INNOVATION VOUCHERS INITIATIVE

Dublin City University

DIRECTORY OF SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

College Contact Point for Innovation Voucher Enquires: Helen Burke +353 (0)1 7008 010 [email protected]

Department/Unit Specific services offered Website National Centre for The NCPST is the Irish National Research Centre for plasma related http://www.ncpst.ie/ Plasma Science and research. It is a multidisciplinary centre bringing together scientists Technology and engineers to address both fundamental and applied questions relating to the advancement and development of plasma related research for the benefit of both industry and society locally and internationally. National Centre for The National Centre for Sensor Research is a world renowned, http://www.dcu.ie/~ncsr/ Sensor Research large-scale, multidisciplinary research facility focused on the science and applications of chemical sensors and biosensors. NCSR is focused on developing future sensing technologies for economic and societal benefit for application in personal health monitoring and diagnostics, environmental monitoring, (bio) process optimization and nano/bio-medicine National Institute for The NICB is a multidisciplinary centre of research in fundamental http://www.dcu.ie/research/nicb.shtml Cellular Biotechnology and applied Cellular Biotechnology, Molecular Cell Biology and Biological Chemistry. It includes a multidisciplinary team of Cell and Molecular Biologists, Biotechnologists. Chemists and Computer scientists. Research Institute for The Research Institute for Networks and Communications http://www.rince.ie/rince/g1/117-EE.html Networks and Engineering (RINCE) is a national centre for excellence in Communications Information and Communications Technology (ICT). RINCE Engineering researchers are affiliated with the School of Electronic Engineering and the School of Computing. The institute currently has 20 academic staff members, 18 research fellows, and over 40 research postgraduate students collaborating on a wide variety of research projects. Biomedical Diagnostics The Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) is a multidisciplinary http://www.bdi.ie/ Institute research institute focused on the development of next generation biomedical diagnostic devices. These devices, which will directly affect the quality of people’s lives worldwide over the coming decades, will be used in Point of Care applications as well as for self-test, home use. Centre for Next The Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) is funded by http://www.cngl.ie/ Generation Localisation Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) in the category "Centre for Science Engineering and Technology (CSET)". CNGL conducts research in machine translation, speech processing, and digital content management. Clarity CSET Clarity is a cross-disciplinary research centre focused on integrating http://www.clarity-centre.org/ research on adaptive sensor networks, content extraction, adaptive utilization and adaptive middleware. University Designated International Centre for Neurotherapeutics http://www.dcu.ie/icnt/index.shtml Research Centres Center for the Advancement of Science Teaching and Learning http://www.castel.ie/ Centre for International Studies http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/ Materials Processing Research Centre http://www.mecheng.dcu.ie/MPRC/navindex.shtml Centre for Digital Video Processing http://www.cdvp.dcu.ie/ Centre for Society, Information and Media http://www.sim.dcu.ie/ Centre for Translation and Textual Studies http://www.ctts.dcu.ie/ The Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Research Centre http://www.link.dcu.ie/ Scientific Computing and Complex Systems Modelling http://sci-sym.computing.dcu.ie/ Ryan Academy The Ryan Academy specialises through a network of contacts and http://www.dcu.ie/ryanacademy/index.shtml adjunct faculty in areas related to entrepreneurship and enterprise http://www.dcu.ie/ryanacademy/research.shtml development including: entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, http://www.dcu.ie/ryanacademy/programmes.shtml organisational change, enterprise development, new product development, strategic management and strategic planning, innovation, foresight and future trends, creativity and other related areas of successful organisations.

Office of the Theme The OTL guides DCU’s Sustainable Development effort, part of Leaders which involves finding sustainable solutions for our future energy needs. DCU is committed to working with companies to support sustainable energy innovation, to advance and disseminate sustainable energy research and knowledge and to popularise the benefits of sustainable energy techniques, technologies and policies for society. DCU Business School Staff expertise and research activity is organised around five core http://www.dcu.ie/dcubs/dcubs_research.shtml business disciplines: Accounting Marketing Human Resource Management Economics and Finance Management and Information Systems

Specific problems that staff may be able to assist businesses with are: New Business Model Development Preliminary research/literature research Tailored training in innovation management Innovation or Technology audit Fostering of an ‘innovation culture’ in your business Internationalisation Faculty of Engineering School of Computing http://www.dcu.ie/computing/research.shtml and Computing School of Electronic Engineering http://www.dcu.ie/electronic_engineering/research.shtml School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering http://www.dcu.ie/mechanical_engineering/research.shtml

Faculty Of Humanities School of Applied Language & Intercultural Studies http://www.dcu.ie/salis/research.shtml & Social Sciences School of Communications http://www.dcu.ie/communications/research.shtml School of Education Studies http://www.dcu.ie/education_studies/research.shtml Fiontar http://www.dcu.ie/fiontar/research.shtml School of Law & Government http://www.dcu.ie/law_and_government/index.shtml

Faculty of Science and School of Biotechnology http://www.dcu.ie/biotechnology/research.shtml Health School of Chemical Sciences http://www.dcu.ie/chemistry/research_groups.shtml School of Mathematical Sciences http://www.dcu.ie/maths/research/index.shtml School of Nursing http://www.dcu.ie/health4life/ School of Physical Sciences http://www.dcu.ie/physics/resactivities.shtml School of Health & Human Performance http://www.dcu.ie/shhp/index.shtml INVENT Invent is the commercialisation gateway of DCU. We are interested http://www.dcu.ie/invent/index.shtml in working with SMEs on developing research links, exploring license opportunities and assisting in developing and commercialising your ideas. We are particularly interested in developing spin-ins, which links your R&D with DCU researchers. We will assist you in: Making the appropriate introductions internally and across the extensive external DCU network (Ireland and abroad) Developing the research links Exploring the funding options Ring fencing the intellectual property arrangements Assisting you in commercialisation, business model development and market introduction