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14/09/2010
UU Innovators For £25K Awards
Budding entrepreneurs from the University of Ulster have dominated the shortlist of this year's NISP CONNECT £25K Awards 'search for the next big thing'.
Six teams from Ulster made the shortlist of 10 after wowing judges with their innovations in drug delivery systems, aircraft engine design, digital learning, wind energy capture and wireless communications.
The £25K Awards offer a platform for the next generation of entrepreneurs to showcase their intellectual property concepts with the hope of transforming their ideas into commercial reality following rigorous judging from industry experts and seasoned investors.
Director of Innovation at the University of Ulster, Tim Brundle, (pictured) said: "The links between academia and industry have always been important for the prosperity of our local economy and for a long time they have been increasing.
"The current economic climate has really brought to attention how important these links are as we shift our focus to the knowledge-based economy. The £25K Awards provide a fantastic platform for NI technology entrepreneurs to exhibit their great ideas and the University of Ulster wishes all of the entrants every success."
NISP CONNECT Director, Steve Orr said: "Collaboration between academia and business is vital for securing success of the future knowledge-based economy and the £25K initiative has been designed to strengthen this relationship by identifying and nurturing the raw entrepreneurial talent that exists in Northern Ireland's universities and research communities such as the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)."
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland, Invest NI, University of Ulster, QUB and the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), the awards night will be held on September 23 at Northern Ireland Science Park.
For full details of Ulster's finalists see the complete text on: UU Innovators In £25K Awards Listed
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Six teams from Ulster made the shortlist of 10 after wowing judges with their innovations in drug delivery systems, aircraft engine design, digital learning, wind energy capture and wireless communications.
The £25K Awards offer a platform for the next generation of entrepreneurs to showcase their intellectual property concepts with the hope of transforming their ideas into commercial reality following rigorous judging from industry experts and seasoned investors.
Director of Innovation at the University of Ulster, Tim Brundle, (pictured) said: "The links between academia and industry have always been important for the prosperity of our local economy and for a long time they have been increasing.
"The current economic climate has really brought to attention how important these links are as we shift our focus to the knowledge-based economy. The £25K Awards provide a fantastic platform for NI technology entrepreneurs to exhibit their great ideas and the University of Ulster wishes all of the entrants every success."
NISP CONNECT Director, Steve Orr said: "Collaboration between academia and business is vital for securing success of the future knowledge-based economy and the £25K initiative has been designed to strengthen this relationship by identifying and nurturing the raw entrepreneurial talent that exists in Northern Ireland's universities and research communities such as the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)."
Sponsored by Bank of Ireland, Invest NI, University of Ulster, QUB and the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), the awards night will be held on September 23 at Northern Ireland Science Park.
For full details of Ulster's finalists see the complete text on: UU Innovators In £25K Awards Listed
(BMcC/KMcA)
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