UCC Innovation
UCC Innovation
UCC Innovation's aim is to capture the commercial potential that exist in the ideas, expertise and opportunities created by UCC research excellence. We are responsible for technology licensing, campus company establishment, UCC's patent portfolio management, the Gateway UCC Incubation Centre and IGNITE, our Graduate Business Innovation Programme
UCC innovation is supported, in part, by funds from the Enterprise Ireland Technology Transfer Strenthening Initiative. As part of this funding UCC is delighted to have a working collaboration with Munster Technological University's Innovation & Enterprise Office in Cork and the Research Office in Tralee, Teagasc and the Agriculture and Food Development Authority to embed common technology transfer practises within the consortium of a international standard.
We are supported in this work by
Our technology transfer process is ISO9001:2015 certified
News and Events
Women entrepreneurs take top awards at UCC’s SPRINT Awards
- Women researchers won all accolades at the 2023 GatewayUCC’s SPRINT Awards.
- The awards celebrate the commercialisation of research to address key health, social and environmental issues.
- GatewayUCC supports researcher-led start-up and spin-out companies.