2006 IRISH SCIENTIST YEAR BOOK

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Tyndall National Institute
Paul Roseingrave
Tyndall National Access Programme

The National Access Programme at Tyndall is an SFI-funded scheme which provides Irish researchers with funded access to Tyndall's facilities and expertise. It represents an ambitious initiative to build an "institute without walls" - a national, collaborative effort to strengthen Ireland's overall ICT research standing and to enhance the country's growing international reputation as a leading ICT research location. The programme assists SFI to derive greater value from its considerable investments in research infrastructure by avoiding unnecessary duplication in research facilities and by maximizing the utilization of the existing installed equipment base. With over 80 projects funded involving 11 Irish institutions and 9 different technological areas, during the first two years of the scheme, the NAP is seen as having a catalytic effect on technology-driven innovation and collaboration in the Irish third-level sector.

An external committee, drawn from senior academics in the participating tird-level institutes, and crfeired by Professor Brian McCraith (Dublin City UUniversity), is responsible for managing the programme and approving individual project proposals on the basis of scientific merit.

The programme makes available all of the equipment infrastructure and research expertise of the Tyndall National Institute to researchers (Principal Investigators, Postdocs, Postgraduate students, etc) based in all of Ireland's Universities and Institutes of Technology. Successful applicants have access to state- of-the-art laboratory facilities along with comprehensive supporting expertise. The programme funds all access costs including travel and daily subsistence for visiting researchers. The programme operates a continuous open call and proposals are being sought from the following technology areas:

� Device design
� Simulation & modelling
� Materials characterisation
� Microelectronics
� Photonics
� Silicon Fabrication
� Compound semiconductor fabrication
� MEMS & microsystems
� Nanotechnology
� ICT for life science applications
Interested researchers are invited to submit a short proposal using the official form available from the programme website or the programme coordinator. Applications may be submitted by individual researchers or by collaborative research teams from single or multiple institutions.



For further information or advice on proposal preparation, please contact:
Paul Roseingrave, Tyndall National Institute,
Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork.
Tel: 021 490 4268 ; Fax: 021 427 0271
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.tyndall.ie/nap