HIGH RANKING EU RESEARCH DIRECTOR VISITS NUIG

Date Published: 07-Sep-2009

The man behind the idea to develop a "European Research area" is visiting NUIGalway today.[7/9]Director General for Research at the European Commission, José Manuel Silva Rodríguez develops EU policy in the field of research and technological development.Mr. Rodriguez says by pooling resources in EU, it will avoid ground being lost to global competitors.President of NUIG, Dr. James Browne says "EU support has enabled universities such as NUIG to develop and achieve world-class research standards."