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 helen.burke@dcu.ie
Department/Unit
Specific services offered
Website
National Centre for
Plasma Science and
Technology
The NCPST is the Irish National Research Centre for plasma related
research. It is a multidisciplinary centre bringing together scientists
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.
The National Centre for Sensor Research is a world renowned,
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
The NICB is a multidisciplinary centre of research in fundamental
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.
The Research Institute for Networks and Communications
Engineering (RINCE) is a national centre for excellence in
Information and Communications Technology (ICT). RINCE
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.
http://www.ncpst.ie/
National Centre for
Sensor Research
National Institute for
Cellular Biotechnology
Research Institute for
Networks and
Communications
Engineering
http://www.dcu.ie/~ncsr/
http://www.dcu.ie/research/nicb.shtml
http://www.rince.ie/rince/g1/117-EE.html
Biomedical Diagnostics
Institute
Centre for Next
Generation Localisation
Clarity CSET
University Designated
Research Centres
Ryan Academy
Office of the Theme
Leaders
The Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) is a multidisciplinary
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.
The Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) is funded by
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 is a cross-disciplinary research centre focused on integrating
research on adaptive sensor networks, content extraction, adaptive
utilization and adaptive middleware.
International Centre for Neurotherapeutics
Center for the Advancement of Science Teaching and Learning
Centre for International Studies
Materials Processing Research Centre
Centre for Digital Video Processing
Centre for Society, Information and Media
Centre for Translation and Textual Studies
The Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Research Centre
Scientific Computing and Complex Systems Modelling
The Ryan Academy specialises through a network of contacts and
adjunct faculty in areas related to entrepreneurship and enterprise
development including: entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship,
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.
The OTL guides DCU’s Sustainable Development effort, part of
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.
http://www.bdi.ie/
http://www.cngl.ie/
http://www.clarity-centre.org/
http://www.dcu.ie/icnt/index.shtml
http://www.castel.ie/
http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/
http://www.mecheng.dcu.ie/MPRC/navindex.shtml
http://www.cdvp.dcu.ie/
http://www.sim.dcu.ie/
http://www.ctts.dcu.ie/
http://www.link.dcu.ie/
http://sci-sym.computing.dcu.ie/
http://www.dcu.ie/ryanacademy/index.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/ryanacademy/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/ryanacademy/programmes.shtml
DCU Business School
Faculty of Engineering
and Computing
Staff expertise and research activity is organised around five core
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
School of Computing
School of Electronic Engineering
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
http://www.dcu.ie/dcubs/dcubs_research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/computing/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/electronic_engineering/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/mechanical_engineering/research.shtml
Faculty Of Humanities
& Social Sciences
School of Applied Language & Intercultural Studies
School of Communications
School of Education Studies
Fiontar
School of Law & Government
http://www.dcu.ie/salis/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/communications/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/education_studies/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/fiontar/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/law_and_government/index.shtml
Faculty of Science and
Health
School of Biotechnology
School of Chemical Sciences
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Nursing
School of Physical Sciences
School of Health & Human Performance
http://www.dcu.ie/biotechnology/research.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/chemistry/research_groups.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/maths/research/index.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/health4life/
http://www.dcu.ie/physics/resactivities.shtml
http://www.dcu.ie/shhp/index.shtml
INVENT
Invent is the commercialisation gateway of DCU. We are interested
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
http://www.dcu.ie/invent/index.shtml