DCU Invent - Invention Disclosure Awards
Thursday 7 December 2006

Invention Disclosure Award recipients

The inaugural DCU Invent - Invention Disclosure Awards were held on the 30th November 2006 in the Invent Centre. These awards are the first of their kind in any Irish university.

The awards were set up by DCU Invent so that researchers who work with Invent to protect and commercialise their research are recognised publicly by the University for their contribution to research commercialisation.

15 awards of €200 were granted for each Invention Disclosure which Invent had evaluated and decided to commercialise in 2006. An overall prize of €1000 was also awarded for the Best Invention Disclosure of 2006.

The awards were presented by Professor Eugene Kennedy, Vice-President for Research and the guest speaker on the day was Prof. Donald Fitzmaurice of e-planet Ventures who gave an excellent presentation on different perspectives of commercialisation.

The awards were a great success with attendance of over 60 researchers on the day form various Schools and Faculties.

The overall prize of €1000 was given to Brendan O’Connor, Pamela O’Brien and Yvonne Birney for their invention disclosure entitled “Fluorimetric Quantitative Assay for Seprase”. Dr. Anthony Glynn, Director of Invent awarded this prize, stating that the individuals had shown great initiative in the commercialisation of their technology and had achieved some success.

The awards ceremony demonstrated that DCU and Invent value the time and effort researchers put into commercialising their research.

As the commercialisation gateway of DCU, Invent has the infrastructure, the ability and the expertise to assist and advice industry, academia and researchers in their innovation, commercialisation and business development endeavours. For further information, check out www.invent.dcu.ie/home.php