Brief Overview of Research at University of Limerick

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Brief Overview of Research at University of
Limerick

• Professor Brian Fitzgerald
• Vice-President Research
• University of Limerick

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UL Characteristics

• Agile entrepreneurial spirit
• Modularisation, Semesterisation,
  Coop/Internships, Deans - Teaching
  Learning/Grad School
• Leveraging of Atlantic Philantropies
• From single building on 70-acres to 340-acre
  campus
• Student accommodation for 2,300 students, NCH,
  10K m2 Arena
• Graduate Medical School
• Ethos of creativity, relevance, inclusivity
  connectedness
• Translational research in close cooperation with
  industry
• Limerick regeneration

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Research Professors and Scholars Initiative

• Established 2001
• Forerunner to Science Foundation Ireland Stokes
  Professor/Lecturer program
• 5-year programs
• 50 Atlantic Philantropies/50 matching funding
• Total cost 5.6m
• 3 professors
• 14 lecturers
• Research income (to date) 16.3m

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UL Research Strategy (2007-2011)

• Key Research Areas
• Materials Surface Science
• Information Communication Technologies
  (Software Eng, Telecommunications Networks and
  Test Reliability)
• Biosciences, Environment Bioengineering
  (Structural Biology, Biomaterials and
  Microfluidics)
• Work, Quality Productivity
• Humanities Social Science (Study of Knowledge
  in Society)
• Emergent Interdisciplinary Research Areas
• Energy Sustainable Environment
• Food and Health
• Applied Mathematics

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UL Research Strategy (2007-2011)

• 6 Key Goals
• G1 Increase the quality and quantity of research
  outputs
• G2 Sustain growth of research institutes and
  develop new institutes
• G3 Enhance and expand graduate education
• G4 Integrate research and teaching
• G5 Strengthen regional, national and
  international research collaborations
• G6 Enhance the Universitys contribution to its
  internal and external communities through
  knowledge transfer and commercialisation of
  research

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Activities to Promote Research Commercialisation

• Commercialisation handbook
• Award scheme
• Commercialisation seminar series
• UL IP policy and TTO services
• IP management for researchers
• Patenting for researchers
• Commercialising research
• Working with industry
• Overview of agency supports
• Case studies

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Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnerships
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Research Commercialisation Performance

• Targets based on international benchmarks
• 1 invention disclosure per 2m research
  expenditure
• 1 patent application for 2 disclosures
• 1 license per 2 patent applications
• 1 spin-out per 30m research expenditure

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Recent Examples of Success
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UL Participation in EU FP
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UL Participation in EU FP Comparatively
FP6
FP7
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Finally

• Thank you to all involved
• Enjoy the day