Governance is led by the Oversight Board, consisting of the lead PI from each Partner and four external members.

The remit is as follows:

• Responsibility for assessing the success and benefit of the PRTLI4 funding
• Approval of additional partner institutes as well as industrial partners.
• Assessment of the performance and contribution of existing partners and the fostering of inter-institutional collaboration.
• Approval and guidance of the short and long term strategic objectives of INSPIRE.
• Responsibility to ensure that the INSPIRE and in particular the open access facilities are being managed in a manner consistent with best operational practices.
• Responsibility to ensure correct financial and governance controls are in place.
• Promotion of the public image and brand of INSPIRE and the development of a national shared graduate programme.
• Review of deliverables from the consortium including but not limited to the publication of peer reviewed scientific papers and the development of intellectual property
   

External Board Members:

• Prof. Jim McLaughlin, Director Nanotechnology & Integrated BioEngineering Centre  University of Ulster
• Mr. Leonard Hobbs, Intel Ireland

INSPIRE Board Members:

• Prof. John Boland – CRANN / Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
• Prof. Edmond Magner – MSSI / University of Limerick (UL)
• Prof. Liam Barry – Dublin City University (DCU)
• Prof. Roger Whatmore – Tyndall / University College Cork  (UCC)
• Dr. Gerard O’Connor – LightHOUSE / National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)
• Prof. Kenneth Dawson – CNBI / University College Dublin (UCD)
• Dr. Hugh Byrne – FOCAS / Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
• Dr. Guillaume Huyet – PDD / Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
• Dr. Paul Miney – Chair of the Executive Committee and Secretariat to Board.