Driving Businesses
QUEEN’S University has joined a unique cross-border project aimed at matching innovative ideas to existing businesses or seasoned entrepreneurs.
The £2.56m Vital project, funded by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme and managed by the Special EU Programmes Body, aims to identify the best knowledge-based ideas,con-nect them to new and existing businesses and create a positive economic impact in Northern Ireland and counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth and Sligo.
The project offers access to technology transfer and licencing opportunities and is led by Dundalk Institute of Technology, backed by Dublin City University and Queen’s.
Vital Project Manager Sinead Cahill, from Queen’s University’s Research and Enterprise Directorate, said: “Queen’s University is delighted to be involved in this very exciting new initiative as fostering entrepreneurship and driving innovation is at the core of what we do.”