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€250,000 up for grabs for Irish Climate Change Pioneers!
 
Pictured L-R: Tom Kelly, head of manufacturing and competitiveness Enterprise Ireland, Aideen O’Hora, executive director, The Green Way and Kieran Lettice, project manager, Energy Cork
Pictured L-R: Tom Kelly, head of manufacturing and competitiveness Enterprise Ireland, Aideen O’Hora, executive director, The Green Way and Kieran Lettice, project manager, Energy Cork
Ireland has earned its place in the EU’s Climate Knowledge Innovation Community (Climate-KIC), a knowledge sharing forum which aims to mitigate climate change and associated emerging societal problems. This is the first time an Irish ‘community’ has been selected to join Climate-KIC giving Ireland access to €250,000 in 2014 with potential for further funding between now and 2020.

Through an innovative collaboration of Dublin’s clean tech cluster, The Green Way, and Cork’s energy industry network, Energy Cork, a partnership has been formed with the West Midlands Region of Climate KIC. This has resulted in €250,000 being secured to help Irish companies and researchers grow their knowledge of climate change problems and associated opportunities. The Green Way and Energy Cork are now calling for Irish researchers to apply for the first live programme; Pioneers into Practice.

Climate-KIC is the only pan-European network that addresses the climate change challenge and seeks to generate employment opportunities from this area. It brings together academia, industry and individuals to create a community focussed on generating solutions, jobs, products and services.

The programme will accept applications from researchers, entrepreneurs, established businesses and other climate change practitioners. Participants will benefit from placements and exchanges, study visits and training courses.

Welcoming the announcement, Enterprise Ireland CEO Julie Sinnamon said: “Ireland has a fantastic knowledge base and research community in the area of climate change and sustainability. The Green Way and Energy Cork have secured a foot in the door of the most significant climate change partnership across Europe and maximising the cross-European opportunities in this emerging area will bring real benefits for industry in Ireland and generate job opportunities.”

For further information please visit The Green Way or Energy Cork's website.

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