Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF) supported projects

The following projects were supported through round one of SRIF (2002 to 2004), with the government funding in brackets:

The Queen’s University of Belfast – total programme cost of £6.2m

  • Environmental Engineering and Bioremediation (£1.8m)
  • Centre for Cancer Research (£2.8m)

University of Ulster – total programme cost of £3.8m

  • Centre for Coastal Research (£1.0m)
  • Energy and Nanotechnology Engineering Research Facility (£1.4m)

The following projects are being supported through round two (SRIF 2), which covers the period 2004 to 2006:

The Queen’s University of Belfast – total programme cost of £14.3m

  • Bio-imaging Laboratory (£1.5m)
  • Biomedical Laboratory (£1.1m)
  • Centre for Population and Health (£1.2m)
  • Aeronautical Engineering (£0.9m)
  • Centre for Advanced Materials and Processing (£1.6m)
  • Psychology Research Centre (£1.3m)
  • Laboratories for Medicinal and Biological Chemistry (£1.8m)
  • Infrastructure for E-science (£1.3m)
  • Coastal Science and Engineering (£0.8m)
  • Graduate Research Centre (£0.9m)

University of Ulster – total programme cost of £7.7m

  • Centre for Rehabilitation Research (£3.1m)
  • Nanoscale Device Fabrication Facility for Biomedical Applications (£2.0m)
  • Built Environment and Sustainable Energy Engineering Research Equipment (£0.7m)
  • The Refurbishment and Renewal of Informatics Research Facilities in the School of Computing and Intelligent Systems at Magee Campus (£1.3m)

The following projects are being supported through round three (SRIF 2006-08):

The Queen’s University of Belfast – total programme cost of £15.4m

  • Biomedical Sciences (£9.0m)
  • Implementing the Vision (£4.9m)
  • QUB IT & Infrastructure (£1.6m)

University of Ulster – total programme cost of £8.1m

  • Process Nano Engineering Centre (£1.4m)
  • Sustainable Built Urban Environments (£0.8m)
  • Wireless Technology Research Centre (£0.5m)
  • Centre for Metabolomics (£3.5m)
  • Upgrading of Human Experimental Facilities (£0.3m)
  • FEI Phillips Centre for Advance Bio-imaging (£1.3m)
  • Centre for Advanced Cardiology Research (£0.3m)