8 NEW RESEARCH POSTS FOR N.U.I.GALWAY

Date Published: 14-Dec-2007

N.U.I Galway are getting almost 6 million euro to fund 8 new research posts under the Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professorship and Lectureship Programme.Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin announced the new posts as part of a 44 and a half million euro award.The programme will allow 67 new posts to be created in Higher Education Institutes throughout Ireland.The 8 posts at N.U.I. Galway include 5 Professorships in Physics, Maths and Medicine and 3 Lectureships in Chemistry, Maths and Engineering. Vice President of Research for the college Professor Nicholas Canny says hopes are high for the new researchers.