Two recent Enterprise Ireland events may be of interest;
The Applied Research Forum 2009
Business Opportunities in Emerging Companies
Here are some of the many programmes and supports we have put in place to bring new technology and research outputs from third level institutions to the marketplace to help companies innovate and grow.
Commercialisation Fund
We provide funding to publicly-funded research organisations for industry focused research. We can also give expert support to researchers that want to set up a company or licence a technology to industry partners.
Please note that a pre-submission stage has been introduced to the Technology Development phase of the Commercialisation fund and the deadline for this phase is 29th July 2009. Click here for more information on all aspects of the Commercialisation Fund
Campus Incubation Centres
Enterprise Ireland's Campus Incubation programme offers space and support to entrepreneurs across the country who want to develop their projects within the supportive structure of a college campus. Click here for more information
Business Partners Programme
The call for applications to his programme has now closed. Click here to read about the aims of the programme.
Commercialisation Expertise
We have teams in the areas of Biotechnology, Industrial Technologies and Informatics that work with researchers who are interested in seeing their research work put to commercial use. Click here to contact the commercialisation specialists.
Patent Fund and Advice
We can help with patent costs and supply advice on all aspects of the patent process. Click here to find out more
Applied Research Enhancement (ARE) Programme
This programme has been created to enhance the applied research capabilities within the Institutes of Technology. Click here for information on Applied Research Enhancement Centres
Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative This €30 million initiative supports technology transfer professionals in third level insitutions to increase the level of intellectual property (IP) transferred to industry from research in Higher Education Institutions. Click here for more information.