Leaders in Innovation
UCD is a leader in university innovation and entrepreneurship, supporting Irish and European industrial competitiveness, maximising our strengths and partnerships to create knowledge, cultivate talent and achieve impact.
Through the university's Innovation hub, NovaUCD, we draw on the breadth and depth of our expertise, develop partnerships, and deliver a range of programmes and initiatives, including accelerator programmes, to support researchers, students, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and more established companies, with bold ideas to thrive and to deliver impact for the benefit of society, economy and the environment.
Support for Researchers
The Knowledge Transfer team at NovaUCD offer a suite of supports to identify and protect intellectual property, including:
- Helping to identify valuable research results and implement protection strategies
- Explore commercialisation opportunities through licensing and spin-out formation
- Developing productive collaborations with industry
- Advising on commercial aspects of research proposals and contracts
Learn more about UCD's innovation supports and services for researchers.
Visit NovaUCD
NovaUCD officially opened in October 2003 and, during its 20-year history to 2023, provided support to 550+ companies and early-stage ventures, supported the entrepreneurial community to raise €1.3+ billion in equity funding and launch over 70 new UCD spin-out companies.
UCD's Innovation hub offers a schedule of programmes and initiatives during the year to embed innovation pathway and foster entrepreneurship including the NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition, a student accelerator programme, and a number of dedicated intensive accelerator programmes.
To find out more about supports and services, visit ucd.ie/innovation.