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Funding for research and innovation outside the State
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47. (1) The Agency may award and disburse funding to an institution in Northern Ireland—
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(a) under a scheme for the funding of research administered by the dissolved body on behalf of the Minister prior to the coming into operation of this section, or
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(b) subject to subsection (2), under a funding scheme.
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(2) The Agency may disburse an award of funding (or a part thereof)—
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(a) to an institution in Northern Ireland through an institution in the State to which the award of funding was made where the institution in Northern Ireland is a partner of the institution in the State or of a company carrying on business in the State for the purposes of carrying out a research and innovation project, or
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(b) directly to the institution in Northern Ireland where the Agency is satisfied that an institution in the State or a company carrying on business in the State is a partner of the institution in Northern Ireland for the purposes of carrying out a research and innovation project.
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