Award Categories 2020

The three award categories are outlined below:

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KTI Industry Engagement Impact Award

The Industry Engagement Impact Award recognises and celebrates knowledge transfer success when Irish publicly-funded research performing organisation (RPOs) and companies work together.

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KTI Commercialisation Impact Award

The Commercialisation Impact Award recognises and celebrates knowledge transfer success that has arisen through licensing or creation of a spin-out company from an Irish publicly funded research organisation (RPO).

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KTI Covid19 Response Award

The COVID-19 Response Impact Award showcases how the TTO (aka KTO, ILO, Innovation Office, Consultancy unit etc) has supported the RPO to engage with industry to rise to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read more about the finalists in each of these categories here.