The Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials has a significant number of scientific collaborators across the world and throughout many facets of research related to biomaterials. The NFB Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) was set up in 2007 with funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to research and develop an advanced and extensive research programme targeted at specific biomedical applications.
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NFB also has other academic collaborators in programmes which are funded through other organisations including the European Union (EU), Irish Research Council Science Engineering and Technology programme (IRCSET), the Higher Education Authority (HEA), the Health Research Board (HRB), the Wellcome Trust, DEBRA and Enterprise Ireland (EI) amongst others.
NFB is a participant in the EU FP7 funded 'Disc Regeneration' programme. This research aims to develop therapies for intervertebral disc disease which affects more than 40% of European adults at some stage during their lives. |
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Vornia Biomaterials Ltd. is an industrial spin-off which focuses on the commercialisation of platform technologies developed at NFB
NFB has strong links with the University of Ulster and recently formed the Collaborative Centre for Functional Biomaterials
