Transcript Proposed Pillars for new SSTI

Successor to the Strategy for Science, Technology
and Innovation
HRB and Department of Health Consultation Workshop
11 March 2015
Dermot Curran
Assistant Secretary General
Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation
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Need for a successor to the Strategy for
Science, Technology and Innovation
o Existing Science, Technology and Innovation strategy expired
end 2013
o Copper fasten research prioritisation and jobs focus as the
central plank of public research funding policy
o Help establish and communicate a vision and a medium / longer
term perspective
o Provide a wider context to address research for knowledge and
for policy
o Use as an opportunity for technology foresight - ensure
opportunities not being missed
o Bring Innovation back on the agenda
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Integration with existing policies
o Will integrate with suite of policies already set down
or under development eg:
o Action Plan for Jobs
o Enterprise Policy 2025
o Foreign Direct Investment Policy
o Entrepreneurship Strategy
o EU Horizon 2020 Strategy
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Guiding Principles
o Maximise the economic impact of public support for
research and innovation to enterprise, both
indigenous and foreign-owned
o Sustain an excellent, internationally-oriented public
research system that generates knowledge for
economic and societal benefit; and
o Maximise knowledge exchange between public and
private actors in order to accelerate the exploitation
of new knowledge
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Areas being considered for Strategy
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Investment in Science, Technology and Innovation and key goals/ targets
Prioritised Approach to Public Research Funding
Enterprise-level R&D and Innovation Performance
International collaboration and engagement
Organisational/institutional arrangements to enhance research
excellence and deliver jobs
World class IP regime and dynamic systems to transfer Knowledge and
Technology into jobs
Government wide goals on innovation in key sectors for job creation
and societal benefit
Research for knowledge and the development of human capital
Examples of Relevant Studies feeding
into new Strategy
o Independent Assessment of Research Prioritisation
o Study into Optimising Policy Intervention to Strengthen the Impacts of
Enterprise RD&I in Ireland
o Study into Medium Term Development of the Irish Market Focussed Element
of the Irish Research Centre Landscape Ecosystem
o Study Examining Ireland’s Participation in International Organisations with a
Research/ Innovation theme
o Assessment of Ireland’s future research infrastructure needs
o Review of Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative/IP Protocol/
o Evaluation of Ireland’s involvement in the European Space Agency
Further Strategies/studies informing the
new Strategy
o Sectoral Strategies e.g.
o Healthy Ireland; eHealth Strategy; Smart Ageing
o Food Harvest 2020
o Marine Strategic Research and Innovation Strategy
o Future Funding of the Higher Education System
o Review of STEM education
Consultative Process for New Strategy
o Interdepartmental Committee (IDC) on Science, Technology and
Innovation has been convened
o Consultation Process went live on Friday 13th February with closing
date Monday 23rd March
o Consultation document incorporating key questions issued to
stakeholders
o IDC members engaging with their stakeholders
o 1 Day Consultative Workshop will be organised to address
questions emerging from the written consultation
Main Government Departments/agencies spend on R&D
Funding Department/Agency
2014 (est) €m
% of Total
Higher Education Authority (HEA)
176.5
24.4%
Science Foundation Ireland
153.5
21.2%
Enterprise Ireland
103.1
14.2%
Teagasc
59.1
8.2%
IDA Ireland
60.0
8.3%
Health Research Board
40.2
5.7%
Irish Research Council
31.4
4.3%
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
26.1
3.6%
Dept. of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
21.6
3.0%
Environmental Protection Agency
8.4
1.2%
Marine Institute
8.0
1.1%
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
8.6
1.2%
Others
27.2
3.8%
Total
€723.7m
100%
State Expenditure on R&D by
Government Department
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R&D performed in Government
Departments and agencies
Contribution of Health Research
o What contribution to our societal and economic wellbeing is
expected from Exchequer-funded health research? :
 The HRB Strategic Business Plan sets out two main goals:
 Driving the development of excellent clinical research, including applied
biomedical research, within a coherent health research system.
 Building capacity to conduct high-quality population health sciences
research and health services research.
o To what end?
o Societal benefit: Research to support policy / operational
improvements in the health area.
o Economic growth: Five of the priority areas under research
prioritisation are health related: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Medical
Devices, Connected Health, Food for Health.
o Collaboration - including with private sector - is key to both
outcomes.
How should health related research be reflected
in a new Science and Innovation Strategy?
 Healthy Ireland – interventions to improve health and
wellbeing
 eHealth Strategy for Ireland – critical enabler of best
practice health systems
 Smart Ageing – enabling older people to enjoy physical
and mental health and wellbeing to full potential
 National Health Innovation Hub - facilitating engagement
between enterprise and the health system
 Regulatory Framework – provides opportunities and
support for research system