The work invested in developing the Partnership is paying off. Close cooperation has been developed between government departments and agencies, north and south of the border and with their US counterparts. To date the partnership has raised €121.026m and funded 75 projects from a combination of sources including the US National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the United States Department of Agriculture; Science Foundation Ireland, the Health Research Board and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Ireland; and, in Northern Ireland, Health and Social Care R&D, in partnership with the Medical Research Council, the Department of Employment and Learning and Invest NI.