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The Beaufort Marine Research Awards
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The Beaufort Marine Research Awards were announced in September 2007 as part of the Sea Change national strategy for marine research. These awards, amount to some €20 million, and will fund new marine research projects, carried out by over 140 researchers and students throughout Ireland. The Awards will create new teams of researchers focusing on issues such as the sustainable energy, functional foods, transport, technology and environmental monitoring.
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Beaufort and the NCSR
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Prof Eugene Kennedy, Vice-President for Research, DCU, Minister Mary Coughlan, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Minister Eamon Ryan Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and Prof Dermot Diamond, Director of the National Centre for Sensor Research, DCU
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The National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) at DCU was awarded €2.4 million as part of the Beaufort Marine Research Awards. The DCU consortium will concentrate their expertise on areas such as biosensors, analytical science, remote sensing, high speed separations, optical sensors, biochip platforms, video imaging, image processing and information extraction.These research teams, under the leadership of Prof. Dermot Diamond, will concentrate their efforts on developing new approaches for monitoring water quality based on microanalytical instruments that can be deployed in remote locations.
The Marine and Environmental Technology Hub (MESTech) brings together a multidisciplinary team of researchers based in the National Centre for Sensor Research, DCU. The team are applying their current expertise in analytical science, sensor development, and visual imaging to the development of innovative technology solutions for the marine environment, (see PROJECT page). Outputs will include technology based solutions for the sustainable management and economic development of Ireland's 220 million acre marine resource, "The Real Map of Ireland".
The MESTech hub forms an integral part of the National Marine Technology Programme, which is coordinated under SeaChange, the National Strategy for Marine Research and Innovation.
This Beaufort Marine Research Award is carried out under the Sea Change Strategy and the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation (2006-2013), with the support of the Marine Institute, funded under the Marine Research Sub-Programme of the National Development Plan 2007–2013.
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