The Atlantic Futures Project
Atlantic Futures is a Shared Island research project by Atlantic Technological University, Ulster University, University of Galway and University of Limerick, funded by the North South Research Programme.
Atlantic Futures is a €4million four year cross-border research project funded by The North-South Research Programme. The NSRP is a collaborative scheme funded through the Government’s Shared Island Fund. It is being administered by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) on behalf of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
INTERREG Projects
INTERREG funding from 2017 for three significant research projects has given an important boost to research collaboration between the university partners.
The Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) was established in April 2017 following an award of €8.6 million. This project brought together a total of 14 partners from academia, health services and industry to create the environment needed for personalised medicine:
The North West Centre for Advanced Manufacturing is an €8.5m project bringing together 8 businesses and 4 academic institutions to deliver 15 world leading research projects as part of an Advanced Manufacturing Super Cluster based out of the North West.
The Bryden Renewable Energy Centre, is a cross-border Doctoral Research Centre for renewable energy involving five research partners. This €9.4 million funded project provided industrially relevant science, increased regional research and innovation capacity for the rapidly expanding renewable energy sector.
