AMBER is the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research. The Centre brings a multidisciplinary partnership between leading academics in Advanced Materials Science, BioEngineering and Industry. Working collaboratively we develop new materials and devices for the ICT, medical devices, energy and sustainable industrial technology sectors.
Today society is faced with many technological and environmental challenges from sustainability and reducing their carbon footprint to next generation personalised healthcare. By partnering with highly specialist Research faculties across Ireland, AMBER brings excellence in advanced research, innovation and knowledge from multiple industry sector projects to our collaborative partners, industry and society at a national and global level.
AMBER is hosted by Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with CRANN (Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices) and the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, University College Cork, NUI Galway, Dublin City University, Tyndall National Institute, University of Limerick, University College Dublin, the Technological University of the Shannon: Midland West and TU Dublin.
CRANN (the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices) is one of the largest research institutes in Trinity College Dublin and Ireland’s leading nanoscience institute.
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Read moreTyndall National Institute is a leading European research centre in integrated ICT (Information and Communications Technology) hardware and systems. Specialising in both electronics and photonics, materials, devices, circuits and systems.
Read moreAMBER is hosted by Trinity College Dublin, in partnership with CRANN (Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices), Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
In collaboration with University College Cork, NUI Galway, Dublin City University, Tyndall National Institute, University of Limerick, University College Dublin, the Technological University of the Shannon:
Midland West and TU Dublin.
With a total employment of 1116 staff, during the first phase of the centre (2013-2019), AMBER generated 14,279 jobs nationwide in sectors such as biomedicine, pharmaceutical, energy and ICT. During this time, for every €1 invested, AMBER has helped the Irish economy to grow by €5. Now in our second phase (2019-2025) will grow the Centre’s world leading academic and industry orientated materials science research in critical and emerging sectors of the economy, such as ICT, MedTech, manufacturing technologies and energy.
Learn MoreAMBER has a strong emphasis on collaboration. Central to AMBER’s research remit are collaborative projects performed with industry partners, and working with academic, industry and wider stakeholder on international and national research programmes.
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