Clinical Research Development Ireland (CRDI) is a not-for-profit research partnership comprising NUI Galway, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork and University College Dublin, their medical schools, associated academic hospitals and clinical research facilities, with the objective of accelerating the translation of biomedical research into improved diagnostics, therapies and devices for patients. CRDI builds on the achievements of Molecular Medicine Ireland which was established in 2008 by the five aforementioned universities, together with its predecessor the Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre (DMMC), a partnership initiated by UCD and Trinity College Dublin in 2002, with the inclusion of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2005.