TU RISE

The Higher Education Authority has worked closely with the MA and the beneficiary (Atlantic Technological University) to ensure a comprehensive project start up. In this, the HEA has formalised with ATU a formal quarterly reporting process to provide feedback on progress (against indicators), expenditure (in advance of declarations), risks and mitigation measures, and progress against horizontal principles and alignment with the smart specialisation strategy.

For the educational component of the scheme, ATU received 3,000 PhD applications, of which 400 went to interview, and from which 60 have been selected. These PhD students will later go on to undertake placements with enterprises.