KT Boost, a new four-year, €33.4M knowledge transfer funding programme for Irish universities and technological universities (TUs) has been launched. Its objective is to support an increase in research commercialisation outcomes from within this sector – both regionally and nationally – and to develop consistent practices across the knowledge transfer (KT) sector.
KT Boost will be managed by Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI), on behalf of Enterprise Ireland and the ERDF. KTI is the national office responsible for making the process of engaging with public research and of research commercialisation more simple and straightforward. It helps business to benefit from access to Irish expertise and technology by making it easier to connect and engage with the research base in Ireland.
KT Boost €33.4M Knowledge Transfer Funding Programme
KT Boost will focus on bolstering capacity and capability within Innovation Offices at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) so as to further support knowledge transfer activities, outputs and performance.
The programme succeeds the Enterprise Ireland Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative (TTSI) – which has run since 2007 – and invested more than €88million into the development and strengthening of Ireland’s knowledge transfer and research commercialisation system, to date.
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