Technology and Innovation Development Award TIDA

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Technology and Innovation Development Award
(TIDA)
Presenter Dr Michael Ryan SFI
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General Webinar Information

Presented by Michael Ryan Scientific Programme
Manager Science Foundation Ireland

• Conference call is LISTEN-ONLY MODE
• Formal presentation followed by QA
• Attendees can submit text-based questions any
  time during presentation (via QA pane)
• Please keep questions SHORT and SUCCINCT
• Questions will be answered verbally following the
  presentation
• Webinar will finish no later than 12 noon
• Presentation and the QA will be posted on
  website following Webinar

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Overview

• Introduction
• Objectives of the Technology and Innovation
  Development Award
• Eligibility Criteria
• Funding Available Eligible Costs
• Review Criteria
• Deliverables
• Application Preparation
• Submission Deadline
• Q A

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Introduction

• The Technology and Innovation Development Award
  (TIDA) is designed to encourage SFI funded
  researchers to develop new technologies
  independently, or through interaction with
  industry collaborators
• These interactions can lead to SFI funded
  researchers becoming more informed about
  industrial priorities and research needs, whilst
  allowing industrial collaborators to become more
  informed about important new science and
  engineering research developments in Ireland
• To facilitate greater interaction with industrial
  partners and enhance the generation of new
  applied technologies

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Objectives
Training

• To enhance the existing SFI funded scientific
  programmes through the skills and expertise of
  the industry partners
• To provide opportunities for reciprocal RD
  placements between industry and Irish research
  bodies
• To allow the buy-out of a faculty members
  teaching time (e.g. payment for a replacement),
  in order to facilitate commercialisation activity
• To provide the opportunity for researchers to
  host an academic with relevant expertise in the
  technology field, or business development expert
  so as to benefit from their commercial expertise

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Objectives
Research

• To encourage Principal Investigator-led research
  collaboration with industry partners
• To provide the resources for pre-proof of concept
  research which, could lead to applied research
  and technologies
• To give Irish graduate and post-doctoral students
  additional industry-relevant research experience

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Objectives
Collaboration

• To encourage more industry-based research
  activity in Ireland with the industry partners
• To inform SFI-funded scientists about important
  industrial priorities and research bottlenecks
• To inform industry about novel scientific
  research developments in Ireland

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Eligibility

• Applicants must be existing SFI award holders who
  have already undergone the international peer
  review process
• Eligible award holders include PI, PICA, RFP,
  Research Professor, PIYRA and US-Ireland award
  principal investigators
• Applications where collaboration with industry is
  sought will be deemed more competitive if
  industry cost-share is provided
• The SFI award holder is defined as the grant
  holder named on the Letter of Offer of the
  existing award

Cost-share in-kind is acceptable
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Funding
The budget available, on a competitive basis, is
up to 100,000 direct costs for a period of up to
12 calendar months.

• Applications should be realistically budgeted
  relative to the requirements of the project
• Requests at lower levels are welcome

Note The TIDA awards are subject to an overhead
contribution
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Eligible Costs

• Relevant research expenses, including equipment,
  consumables travel
• Contributions to salaries/stipends for staff
  hired specifically to carry out the planned
  activities. Please see SFI website (SFI grant
  application budget policy) for more information
• Access to necessary special facilities which are
  not available in the host institution (or
  Ireland, which may require international
  involvement)

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Review Criteria
Applications will be reviewed by SFI and
international experts as appropriate. The
proposals will be evaluated on the following
criteria

• Quality of the applicant
• Quality of the proposed research project
• Quality of the proposed industry collaboration or
  technology development, including its novelty and
  potential to advance both the existing research
  programme and knowledge within the field
• Justification of the need for this collaboration
• Progress made to date on any existing SFI awards
• Potential contribution to the scientific and
  economic development of Ireland

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Deliverables

• Technology and Innovation Development Award
  holders are expected to
• submit a written report of up to 5 pages within
  thirty days of the end of
• the award detailing the outcomes arising from the
  award.

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Application Preparation

• Completed cover sheet signed by the applicant,
  SFI award holder and signed stamped by the
  Irish research body
• Completed contact details of the applicant, the
  SFI award holder and any collaborator
• CV of the applicant (max. 5 pages)
• CV of collaborator/industry partner or
  mentor-consultant (max. 2 pages)
• Completed outline of the proposed research
  project (max. 5 pages, excluding references).
  Include justification for TIDA and any
  collaboration
• An indicative budget should be provided with
  budget justification for any costs incurred
  during the TIDA (max. 2 pages)
• A letter of support from an academic or industry
  collaborator

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Deadline Application Submission

• All submissions to the SFI TIDA programme must be
  endorsed by an eligible Irish Research Body
• Applications should be submitted electronically
  from the proposed host institute research office
  to TIDA_at_sfi.ie, and the subject line should
  include the research body and applicants name.
  Applications will be acknowledged by email
• Each applicant may submit more than one relevant
  application for a Technology and Innovation
  Development Award
• A joint application may be submitted by a group
  of SFI-funded investigators whose research
  programmes will each benefit from a single
  Technology and Innovation Development Award in
  this case a single application should be made
• Completed applications must be received at the
  office of Science Foundation Ireland by 13.00 on
  September 4th 2009

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QA

• Any questions compiled during the Webinar will,
  where possible, be answered shortly
• The FAQ list available on the TIDA web page will
  be updated
• Any additional questions should be emailed to
  TIDA_at_sfi.ie