IMPACT
Science Foundation Ireland; AMBER Advanced Materials and Bio-Engineering Research Centre
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MBER; Advanced Materials and Bio-Engineering Research Centre, is the Science Foundation Ireland-funded National materials science research centre, hosted in Trinity College Dublin and co-founded by The Royal College of Surgeons and University College Cork. Last November, the centre published its impact assessment report which detailed the impact that AMBER, and its predecessor CRANN, have made to the Irish economy and the wider society over the last ten years. Working with the impact framework as defined by Science Foundation Ireland, AMBER attempted to quantitatively measure research impacts across seven key pillars – economic and commercial, societal,
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international engagement, policy & public services, health and wellbeing, environmental and human capacity.
KEY FINDINGS
Prof Michael Morris AMBER DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR OF SURFACE AND INTERFACE CHEMISTRY, SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
Michael’s work in AMBER includes collaboration with Intel on the development of new technology for the manufacture of logic/memory circuitry
One of the key findings of the report demonstrates that continued funding (cycle II funding for AMBER is currently under review) will enable AMBER’s journey to become an international centre of choice for collaborative industry research and help Ireland further enhance its research profile in materials science. This will promote Ireland as a locus for attracting and growing hi-tech companies and encourage investment. AMBER’s vision is to grow and become a critical hub in the country’s innovation strategy - creating more opportunities for company spin-outs and growth.