Funded by Knowledge Transfer Ireland, DCU Invent is the university’s commercialisation and technology transfer unit where we work with companies and organisations to bring university research to the marketplace.
To achieve this, we partner with companies of all sizes, talented researchers at DCU and entrepreneurs who have a desire to innovate.
There are many opportunities and benefits in working with us.
Here's how we can help you achieve success!
Researchers
We help you access research funding
We can help evaluate your technology
We help you assess commercialisation options
We identify, evaluate and protect Intellectual Property
We assist in bringing new technologies to market
We provide training to meet your research needs
Industry
We connect you with talented researchers
We facilitate collaborative research opportunities
We can help you maximise your research spend through government grants
We offer licensing opportunities for new technologies
We may be able to solve problems in your industry
We can create new opportunities for your business
Start-ups
We help create and grow technology businesses
We offer you access to the DCU research community
We can license cutting edge technologies to you
We offer you access to our business supports
We help you access funding and mentoring
We offer you access to research equipment and facilities