Researcher Supports

Access Innovation Supports

The Knowledge Transfer team at NovaUCD, has a structured approach to ensure that intellectual property is identified and appropriately protected.

The team supports the UCD research community,

To identify valuable research results and implement protection strategies
To explore commercialisation opportunities through licensing and spin-out formation
To develop productive collaborations with industry.

Members of the team regularly meet with UCD researchers to provide advice on commercial aspects of research proposals and contracts, to monitor the progress of research projects, to provide appropriate assistance to the researchers at the different stages of their research projects, and to remind researchers of UCD’s contractual obligations to funding agencies and companies and implement UCD’s policy on intellectual property.

Obligations

The Knowledge Transfer team is also responsible for ensuring that the intellectual property terms on ownership and access rights reflect the objectives of the project, do not conflict with any other agreements that the university has entered into, comply with State Aid Rules, the requirements of the Funding Agency Guidelines and National Codes of Practice, and importantly preserve wherever possible the researcher’s right to publish and use the intellectual property in future research projects.

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