University of Limerick has been awarded the ‘Consultancy Impact Award’ at the annual Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards.
The University was awarded for their engagement with Xtract 360 Ltd, which resulted in the development of a software application that can re-create a car crash in real time to alleviate issues with undetected fraudulent insurance claims.
KTI is the national office that helps business to benefit from access to expertise and technology by making it simple to connect and engage with the research base in Ireland. For its annual awards, an international judging panel – comprised of experts in knowledge transfer and industry leaders – considered entries across six categories.
A total of six innovative projects from Ireland’s research and technology sectors were recognised at the awards.
The awards were presented by John Halligan TD, Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development. Congratulating the awardees, Minister Halligan said:
“My Department, through Knowledge Transfer Ireland, has taken a pro-active approach to encouraging and supporting innovation from the research base in Ireland. We have a clear national research commercialisation policy and the tools to enable it including the national IP Protocol, the Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative and the establishment of KTI. The results from our knowledge transfer system are encouraging and these awards showcase just some of the recent successes.”
Dr Alison Campbell, Director of Knowledge Transfer Ireland, also congratulated the six awardees: “The Impact Awards are an important event in Ireland’s research and innovation calendar, recognising knowledge transfer successes and the people who make them happen.”
“They are also an opportunity for us to demonstrate the wider impact of knowledge transfer. The projects celebrated at the awards are addressing societal challenges, as well as creating economic value.” Dr. Campbell concluded.
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