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Dr James Callaghan Associate Director, Research & Innovation [email protected] Tel: +353 1 896 1427 www.tcd.ie • • Three faculties, 24 Schools City Centre Campus, Enterprise Campus, Teaching Hospitals (St James and Tallaght) • Students 11,000 under-graduate, 4,500 post-graduate • more than 1 in 10 of our 15,500 students working towards a PhD • Staff • • • Total turnover ~€300 m (includes €100m R&D income) 2,676 employees 828 academic staff 536 researchers Dublin City • City centre campus • 47 acres • Links with the Academic Teaching Hospitals – St James’s Hospital – AMNCH Hospital, Tallaght • Student accommodation – 1000 student rooms in Trinity Hall • Sports grounds – Boathouse – Field sports in Santry • Copyright library – 4 million books – Maps, music, – Manuscripts Trinity College Campus The Innovation Alliance – vision and mission • In March 2009 Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) launched a radical new Innovation Alliance designed to trigger a step change in Irish job creation and a dynamic, flexible and sustainable Smart Economy • The vision of the institutions is the creation of an innovation ecosystem for Ireland, with complementary interactions between enterprise, higher education and government driving economic recovery. Only through working in concert can the partners realise Ireland’s innovation potential and return us to sustainable and secure long term growth. TCD and UCD Combined • • • • • • • Approximately 50% of Ireland’s undergraduates in science, engineering and technology Approximately 50% of Ireland’s PhDs in science, engineering and technology Approximately 50% of Ireland’s competitive research funding Almost 50% of international researcher recruitment through Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) programmes A strong track record of collaboration in science and engineering that includes flagship partnerships in engineering, chemistry and biopharmaceutical science, biomedical science, neuroscience and digital research, among other areas The highest international rankings of Irish universities The highest rate of publications in leading journals and citations per publication Industry Collaboration, Knowledge Transfer • Over 100 substantive collaborations with industry • Two of Ireland’s most successful technology transfer and business development units, Nova UCD and TTEC (Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus) • Enterprise facilities that have significant capacity for expansion • A track record of spinning out companies from campus research • A track record of supporting spin-in companies that require campus-based expertise and technologies during the start-up phase • Ireland’s leading business schools with expertise in innovation, entrepreneurship and technology management. www.innovationalliance.ie Innovation Corridor The Future Phase III Phase I Phase II Planning permission completed Planning permission, PPP structure agreed Phase IV PPP structure in negotiation The Future Phase I & II in context – CRANN towards Bioscience – the heart of a Science City The Future Phase II – Bioscience Building – facilitates SSTI, consolidation & international excellence Supports Required • Maintaining research investment • Management and Commercialisation of Intellectual Property from universities • Creating “Innovation Ireland” (see Innovation Taskforce Report) • Advancing Enterprise Corridors to deliver an Innovation City Useful Links • Ireland’s Smart Economy www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Building_Ireland's_Smart_Economy/ • Irish Government Innovation Task Force www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Innovation_Taskforce/ • Exploiting IP from Irish Universities www.forfas.ie/publication/search.jsp?ft=/publications/featuredpublicatio ns/title,6217,en.php or http://bit.ly/c0W1pm