ELEVATE is a 4 year project that aims to strengthen the IADT research and innovation office to enable greater and more structured engagement with local and regional enterprises and community stakeholders.
ELEVATE focuses upon the Creative and Cultural Sector and Industries and is funded under the TU Research and Innovation Supporting Enterprise scheme (TU RISE).
ELEVATE consists of a broad range of research and industry engagement activities including:
- Creation of a Roadmap for engagement with industry partners.
- The undertaking of 6 specialist industry engaged research projects by dedicated academic Discipline Leads.
- Recruitment of 2 Postdoctoral Researchers in specialist research areas.
- Recruitment of 7 Masters by Research students with industry placements.
- Tailored Industry Engagement training programme to upskill researchers in industry engagement mechanisms designed to create enterprise engagements.
- The launch of a Toolkit for Research in the Creative Industries.
- The creation of a new state of the art Innovate Vision Lab dedicated to researcher/academic collaboration with the Creative and Cultural Sector and Industries.
- The delivery of tailored events designed to initiate and nurture industry/academia collaboration.
- The development of a conscious and inclusive approach to research and research culture through strengthening understanding of equality, diversity, inclusivity and belonging amongst our IADT community.
The objectives of ELEVATE are to:
- Develop Regional Creative Industries Research & Innovation Ecosystem.
- Strengthen IADT’s Research Capacity and Expertise.
- Expand IADT’s Pathway for Research Outputs into Industry.
- Develop and Improve Support Structures for Research and Industry Engagement.
- Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
TU RISE is co-financed by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-27 and the Northern & Western Regional Programme 2021-27
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