Innovation
Innovation
Developing Ireland's Smart Economy
The ultimate aim of UCD Conway Institute is to contribute to the development of Ireland as a knowledge economy. We will play our role within the Innovation Alliance, a partnership working with the education sector, the State and its agencies alongside the business and venture capital communities to develop a world-class ecosystem for innovation that will drive enterprise development in Ireland.
Supporting Technology Transfer
Working closely with NovaUCD and Enterprise Ireland Biotechnology Directorate, UCD Conway Institute ensures our researchers have access to support services including technology development grants, practical business advice, continuing professional education in the area of intellectual property management, and incubation facilities to assist in the establishment and development of campus companies.
Building Partnerships
UCD is spearheading a €72 million project to build a National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), with its partners Dublin City University, Sligo Institute of Technology and Trinity College Dublin. Bioprocessing refers to techniques used in the industrial production of biological material such as genetically engineered microbial strains or commercially useful chemicals formed by a biological process such as microbial fermentation. UCD Conway Institute has an integral role in the project and, in advance of the completion of the new facility, research work is currently being carried out within the Institute by NIBRT scientists.
Our proactive policy for the translation of research has seen many Conway Fellows establishing links with the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors through collaborative programmes, contract research and campus companies. Systems Biology Ireland, the new Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)-funded Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology, is based in UCD Conway Institute and supported by researchers in NUI, Galway. The new centre received €14.8 million from SFI and a further combined contribution of almost €4.7 million by industry partners - Ark Therapeutics, Hewlett Packard, Servier, Agilent Technologies, Siemens Ireland and Protagen AG. In total, 69 highly skilled personnel will be working to deliver the Systems Biology Ireland’s research programme.
Campus companies involving Conway Fellows