ACADEMIC-INDUSTRY R&D COLLABORATION

The Innovation Partnerships Initiative

Aim
The Innovation Partnerships Initiative can provide financial support to encourage your company to undertake research projects with Irish universities and institutes of technology.

If your company would like:

The opportunity to tap into the research infrastructure of the Irish third-level sector

A new perspective for your business through collaboration

A cost-effective approach to innovative product and process development
then the Innovation Partnerships Initiative may suit your needs.

Eligibility
All manufacturing, processing and internationally tradeable service companies, with an operating base in the Irish Republic, collaborating with Irish third-level institutions are eligible to participate.

Details
The partners - your company and a college - will jointly define a research project of real commercial benefit to your company.

Agreement is reached on the financing of the college costs by Enterprise Ireland and your company. The college submits the proposal to Enterprise Ireland for approval. Enterprise Ireland will assess the proposal. This involves Business assessment and
Technical assessment. Recommended proposals are presented to the Industrial Research Commercialisation Committee for final approval. The college handles the proposal submission and all routine project administration and applications are usually processed by Enterprise Ireland within 6-8 weeks.

Submissions
Participation in the programme is initiated by the submission of an Outline Proposal by a third-level institution.

The Innovation Partnerships brochure, Process Details, Proposal Forms, Guidelines,Timetables and Project Report Templates are all available on the Companies & Colleges working together section of the Enterprise Ireland Website >>

Contact

Monica Flanagan
Tel: +353 (0)1 808 2208

James Ryder
Tel: +353 (0)1 808 2477