Pictured are (l-r): Laura Mahoney, Chief Executive, Royal Irish Academy, Shaun Murphy, Managing Partner, KPMG, Eddie Cullen, Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking, Ulster Bank and Mark Redmond, Chief Executive, American Chamber of Commerce.

Call for nominations for the US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards is now open until the 11th of March 2015.

The Awards will recognise excellence in research innovation that has taken place on the island of Ireland as a result of US foreign direct investment. Awards will be presented in a number of categories including: the Irish operations of a US company; an Irish SME that has links with a US Company and an Irish Higher Education Institute or Research Centre that has collaborated with US companies.

Speaking at the Awards Launch event, Laura Mahoney, CEO of the RIA said: "One of the RIA's fundamental missions is to identify and encourage excellence in all areas of Irish research. Through our membership and national and international networks, we will convene a panel of experts, across a broad range of disciplines, to ensure that all applications received are rigorously vetted and peer reviewed to the highest international standards. We are delighted to be working with the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland to showcase the outstanding research innovation that is taking place throughout Ireland."

Mark Redmond, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland said; "In the Chamber we see every day the wonderful innovations in US companies, Irish companies and our third and fourth level sectors. It is great to see that the Action Plan for Jobs, just published by the Government, has a clear objective that Ireland is an innovation leader in Europe. We greatly value our partnership with the RIA in celebrating the amazing innovations already taking place here thanks to US investment."

The Awards are sponsored by KPMG and Ulster Bank and will be presented at a Gala Dinner in Dublin on 15 May.
For more inforamation visti: http://www.amcham.ie/1200/us-ireland-research-innovation-awards-2015-application-process