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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions
The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was an Irish Government programme that provided integrated financial support for research. It was administered by the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
In 1997 the Irish Government began providing competitive funding for advanced research in universities for the first time and created a special large financial reserve for this purpose.Reserve Fund Act. As part of this it was announced that a programme for strategic investment in research capital projects would be developed. Before the programme was launched, the Minister (Micheál Martin) held discussions with Irish-American businessman Chuck Feeney which developed into a formal partnership with his Atlantic Philanthropies. Atlantic and the government developed the plan for the funding model, and the first funding under the scheme was awarded in 1999. There were thereafter five cycles of funding, with the fifth commencing in 2010.
From 2000 to 2006 PRTLI was funded under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, with assistance from the European Regional Development Fund, and with some private sponsorship from philanthropic organisations, including Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2004, an assessment of the programme concluded that it was meeting its objectives.
The funding allocation under PRTLI Cycle 4 commenced in 2007. Approximately €230 million was allocated for major research initiatives in fifteen higher education institutions. This funding provided for workspace and researcher funding.[citation needed]
Cycle 5 of PRTLI funding was announced in 2010, involving €277m of state expenditure, and a further €59m of private investment. Through the five cycles, Atlantic contributed €178 million, which was around 16 per cent of the more than €1.1 billion funding to 2015.
Cycle 5 was completed by May 2018, when an additional €14.3m was allocated to PRTLI, to be used in part to help pay off outstanding bills for Cycle 5 projects. The successor to PRTLI, intended to support new investment in research infrastructure, was then being scoped and planned by "Innovation 2020", a new government strategy for research and innovation, but its form had not yet been decided.
By 2021, PRTLI was apparently no longer operational, but was regarded as having been successful.
PRTLI was a programme run by the Irish Government that provided integrated financial support for research for institutional strategies, programmes and infrastructure and ensured that institutions had the capacity and incentives to formulate and implement research strategies, which would give them critical mass and world level capacity in key areas of research. The programme supported research in humanities, science, technology and social sciences, such as business and law.
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Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions
The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was an Irish Government programme that provided integrated financial support for research. It was administered by the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
In 1997 the Irish Government began providing competitive funding for advanced research in universities for the first time and created a special large financial reserve for this purpose.Reserve Fund Act. As part of this it was announced that a programme for strategic investment in research capital projects would be developed. Before the programme was launched, the Minister (Micheál Martin) held discussions with Irish-American businessman Chuck Feeney which developed into a formal partnership with his Atlantic Philanthropies. Atlantic and the government developed the plan for the funding model, and the first funding under the scheme was awarded in 1999. There were thereafter five cycles of funding, with the fifth commencing in 2010.
From 2000 to 2006 PRTLI was funded under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, with assistance from the European Regional Development Fund, and with some private sponsorship from philanthropic organisations, including Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2004, an assessment of the programme concluded that it was meeting its objectives.
The funding allocation under PRTLI Cycle 4 commenced in 2007. Approximately €230 million was allocated for major research initiatives in fifteen higher education institutions. This funding provided for workspace and researcher funding.[citation needed]
Cycle 5 of PRTLI funding was announced in 2010, involving €277m of state expenditure, and a further €59m of private investment. Through the five cycles, Atlantic contributed €178 million, which was around 16 per cent of the more than €1.1 billion funding to 2015.
Cycle 5 was completed by May 2018, when an additional €14.3m was allocated to PRTLI, to be used in part to help pay off outstanding bills for Cycle 5 projects. The successor to PRTLI, intended to support new investment in research infrastructure, was then being scoped and planned by "Innovation 2020", a new government strategy for research and innovation, but its form had not yet been decided.
By 2021, PRTLI was apparently no longer operational, but was regarded as having been successful.
PRTLI was a programme run by the Irish Government that provided integrated financial support for research for institutional strategies, programmes and infrastructure and ensured that institutions had the capacity and incentives to formulate and implement research strategies, which would give them critical mass and world level capacity in key areas of research. The programme supported research in humanities, science, technology and social sciences, such as business and law.