1 SFI Confidential SFI Strategy

2 SFI Confidential 1. Human Capital 2. Quality Output 3. Global Reputation 4. Knowledge Transfer SFI Strategy

3 SFI Confidential 1. Build a critical mass of internationally competitive research teams in Ireland in the sciences and engineering underpinning BIO, ICT, and ENERGY ….. such that 1. the Irish workforce is upskilled to the needs of a high-tech Economy 2. the absorptive capacity of the country is adjusted to the need to identify and incorporate externally developed technologies and 3. that Ireland is well placed to attract and grow high value enterprises Human Capital

4 SFI Confidential 1.. Human Capital Build a critical mass of internationally competitive research teams in Ireland in the sciences and engineering underpinning BIO, ICT, and ENERGY Why? Human capital build up for a knowledge economy What? 440 world class teams providing 2000 PhD graduates: ~350/year  >500/year YEAR# PI TEAMS 2005: : : : : 440 (+104) SSTI

5 SFI Confidential 1. Table A1: Roll Out of PhD places and graduate schedule

6 SFI Confidential 1. Human Capital Build a critical mass of internationally competitive research teams in Ireland in the sciences and engineering underpinning BIO, ICT, and ENERGY Why? Human capital build up for a knowledge economy What? 440 world class teams providing 2000 PhD graduates: ~350/year  >500/year 1000 Post Doc places How? SFI’s broad portfolio of programmes (recruit, retain, grow) Financial SSTI resourcing (€8.2b; €1.4b) YEAR# PI TEAMS 2005: : : : : 440 (+104) SSTI

7 SFI Confidential 2. Ensure that SFI-funded research teams continue to produce the highest quality output ……as this is the best external endorsement of the scientific value obtained from research investment Human Capital Quality Output

8 SFI Confidential 2. Quality Ensure that SFI-funded research teams continue to produce the highest quality output Why? Quality is ultimate arbiter of training High tech enterprise seeks only quality academic output Only top quality academic output provides sustainable knowledge for innovation What? Quantity: >1200 publications/million population *current level of 800

9 SFI Confidential 2. Publication Quantity

10 SFI Confidential 2. Quality Drive the highest quality output from the SFI funded research teams Why? Quality is ultimate arbiter of training High tech enterprise seeks only quality academic output What? Quantity: >1200 publications/million population Quality: top 10 placement in citation performers** ** from current position of 17 th (source Thompson )

11 SFI Confidential 2. Publication Quality Citation Impact (5year overlapping periods ) Source:Thompson ISI

12 SFI Confidential 2. Publication Quality Source:Thompson ISI

13 SFI Confidential 2. Quality Drive the highest quality output from the SFI funded research teams Why? Quality is ultimate arbiter of training High tech enterprise seeks only quality academic output What? Quantity: >1200 publications/million population* Quality: top 10 placement in citation performers How? Continued peer review & tighter monitoring International funding Internationalisation

14 SFI Confidential 3. Increase Ireland’s global reputation as a location of excellent scientific research and as a source of human and knowledge capital …...such that businesses creating next generation products and services are attracted to and retained in Ireland Human Capital Quality Output Global Reputation

15 SFI Confidential 3. Global Reputation Increase Ireland’s global reputation as a location of excellent scientific research and as a source of human and knowledge capital Why? Specific measures are required to drive international recognition of Ireland as a magnet of attraction for academic researchers & high tech companies What? Recruit prize-potential overseas PIs Continue overseas PI recruitment – internationalisation Target hosting of premium international conferences e.g. Keystone Nimbleness for emerging challenges and opportunities by constant scanning of the environment for signals that require changes of emphasis in the SFI programmes Assist IDA, directly and indirectly, in retaining in and attracting to Ireland high-tech foreign direct investment How? Employ recruitment toolset & exploit key relationships Expand conference/programmes activities Build networks

16 SFI Confidential 4. Knowledge Transfer Provide quality inputs to the technology transfer/translational industries in Ireland and grow partnerships that enable the expansion of the national RDI footprint, to ensure that research is optimally exploited for the benefit of Irish society Human Capital Quality Output Global Reputation Knowledge Transfer

17 SFI Confidential 4. Transfer Provide quality inputs to the technology transfer/translational industries in Ireland and grow partnerships that enable the expansion of the national RDI footprint, to ensure that research is optimally exploited for the benefit of Irish society Why? Ultimately the use of research to drive expansion in high tech/high value enterprise is the driver of all of our activties What? Drive early IP protection; 1000 x IDs and 500 x patents License technology (40) & spin out companies (30) Increase MNC (50) & SME (40) participation in research How? Communicate & monitor IP protection output of SFI groups Drive CSET/SRC expansion Establish periodic briefings on SFI output

18 SFI Confidential 1. Human Capital 2. Quality Output 3. Global Reputation 4. Knowledge Transfer SFI Strategy