Enterprise Ireland is currently seeking new Business Partners to help us create start-up companies. We want to hear from successful business people to partner with us to transform State funded research projects into profitable commercial ventures. Our Business Partners Programme is fast tracking the creation of new companies by giving you access to our portfolio of potential start-ups. It will be your job to lead them to the marketplace. We would like to hear from you if you have ;
- a strong commercial track record
- excellent business credentials
- capacity to invest
- ability to identify commercial opportunity
- vision to transform new technologies into solid businesses
Watch out for the adverts in the national press and click here to check out the details on our website.
Published February 26th, 2010 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
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This position is currently advertised on the website of the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) at UCC and may be of interest to visitors to this blog.
It is a full time position with an initial contract for 12 months, with a possibility of extension for a further 12 months depending on performance.
Salary: Range €65,000-€83,000; salary awarded will be commensurate with experience.The Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) is an SFI-funded research centre based in Cork working to understand the complex environment of the gastrointestinal tract and its microbial community. The research on host-microbe interactions has relevance to a range of inflammatory, infectious and other disorders within and beyond the gut, as well as to health maintenance. The APC is producing top quality intellectual property, and generating commercial licences, and is currently poised to initiate start-up companies. Therefore we now seek a motivated and dynamic team player to manage the APC’s commercial developments. Detailed job description at http://apc.ucc.ie. This position is funded by Enterprise Ireland.
Closing Date for applications: Friday February 12th 2010
Published February 10th, 2010 by Grace in Uncategorized | 1 Comment - Post a Comment
Initial findings from the latest Enterprise Ireland Survey of Researchers indicate an increase of 17% in the number that would like to see their research commercialised since the survey was conducted in 2008. Now, 78% of State-funded technology and science researchers want to see their research commercialised.
The respondents also said that they want more opportunities to interact with companies, face-to-face to speed up the process of getting their technologies into the marketplace.
Published February 2nd, 2010 by Grace Tags: Commercialisation survey
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The latest report from the Advisory Science Council published on the 15th December 2009 details the contribution of PhDs to industry. Among the findings was that while only 29 per cent of R&D firms employed PhD researchers in 2007, these companies accounted for 70 per cent of business expenditure on research and development. Read the full report
Published December 15th, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
A CAP on the number of students entering third level may be necessary as colleges struggle with a deepening funding crisis, according to the chief executive of the Higher Education Authority, Tom Boland in his opinion piece in today’s Irish Times (30.11.09) Read opinon piece
Published November 30th, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
Cauwill Technologies, an Enterprise Ireland supported spin-out from University of Limerick, has won one of two top prizes in the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn competition 2009. The prize is worth €100,000 and was presented at an award ceremony last night in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin 2.
Cauwill provides software and services to enrich and empower the mobile, web and personal navigation experience. The company was founded in 2009 by Ian Rice and Ronan Skehill and is in the Limerick Enterprise Acceleration Centre, one of a network of 21 Enterprise Ireland supported campus incubation centres.The main product, PinPoints, solves the problem of describing a location. It has wide application but initially is being targeted at the travel sector, specifically hotel booking engines. In this sector it helps people navigate to the location of their hotel using their mobile phone. www.yourpinpoints.com
Published November 27th, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
New Life Sciences Alliance to drive potential in the sector
The Life Sciences sector has contributed significantly to Ireland’s economic development and has real prospects for future growth, according to a report published by Forfás on 17th November 2009. Health Life Sciences in Ireland – An Enterprise Outlook asserts that by enhancing the collaboration of the key stakeholders including industry, research institutes, the hospital system, government departments and agencies, and regulatory bodies, Ireland can emerge as a global leader in high value-added products and services based on technology, scientific expertise and clinical research excellence. Read more and access full report
Published November 24th, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
Irish mobile communications companies, Altobridge and Sentry Wireless, won the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, Asia Pacific Tournament at the Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong this week. Altobridge and Sentry Wireless are Enterprise Ireland high potential start ups. Read more
Published November 20th, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
The third Enterprise Ireland survey of researchers on their views and experiences of research commercialisation has closed and we are in the process of collating the results. Check back soon for some snippets from the findings.
Published November 12th, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
Minister Conor Lenihan Launches Science, Technology and Innovation Report - “Strategic investment in R&D is key to economic recovery” - Lenihan.
Mr. Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation today (Thursday 22nd October 2009) launched the Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Report ‘Delivering the Smart Economy’. “This report sets out our achievements to date under our Science Strategy and how investment has resulted in significant jobs growth at locations around the country” the Minister said. More>>
Published October 22nd, 2009 by Grace in Uncategorized | Post a Comment »
