Sustainability of Research Centres - Advisory Science Council

Appendix 7: Details of the Centres Assigned to the Groupings
Defined
Group
Group 1
Group 1
Group 2
Group 2
Number
of
centres
Centres Description &
Principal Funding
Programme Notes on their position on the scale
31 The small and medium PRTLI
funded centres
The Dublin Institute of Advanced
Studies (DIAS)
The PRTLI centres receive State support for
infrastructure and human capital development.
There are 30 small and medium PRTLI centres.
It is noted that the majority of these centres are
not in active receipt of State centre specific
funding.
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)
is a statutory corporation established in 1940
under the Institute for Advanced Studies Act of
that year. It is a publicly-funded independent
centre for research in basic disciplines.
7 Large PRTLI centres These PRTLI centres received State supports for
31 CSETS, SRCs, Tyndall, TRIL
21 ARE centres plus NIBRT, Georgia
Tech & ESRI
infrastructure and human capital development.
These centres are large in size, suggesting the
capacity for a diverse range of activities.
There are 7 large PRTLI centres. It is noted that
the majority of these centres are not in active
receipt of State centre specific funding.
These centres were established with the view to
collaborating with industry on use-oriented basic
research, and/or on long term strategic R&D
issues.
These centres act more in the translational space
between research and commercialisation. They
perform research for the customer and/or in
collaboration with the customer and are focused
on activities that are nearer to market. However,
they have strong academic base and thus do not
enter into the Group 3.
It is noted that only 13 AREs are currently in
active receipt of State centre specific funds.
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