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NovaUCD The Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre
KT Scotland Policy and Practice
Innovation Initiatives in Response to Economic Downturn in Ireland
22 April 2010
Dr Pat Frain, Director NovaUCD
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Building a Knowledge Economy
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• Competition from low cost countries – Investment in University R&D for development of knowledge based economy
• HE spend on R&D has quadrupled in 10 years and is now in line with EU and OECD average
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Funding Collaborative Research and Knowledge Transfer
• Public Investment in University R&D – PRTLI, SFI • SFI – CSETs, SRCs
• EI – Innovation Partnerships, commercialisation grants, incubation facilities, TTSI, competence Centres, Vouchers
• SSTI - €30 M to strengthen University TTOs
• TT Project Managers• Legal and other operational costs• Patenting
SFI – Science Foundation Ireland EI – Enterprise IrelandPRTLI – Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions CSETS – Centres for Science Engineering and Technology SRCs – Strategic Research ClustersSSTI – Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation
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NovaUCD
• University Industry Programme at UCD 1988 - 2003
• NovaUCD launched in 2003 – purpose built centre - supportive environment - incubation facilities to assist innovators and entrepreneurs
• Vision: an international leader in the commercialisation of research and knowledge for the benefit of economy and society
• Investment: €11 million by public/private partnership
• Comprehensive KT support Programme
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NovaUCD Innovation Income Contribution to Economy
• NovaUCD income for innovation €21.5 M
• Over $200 M in investment and realisations in UCD companies
• 800 jobs created by CCDP promoters
• 28 companies currently located in NovaUCD have 70 employees - 34 new jobs in 2010
Since 2003
• 50 companies located in NovaUCD Units (33% spin-out)
• 50 projects availed of desk space
• 70 projects completed CCDP
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Comparisons with US/UK Metrics
UCD 2009
UCD 2009€m Research income per metric
USA 2008€ m Research per metric
UK 07/08€m Research per metric
Invention disclosure
85 1.07 1.84 1.76
Priority patent application
25 3.66 1.96 3.36
Licence agreements
15 6.10 7.30 3.70
Spin-outs 7 13.09 62.24 29.1
Research income
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Economic Downturn
• R&D Funding – SFI and EI limited budget cuts - EI focus on industry led activities, Innovation Partnerships, competence Centres, Vouchers
• TTSI Funding - Development of TT profession – uncertainty due to short-term contracts
• Other TT Funding
• Patent funding reduced to 75%
• No Commercialisation Grants (Proof of concept, Technology Dev.)
• Shortage of seed funding for start-ups – current VC funding is focused on development funding
• No commitment to fund Wet Lab Space
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Innovation Initiatives in Response to Economic Downturn
National Initiatives
• Innovation Task Force – March 2009
• Review of Supports for Exploitation of IP from HE Research (To be published in May)
University Initiatives
• University Alliances
• Training
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Innovation Task Force March 2009
“Building the innovative or “ideas” component of the economythrough the utilisation of human capital – the knowledge, skills and creativity of people – and the ability and effectiveness of that human capital to translate ideas into valuable processes, products and services”
Ecosystem to increase job creation and start-ups:• Entrepreneurs and enterprises• Investment in R&D• Education system, particularly HE• Finance, in particular risk capital• The tax and regulatory environment• Public policy and institutions
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Innovation Task Force – Key KT Recommendations
• Update SSTI 2014-2020 to R&D spend of 3% of GDP
• More effective and efficient approach to identifying and accessing IP from publicly funded research
• Increase support for start-ups and scaling
• Develop high quality physical infrastructure
• Develop role of education in innovation
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Review of Supports for Exploitation of IP from HE Research – May 2010
Objective Determine to what extent the current national IP arrangements
for publicly-funded research are suitable and effective.
Some issues addressed include:• Strengthening of National Policy and
Guidelines
• Appropriateness of existing TT support measures including decentralisation, power of TTO to close deals, clarification of agency approaches, etc
• TTO commercialisation strategies, targets/metrics etc
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Alliances and Training
• Alliances under development UCD/TCD, UL/NUIG, DCU/RCSI/NUIM
• Training – wide range of courses for unemployed for individuals and companies (Entrepreneurship, ICT, etc)
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UCD-TCD Innovation Alliance
Vision / Mission Partnerships between UCD-TCD, government agencies, the
business sector and the national/international venture capital community to form a world class innovation and enterprise ecosystem.
Facilitate the creation of sustainable jobs in next 10 years by:• Training future innovators & entrepreneurs
• Creating new spin-out companies
• Development of new Irish and international spin-in companies
• Supporting the recruiting new FDI while sustaining existing MNCs
• Supporting indigenous Irish knowledge and technology based SMEs and large enterprises
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Alliance Programmes
• Innovation Academy / Modules / Projects
• Innovation Laboratory / Space / Tools / Environment
• NovaUCD and Joint Venture
• IP management / TT / Seed funding
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Challenges for TTO
• Decreasing resources
• Pressure to demonstrate return on investment in R&D – managing expectations - impact on economy
• Negotiating IP agreements for collaborative research – Increasing effectiveness of strategic partnerships - partnerships vs. start-ups
• Achieving consistency in government strategies (Conflicting objectives, State Aid, rates, charitable status)
• Aligning KT strategies of Senior management and TTO
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Thank You
Dr Pat Frain, e: [email protected] t: 00-353-1- 716 3710
w: www.ucd.ie/nova