Pictured L-R: Dr Rónán Ó Dubhghaill, Director of Strategic Planning,UCC; Mary Geaney, IGNITE participant and Professor Ciarán Murphy, Business Information Systems, UCC at the launch of IGNITE 2012 (Photo: Neil Danton)
Participants include PhD and Masters graduates with backgrounds in science, engineering, information systems, government and media.
IGNITE is a nine-month incubation programme that enables graduates of any discipline to set up a business and to create jobs.
The graduates are provided with business incubation space, mentoring and the programme covers all aspects of bringing a product or service to market.
UCC hosted a reception recently to mark the collaboration between the City Council, the County Council and the University in developing IGNITE.