Research Team Size€11.9m (€5.9m SFI + €6.0m Industry) Medium: 11 – 49

Industry Partners Waters Corporation IBM Incereb Inspiration Healthcare Kvikna Nihon Kohden BrepCo Pharmaceutical Alere MedSci Net Newsweaver

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Eugene Dempsey UCC Prof. David Henshall RCSI Dr. Liam Marnane UCC Dr. Deirdre Murray UCC Dr. Gordon Lightbody UCC Prof. Frederic Adams UCC Dr. Mairead Kiely UCC Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Prof. Louise Kenny +353 (0)

Centre TitleInsight DirectorMr. Oliver Daniels Lead Institution(s)University College Dublin University College Cork Dublin City University National University of Ireland, Galway. Research Programme Description Big Data Analytics Capture, organise, and crucially understand, this torrent of data that is the basis for competition and growth within the global economy. Apply Big Data techniques in the areas of: Connected Health The Discovery Economy Insight brings together five major Irish research centres: CLARITY, DERI, Clique, 4C and TRIL Academic PartnersTrinity College Dublin, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Tyndall Institute, Royal Irish Academy. Budget & Research Team Size€75.1m (€44.4m SFI + €30.7m Industry) Large:

Industry Partners Abtran Ltd.Microsoft AdoreboardNitrosell AvegoRTE CiscoRubicoin CitibankShimmer Research Eagle AlphaStarwood ElsevierStryker FlashpointTreemetrics IRFUUTRC Irish Times

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Barry Smyth UCD Prof. Alan SmeatonDCU Prof. Brian CaulfieldUCD Prof. Padraig CunninghamUCD Prof. Stefan DeckerNUIG Prof. Barry O'SullivanUCC Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Mr. Oliver Daniels (CEO)Mr. Mike Turley (COO) +353-(0) (0)

Centre TitleIrish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) DirectorProf Paul Townsend Lead InstitutionTyndall National Institute, UCC Research Programme Description The Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) brings together over 100 researchers from four institutes to develop new light-enabled technologies. Targeting the ICT and medical devices sectors, IPIC is working with 18 industry partners to develop the next generation of highly-compact and miniaturised photonics devices. The Centre’s work is focused on: Enabling continued growth of the internet through faster more energy efficient devices for information transport, storage and display. Delivering smart medical devices for improved diagnosis and treatment of disease through the integration of photonics onto surgical instruments and into compact high sensitivity analysis equipment. Developing systems for food and environment monitoring. Academic PartnersUniversity College Cork, Dublin City University, Cork Institute of Technology Budget & Research Team Size€24.5m (€16.2m SFI + €8.3m Industry) Large: 50+

Industry Partners IntelLake Region British TelecomSomex M/A-COMInfiniLED FinisarRadisens Diagonstics FirecommsLuxcel Biosciences X-CeleprintEblana Pilot PhotonicsStryker SeagateEpi-light Huawei

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Liam Barry DCU Dr. Frank Peters Tyndall Dr. Emanuele Pelucchi Tyndall Brian Corbett Tyndall Dr. Guillaume Huyet Tyndall Dr. Peter O’ Brien Tyndall Prof. Eoin P.O’Reilly Tyndall Prof. Colette McDonagh DCU Prof. Dmitri Papkovsky UCC Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Prof. Paul Townsend +353-(0)

Centre TitleMarine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) DirectorProfessor Conchúr Ó’Brádaigh Lead InstitutionUniversity College Cork Research Programme Description The Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Centre will develop the science required by industry to generate energy from wave, tidal and floating wind devices. Societal impact will include a route to achieving binding renewable energy targets for Ireland and an approach to maximising the value and security of Ireland’s national renewable energy portfolio. MaREI will carry out 22 fundamental science projects and a further 51 joint industry projects related to a wide range of challenges including: Operations, maintenance and reliability of marine renewable energy (MRE) devices. Enabling large-scale deployment of MRE devices. Connection of MRE devices to the national grid. Novel methods for storing the energy generated by MRE devices. Related marine governance, planning, economics and environmental issues. MaREI will be shared between third-level institutions in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Maynooth, in collaboration with more than 40 industry partners. Academic PartnersUniversity College Cork (UCC), University of Limerick (UL), NUIG Galway (NUIG), NUI Maynooth (NUIM), University College Dublin (UCD), Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) Budget & Research Team Size€25m (€14.7m SFI + €10.3m Industry) Large: 50+

Industry Partners AQUAFACTGlobal Renewable Solutions Ltd.Shell E&P Ireland Ltd. AutomsoftIDS Monitoring Ltd. SkySails GmbH. Brí Toinne TeorantaMarine HarvestSonarSIM B9 EnergyMarsh Technology Ltd.SSE Renewables Commissioners of Irish Lights McCormacks of Ardagh Technology From Ideas (tfi) DePuyMYMIC LLC. TechWorks Marine DP Energy Ireland Ltd. Pure Marine Gen.Teledyne BlueView Inc. Ecoventi REALSIM Ltd. Teledyne RESON Inc. Enerco Energy Ltd.Resilience Energy Ltd.WECCA ESBIShannon Foynes Port Company

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Tony Lewis UCC Prof. Frederic Dias UCD Dr. Michael Hartnett NUIG Dr. Gordon Lightbody UCC Dr. Jerry Murphy UCC Dr. Eamon McKeogh UCC Prof. John Ringwood NUIM Dr. Daniel Toal UL Contact DetailsName: Professor Conchúr Ó Brádaigh Telephone: +353-(0) / Web:

Centre TitleSynthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC) DirectorProf. Kieran Hodnett Lead InstitutionUniversity of Limerick Research Programme Description The Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC) will carry out research spanning the entire pharmaceutical chain, ranging from molecules to medicines, with the overarching objective to better understand mechanisms, control processes and predict outcomes for the efficient and environmentally sustainable production of safe medicines. The Centre will focus on three key areas: New Frontiers in Pharmaceutical Synthesis Crystal Growth and Design Drug Product Formulation and Manufacture Academic PartnersUniversity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, National University of Ireland Galway, Dublin City University, Athlone Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology Budget & Research Team Size Large: 50+ €31.8m (€22.0m SFI + €9.8m Industry)

Industry Partners PfizerGlaxoSmithKline Eli Lilly SAJanssen Pharmaceuticals Merck Sharpe & Dohme Bristol Myers SquibbRoche Ireland AlkermesAbbvie UCB (Schwarz Pharma)APC Limited Scale-Up SystemsClarochem Ireland Innopharma LabsEirgen Pharma Ltd GlantreoAmebis

Co-Principal Investigators Prof. Martin Albrecht UCD Prof. Stephen Connon TCD Prof. Alan Dobson UCC Prof. Brian Glennon UCD Prof. Pat Guiry UCD Dr. Anne Marie Healy TCD Prof. Anita R. Maguire UCC Prof. Åke Rasmuson UL Prof. Gavin Walker UL Contact DetailsName: Telephone: Web: Prof. Kieran Hodnett +353-(0)