The largest philanthropic donation in the history of Ireland is to fund a new dementia research institute at Trinity College Dublin . Online Editors The €138.4 million gift by Atlantic Philanthropies will enable the creation of the Global Brain Health Institute , which will be jointly based at the University of California, San Francisco . “The sum donated is huge, but so too is the problem we are trying to solve,” said Christopher G. Oechsli , president and provost of Trinity . “There is no doubt in my mind that this imaginative project will bring benefits to people around the world, create jobs here in the Republic of Ireland and deepen Atlantic Philanthropies ’s expertise in neuroscience and ageing,” he added.
The largest philanthropic donation in the history of Ireland is to fund a new dementia research institute at Trinity College Dublin . The €138.4 million gift by Atlantic Philanthropies will enable the creation of the Global Brain Health Institute , which will be jointly based at the University of California, San Francisco . “The sum donated is huge, but so too is the problem we are trying to solve,” said Christopher G. Oechsli , president and provost of Trinity . “There is no doubt in my mind that this imaginative project will bring benefits to people around the world, create jobs here in the Republic of Ireland and deepen Atlantic Philanthropies ’s expertise in neuroscience and ageing,” he added.