Science Foundation Ireland Building Partnerships between Industry and Academia Dr Phil Hemmingway– SFI Programme Manager ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Phil Hemmingway | T: | E:

SFI position on the Irish landscape Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Building Irish Academic Base Supporting Indigenous Irish Companies Supporting Multinational Companies in Ireland

Irish Research Landscape Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) 7 Universities 14 Institutes of Technology 12 SFI-sponsored Research Centres  Academia-led (industry partners)  Across multiple HEIs  TRL 1-7 > 15 EI-sponsored Technology Centres  Industry-led  Some co-located with HEIs  TRL 5-9

Top level SFI information € 1.6bn Spend and € 2bn Committed to date in 3,750 Awards >€2.3bn Committed to date >4,200 Awards As of June Live Awards with investments totalling >€ 447m Founded in 2000 €160m annual investment

✚ People and technology transfer to Industry and Society ✚ Higher value products/services ✚ Higher living standards ✚ Industry more competitive, better public services What SFI does Makes grants to Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Ireland Based on competitive, international merit review for scientific excellence and impact Trains people Produces scientific results and technology Builds infrastructure Significant industrial linkages attracting, anchoring and starting companies Leverages other research funding e.g. Industrial / EU / Charitable/ Philanthropic/ International

What SFI Researchers Deliver A research engine of 2,851 people including over 460 leading researchers 752 Active Research awards World leading SFI Research Centres spanning several HEIs and industry 12 Generated in ,029 scientific papers 1200 collaborations with industry (650 MNCs, 561 SMEs) 18 license agreements 31 patent filings, 13 patents awarded 1,843 international collaborations in over 57 countries €117m in leveraged non-SFI funding

SFI Energy Award Eg’s The Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) Research Centre (€20M SFI + €10M industry) - UCC The Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) Research Centre (€18.5M SFI + €8M Industry) - UCD The Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems (SEES) Cluster – UCD €4.2M Real Time Power Systems Digital Simulator System at UCD. The Advanced Biomimetic Materials for Solar Energy Conversion Cluster - UCD €2.3M investment in the Ocean Energy Test Bed facility in Galway Bay; In addition to the awards of scale referred to above, SFI has also invested in many other projects in the energy sector at varying scales.

Programmes for Industry SFI Industry Fellowship SFI Partnerships Supports bi-directional movement of industry and academic researchers Supports collaborative research projects of scale SFI SpokesSFI Research Centres Supports large scale Research Centres in areas of economic importance Supports recruitment of new industry partners and collaborative projects to Research Centres

SFI Industry Fellowship Up to €120k per Fellowship  Salary, travel and subsistence of an academic researcher to spend time in industry, anywhere in the world  Travel and subsistence of industry personnel to spend time in academia in Ireland Up to one year full time or two years part time Open to Irish and international companies No limit on the number of Fellows in any company No requirement for academic Fellow to return to the Research Body Two deadlines per year – June and December

Finding a Partner SFI Industry Fellowship Programme LinkedIn Group (>400 members) SFI Research Career Forum National Research Centre Directory Contact SFI

SFI Industry Fellowship Who can apply? Academic partner submits application Must meet defined eligibility criteria Proposal Aim, work plan, impact, career development prospects CVs International Peer Review Quality of proposed fellow, work programme, potential for impact including long term collaboration and career development fellowship-programme-2015.html fellowship-programme-2015.html

Academia Industry Fellowship Awards In 2013 & academic researchers and 38 companies partnered and received Industry Fellowship Alaunus Bioscience Crystal Innovation Codelco chile

SFI Research Centres SFI Research Centres Spokes World leading, large scale Centres with major economic impact for Ireland Funding of between €1m and €5m per year in direct costs over six years SFI funds up to 70%. Minimum 30% industry investment at least one third of which must be cash 12 Centres funded, representing €355m Exchequer funding and €190m industry investment (>300 industry collaborations) Opportunity to become a new Industry or Academic Partner of a Centre Allows existing Centres to grow and evolve Fixed call: competitive assessment, 30% industry cash contribution Rolling call: proposals assessed on own merits, 50% industry cash contribution No min or max award size, projects of scale expected

SFI Research Centres: Structure Hub:  Core operations  Platform research Spokes:  Targeted projects, each with at least one industry partner Imperatives 1.Collaboration with industry & other academics 2.Harnessing strengths of different experts in different HEIs (Virtual centre)

SFI Research Centres - ICT CentreFocusDirector Materials Science; nano- technology; bio-nano Prof. Stefano Sanvito (TCD) Photonics systems – communications & med- devices Prof Paul Townsend (Tyndall) Big data; data analysis, data management; Connected Health Mr. Oliver Daniels (NUIG) Marine renewable energy; materials; smart grid Prof. Conchúr Ó Brádaigh (UCC)

SFI Research Centres - ICT CentreFocusDirector Unlocking Ireland’s natural resources – energy, minerals, water Prof John Walsh (UCD) Software engineering & development Prof. Mike Hinchey (UL) Future Networks and Communications Prof Linda Doyle (TCD) Digital content and media innovation Prof Vinny Wade (TCD)

SFI Research Centres - Lifesciences CentreFocusDirector Food for health; pharamabiotics Prof. Fergus Shanahan (UCC) Perinatal healthProfs. Louise Kenny & Geraldine Boylan (UCC) Pharmaceutical production chain: synthesis, isolation and formulation Prof. Kieran Hodnett (UL) Medical Devices: biomedical implants, cell-device and drug- device combination products Prof. Abhay Pandit (NUIG)

SFI Partnerships Flexible mechanism to support ambitious research projects of scale between industry and academia SFI matches the investment by industry Two strands: Competitive Joint Funding Partnership Programme Strategic Partnerships

Competitive Joint Funding Partnership What?  Company partners with SFI to launch a new competitive funding programme Why?  Solicit ideas from the research community addressing industry challenges  Develop new industry-academic collaborations  Opportunity to leverage state funding to de-risk early stage research How?  Joint design of funding programme to meet needs of company and SFI  SFI administers programme  Fast track review  Opportunity for industry partner to engage in review of proposals  Joint decision-making process  Joint funding of successful applications

Strategic Partnership Programme Key aim:  To foster and develop strategic partnerships  Initiatives of scale with strong potential for delivering economic impact to Ireland Application prepared jointly by academic researcher and company, submitted by academic partner Non-competitive rolling call – can apply anytime 50% cash co-funding requirement Two stage application process  Expression of interest  Full proposal (by invitation only)

Thank you for your interest ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Phil Hemmingway, BE PhD CEng MIEI Programme Manager Programmes Directorate Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2 T: | F: | E: | W: Science Foundation Ireland – Research for Ireland’s

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Intellectual Property National IP Framework  Putting public research to work for Ireland Document Putting public research to work for Ireland Document Ensure a streamlined and transparent process by which industry interacts with RPO’s Balance the needs of industry and the State RPO ownership of research that is partly or fully funded by the state Industry partner can negotiate preferential access to IP subject to a minimum cash commitment Industry partner owns IP in contract research undertakings Ownership of background IP protected