11/05/2010
North/South R&D Funding Revealed
An Irish business development body has announced it is to invest up to €175,000 in five North/South company-to-company research and development (R&D) partnerships.
InterTradeIreland has encouraged companies from across the island of Ireland to take advantage of its Innova programme - by Friday 4th June.
The call was made to "companies with innovative ideas, which have strong commercial potential and an R&D partner in place".
Innova is the only cross-border R&D programme that supports companies across Ireland to accelerate new product, process or service developments through partnering with a company in the other jurisdiction. As well as the financial support available, companies benefit from pooling their expertise and resources with another company anywhere on the island to bring their innovations to market faster than if they were working alone.
Through the programme, InterTradeIreland has already invested over €5m to support collaborative R&D projects across the island.
InterTradeIreland's Director of Programmes and Business Services, Margaret Hearty, (pictured) said: "Developing and exploiting new ideas is critical to business success, particularly in the current climate. Companies need to innovate to survive and grow but many lack the resources to make it happen.
"InterTradeIreland's Innova programme offers an attractive support package for those companies serious about R&D and the unique opportunity to tap into the wealth of expertise that exists across the island."
(NS/GK)
InterTradeIreland has encouraged companies from across the island of Ireland to take advantage of its Innova programme - by Friday 4th June.
The call was made to "companies with innovative ideas, which have strong commercial potential and an R&D partner in place".
Innova is the only cross-border R&D programme that supports companies across Ireland to accelerate new product, process or service developments through partnering with a company in the other jurisdiction. As well as the financial support available, companies benefit from pooling their expertise and resources with another company anywhere on the island to bring their innovations to market faster than if they were working alone.
Through the programme, InterTradeIreland has already invested over €5m to support collaborative R&D projects across the island.
InterTradeIreland's Director of Programmes and Business Services, Margaret Hearty, (pictured) said: "Developing and exploiting new ideas is critical to business success, particularly in the current climate. Companies need to innovate to survive and grow but many lack the resources to make it happen.
"InterTradeIreland's Innova programme offers an attractive support package for those companies serious about R&D and the unique opportunity to tap into the wealth of expertise that exists across the island."
(NS/GK)
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2013 saw the highest ever spend on research and development (R&D) in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Total R&D investment was up by 3% from £624m in 2012 to £645m in 2013, in cash terms. This amounted to a 2% increase in real terms.
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Foster Welcomes Increased R&D Expenditure
Despite the recession, Northern Ireland saw the highest ever Research and Development (R&D) expenditure in 2010. That means that investment was up by 8% in cash terms as total R&D investment rose from £482.8 million in 2009 to £521.4 million in 2010. Over the year total Business R&D expenditure increased by £20.3 million (6%) to £344.0 million.
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Despite the recession, Northern Ireland saw the highest ever Research and Development (R&D) expenditure in 2010. That means that investment was up by 8% in cash terms as total R&D investment rose from £482.8 million in 2009 to £521.4 million in 2010. Over the year total Business R&D expenditure increased by £20.3 million (6%) to £344.0 million.
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R&D Falling, Says Report
Total expenditure on research and development, (R&D), in Northern Ireland, decreased by 2%, (£7.1million) to £344million, in 2008. This was due to decreases of £7.1million (-4.7%) in higher education R&D expenditure and £1.2million (-0.6%) in business R&D expenditure coupled with an increase of £1.2million (8.
R&D Falling, Says Report
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Local Emphasis On Research & Development Improving
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Cutting edge research is improving in Northern Ireland - but only just. Total expenditure on Research and Development (R&D) has increased by 3.1%, to £351.1million in 2007. This amount of expenditure represents a rise of £10.7million (3.1%) in real terms over the last year. Of the £351.1million spent on R&D, £185.1million (52.
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