OUR CENTRES
Our Centres
Three internationally leading and complementary Centres, headquartered at the University of Limerick, form the PROCESS Fellowship Programme.
Three internationally leading and complementary Centres, headquartered at the University of Limerick, form the PROCESS Fellowship Programme.
The SSPC is a global hub of Pharmaceutical Process Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing, and is a unique collaboration between 24 industry partners, 9 research performing organisations (RPOs) and 12 international academic collaborators. It is the largest research collaboration in Ireland with total research income of >€65m, and is one of the largest globally within the pharmaceutical area, supporting 43 post-docs and 60 PhD students.
The PMTC is focused on pharmaceutical process innovation, advanced manufacturing, rapid micro-analytical techniques, control of continuous processing, soft-sensor modelling tools and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) real-time release. The total research income to date is >€11m with 32 industry partners and 8 RPOs.
CONFIRM is the Science Foundation Ireland funded research centre for Smart Manufacturing. Its mission is to fundamentally transform industry to a Smart Manufacturing ecosystem through excellent research to develop future technologies, delivery of education and public engagement activities to enhance public perceptions of manufacturing and the creation of a community of practice involving all stakeholders to embrace to 4th industrial revolution. The total research income is >€56m, which supports 43 PhD students, 39 post-docs and an industrial network of 42 industry partners, 6 of which are currently active in research projects.