2010 SFI annual report
The 2010 SFI annual report was published yesterday. This gets some coverage in today’s Irish Times:
Ireland ranked 20th in the world for research in 2010, the report says. Irish research now ranks above the EU-27 countries and also the OECD average.
The foundation released payments of €150 million during the year and researchers receiving its support published just under 5,000 peer-reviewed papers during the year, an increase of 22 per cent on 2009.
The story is also picked up by the RTE news site:
There was also an increase of 44% in collaborations between scientific researchers and Irish industry. The foundation says this highlights a determination by the enterprise sector to innovate and increase its competitiveness.
"The day-to-day work of SFI-funded researchers is intrinsically linked to strategic sectors of our economy, from agri-food and energy to medical technologies and telecommunications," commented the Chairperson of SFI, Professor Pat Fottrell.