Centre Overview
MCCI was set up in April 2010 under the EI and IDA Competence Centres Program and is hosted by
the Tyndall National Institute in collaboration with the University of Limerick. MCCI has core
funding of €1M per annum from EI and IDA which is supplemented with co-funding from industry and
other public sources.
MCCI is led by an industry steering board and the research program is driven by its industry
members. Companies can use MCCI to create projects and execute world-beating industry-relevant
research in line with their business needs.