The SFI Centre for Research Training in Genomics Data Science is one of six Centres for Research Training (CRTs) funded under a €100M Science Foundation Ireland initiative.
The first PhD training initiative of scale with an all-Ireland remit, the Genomics Data Science CRT will train 115 PhD students across the island of Ireland over the coming seven years, with 15 to be based in Northern Ireland and 100 in the Republic of Ireland. The CRT is a partnership between the National University of Ireland Galway, University College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University College Cork, Dublin City University and Queen’s University Belfast.
Universities
Partner Organisations
Connecting with industry, state and non-state organizations across all sectors on which genomics can have an impact, is a foundation of the CRT and will provide our students with opportunities to shape the future of genomics in Ireland. We have established links with companies, charities and non-governmental organisations to support the CRT in training; student recruitment; placements, international networks; management and oversight.
CRT Partner Organisations
| Genuity Science | Cofunding; Contribute to governance to ensure relevance of training to needs of industry. |
| Eirna Bio | Co-funding; Contribute to governance to ensure relevance |
| Onk Therapeutics | Co-funding |
| Roche | Co-funding; Management committees |
| Illumina | Management committees; Training |
| Biomarin | Cofunding |
| Identigen | Contribution to recruitment process; management committees |
| Nuritas | Contribution to recruitment |
| Recombinetics | Cofunding and advisory role, particularly in gene editing applications |
| Illumina Ventures | Contribution to management committees; Training |
| PlusVital | Contribution to management committees |
| Almac | Contribution to training |
| Amazon Web Services | Contribution to training |
| Define Technologies | Cofunding and training |
| Metabolon | Contribution to training |
| Novogene | Contribution to training and sequencing services |
| National Breast Cancer Research Ireland | Co-funding |
| Crumlin Molecular Diagnostics Service | Contribution to governance to ensure relevance and impact; access to clinical samples |
| Cancer Molecular Diagnostics | Contribution to ensuring relevance and impact; access to clinical samples |
| Clinical Research Development Ireland | Contribution to management; Advise on impact on clinical practice |
| Beaumont Hospital Charity | Cofunding |
| St. Vincent’s Hospital Charity | Cofunding |
| APC Microbiome | Coordination of biotechnology placements; Networking |
| New York Genome Center | Contribution to management; Networking |
| ELIXIR | Contribution to training & access to training networks |
| Teagasc | Access to equipment and research support. |
| HDR UK | Networking |
| Joint Genome Institute | Access to equipment and research support; networking |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | cofunding, Public engagement with genomics through Irish |
| University of Notre Dame’s Global Centre | Placements and training |
CRT Equality Diversity and Inclusion policy
The CRT Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee has developed a CRT EDI policy document which can be found here