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YEAR BOOK |
InterTradeIreland
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expertiseireland.com – the gateway to the island's knowledge base
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What is expertiseireland.com?
expertiseireland.com is an advanced on-line portal that combines, in one searchable database, up-to-date details of academic and commercial expertise, funding information, technology transfer and collaborative opportunities for the island of Ireland. This portal is driven by a powerful database populated directly from the knowledge management systems of the island's third level sector. The development of expertiseireland.com is funded by InterTradeIreland and managed by the Conference of Heads of Irish Universities.
Capabilities
This unique all-island resource has been designed to facilitate the identification of expertise on the island and serves as the first point of contact with the island's knowledge base. The information supplied through the portal is high quality, reliable and updated daily. By providing a single access point, expertiseireland.com helps encourage and facilitate industry-academic linkages. It creates enhanced collaborative opportunities and helps the business and academic communities, here and further afield, tap into the world-class expertise and intellectual capital available on the island.
expertiseireland.com Hits
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delivers rapid and effective access to more than 3,700 research experts across the island
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contains detailed information on publications, research projects, grants obtained and consultancy history
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promotes Technology Transfer opportunities available for licensing in the third level sector
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includes a searchable funding database for local, national and European awards and loans
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facilitates the promotion of expertise to industry and academia – at home and abroad
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provides an automatic email alert service for users, with updates on specific areas of interest and funding availability.
Benefits
expertiseireland.com meets the needs of industry, academia and government departments and agencies by:
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encouraging collaboration between industry and research centres
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supplying agency advisors with knowledge and expertise relevant to their client companies
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showcasing the island's capabilities for foreign direct investors
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facilitating the linking of academic
partners interested in collaborative research
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raising industry awareness of specialist academic consultancy services.
Future Developments
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inclusion of business expertise
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addition of a Project Opportunity Partner search.
Contact: Visit www.expertiseireland.com ;
alternatively, contact Dr Celia Gallagher, Project Manager, expertiseireland.com;
E-mail: [email protected]