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Science Foundation Ireland

Science Foundation Ireland was a statutory body that funded oriented basic and applied research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with a strategic focus. It was an agency of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and its board was appointed by the Minister.

The Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003 established the body. S.I. No. 325/2003 appointed 25 July 2003 as the day that Act came into operation. The Research and Innovation Act 2024 provides for the dissolution of Science Foundation Ireland and the transfer of its staff, records, assets and liabilities to Taighde Éireann.

7563 spending records on file.

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
30 Sep 2017	IDA Ireland	Number Rent and Services Q3 2017	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€189,991
30 Sep 2017	Dublin City University DSE	Internships	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€54,216
30 Sep 2017	Willis Risk Services (Ireland) Ltd.	Insurance Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€36,678
30 Sep 2017	Jigsaw Management Limited	Event Management	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€31,982
30 Sep 2017	Irish Prestige Signs Ltd	Marketing Support	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€28,044
30 Sep 2017	Jigsaw Management Limited	Event Management	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€27,107
30 Sep 2017	Mazars	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€26,523
30 Sep 2017	Michael Hallissy & John Hurley T/a H2	Specialist and Education Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€25,480
31 Dec 2017	BT Young Scientist of The Year Award	Payment Payment Sponsorship of EUCYS 2018	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€200,000
31 Dec 2017	IDA Ireland	Rent and Services Q4 2017	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€179,365
31 Dec 2017	Drury (Porter Novelli)	Science Week 2017 & Communications Support	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€139,831
31 Dec 2017	Drury (Porter Novelli)	Smart Futures Career Campaign	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€74,514
31 Dec 2017	Drury (Porter Novelli)	Smart Futures Career Campaign	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€74,014
31 Dec 2017	Datapac Ltd	Computer Equipment	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€69,166
31 Dec 2017	Wide Eye Media	Smart Futures STEM Careers Campaign	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€61,500
31 Dec 2017	The Irish Times Ltd	Partnerships	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€61,500
31 Dec 2017	Smartsimple Software (Ireland) Ltd.	Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€61,443
31 Dec 2017		Silicon Republic Knowledge & Events Managmnt 55,350.00 Partnerships & InspireFest	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€14,853
31 Dec 2017	Elsevier Ltd	Memberships & Subscriptions	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€47,295
31 Dec 2017	The Royal Society	Programme Cost Share	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€47,120
31 Dec 2017	Media Central Ltd	Partnerships	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€44,280
31 Dec 2017	Dublin City University DSE	Internships	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€43,706
31 Dec 2017	Drury (Porter Novelli)	Smart Futures STEM Careers Campaign	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€43,000
31 Dec 2017	Drury (Porter Novelli)	Science Week Advertising	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€42,773
31 Dec 2017	Jigsaw Management Limited	Event Management	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€40,240
31 Dec 2017	Michael Hallissy & John Hurley T/a H2	Educational Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€37,465
31 Dec 2017	LHM Casey McGrath	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€36,285
31 Dec 2017	IDA Ireland	Rent, Rates	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€33,736
31 Dec 2017	Micahel Hallissy & John Hurley T/a H2	Educational Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€31,390
31 Dec 2017	Irish Universities Association - IUA	Research Integrity Training	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€31,034
31 Dec 2017	Wide Eye Media	Smart Futures STEM Careers Campaign	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€30,750
31 Dec 2017	Cork Institute of Technology	Partnership Space Summer School	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€30,000
31 Dec 2017	Science Europe C/o FWO	Memberships & Subscriptions	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€29,079
31 Dec 2017	Cosmos Education Ltd BlackRock Castle Obs.	Marketing Supports	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€27,983
31 Dec 2017	Power Design	Marketing Supports	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€27,919
31 Dec 2017	Mazars	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€26,780
31 Dec 2017	Mace (Ireland) Ltd	Marketing Supports	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€26,352
31 Dec 2017	Nature Publishing Group	Advertising	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€25,652
31 Dec 2017	BDO	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€24,282
31 Dec 2017	LHM Casey McGrath	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€22,040
31 Dec 2017	McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€21,969
31 Dec 2017	Perception Consulting Ltd	Computer Software	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€20,395
31 Dec 2017	Great Place to Work (Ireland) Ltd	HR Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€20,188
31 Mar 2018	IDA Ireland	Rent, Rates Q1 2018	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€181,051
31 Mar 2018	IDA Ireland	Rates & Services Q4 2017, Q1, 2018	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€93,526
31 Mar 2018	Michael Hallissy & John Hurley T/a H2	Educational Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€72,000
31 Mar 2018	Dublin City University	Internships	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€21,873
30 Jun 2018	IDA Ireland	Q2 Rent & Rates	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€167,180
30 Jun 2018	McCann Fitzgerald Solicitors	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€36,198
30 Jun 2018	IDA Ireland	Service Charge Feb - Apr 2018	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€33,506

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