€100m expansion of Tyndall Institute set for approval
The Irish government is set to approve a €100m expansion of the Tyndall National Institute that will deliver a new 17,500m² research facility in University College Cork (UCC).
Its areas of research will include compound semiconductors, wafer-scale and chip technologies, health and wellbeing, communications, packaging and integration, environmental sensing and energy.
It is understood that the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science will provide most of the State funding required for the expansion project.
The project is nearing the final stages in the tendering process, with UCC approval expected in February. It is anticipated that contracts will be signed before this summer.
It is expected that the new €100m facility will double the physical size and footprint of the Tyndall Institute’s existing facilities.
The Tyndall National Institute is a partnership between UCC, the Science Foundation of Ireland, and the Department of Enterprise.
