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SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Research Team Compositions Tables
There are 3,763 people working on Science Foundation Ireland supported research projects including :
Award Holders
529
Post doctoral Researchers
915
Post Graduate Students
1,355
Collaborating with industry
Industry collaboration is one of the key mechanisms for transferring the benefits of public investment in research into sustainable economic development , creating competitive advantage for Ireland . Science Foundation Ireland programmes and initiatives have a strong focus on encouraging and creating collaborations between researchers and industry at home and overseas .
In 2015 , Science Foundation Ireland awards directly supported over 1,200 collaborations with industry , 712 with multinational corporations and 508 with SMEs . Over half of these collaborations with industry have a legal agreement in place . 54 % of partners are based in Ireland , 15 % are in the US , 9 % are in the UK and the remaining 22 % are spread across other countries .
Collaboration
1,220
Collaborations with industry
involving :
Irish Industry Collaborations by County
372 MNCs
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1
1
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2 |
6 |
1 |
13 |
1
12
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The two main reasons for these collaborations cited by Science Foundation Ireland Researchers included :
( 1 ) learning about and / or testing the potential of ideas and options for possible new directions of future R & D ( 36 %) and
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2 |
1 |
2
1
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1 |
1 |
7 7 |
( 2 ) providing a flexible and cost-effective extension of the R & D resources available to the organisation ( 27 %). |
52 |
28 |
1 |
6 |
2
187
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185 |
Research Commercialisations
Pre-commercial outputs in 2015 involving Science Foundation Ireland-funded researchers include :
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3 |
4 |
5 |
8
58
21
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14
78
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3
2
1
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5
4
2
MNC SME
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8
1
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5 spin out companies 34 licence technologies 73 patents filed 47 patents awarded 5 standards contributed 144 invention disclosures 5 assignments |