Flash presentation given by Olivia Daly, Aqua TT, at the 2015 Horizon 2020 SC5 Information Day, 21/10/2015, Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin

1. Olivia Daly, Senior Project Manager
2015 Horizon 2020 SC5 National Information Day,
Herbert Park Hotel,
21st October 2015
Knowledge Transfer & Innovation Partners in
HORIZON 2020

2.  Founded in 1992 under the EU COMETT programme as a University Enterprise Training
Partnership (UETP) to bridge the gap between academia and industry
 A non-profit foundation
 Marine, environment (including water), energy, food areas
 Significant amount of work in scientific knowledge transfer - capturing, channelling and
transferring knowledge to realise its full potential
 Team of 13 staff, growing from a base of 3 staff in 2008
Profile
COMMUNICATIONSCIENCE KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION

3. Working with Scientists
 24 EC projects (2009-2015)
 +4 new H2020 projects
 COLUMBUS H2020 Blue Growth Flagship Knowledge Transfer
Project (€4M)
 MarineTT project identified as an FP7 exemplar project
 AQUA-TNET Erasmus Network (1995-2014)
 Partnering 250 institutes across 40 countries

4. Dissemination Expertise
 Tailored Dissemination Strategies
 Exploitation of Results
o Bespoke Project Branding and
Logos
o Website Design and Development
o Press Releases, Presentations
o Newsletters, Factsheets,
Brochures, Technical Booklets
o Outreach, Event Management
o Stakeholder Engagement
o Social Media; LinkedIn, Twitter,
Blogs
o Videos, Vimeo, YouTube

5. Knowledge Transfer Specialist
 Targeted Knowledge Transfer from
knowledge sources to end-users
 Ensure measurable impact
 Forefront of the European Commission
Blue Growth agenda
 Improved methodologies for knowledge
capture, assessment and transfer
 Impact and Value Creation Measurement

6. Support Services to Science
 Advisory, Mentoring and Training Services:
o Specialists in European Funding
Programmes
o Mapping research funding programmes
o Designing and writing research project
applications
o Consultancy on funding strategies for
research groups, research offices and SMEs
o Training Providers; Proposal Writing,
Networking, Scientific Project Management
for EU projects, Knowledge Transfer
Partners:
 Universities
 Research Institutes
 Public bodies
 SMEs (Waste treatment,
Waste water treatment,
Food, Marine)

7.  A deep understanding of EU funding
system - 23 years’ experience
 One of most successful Irish SME
participants in FP7 (17 projects)
 100% success rate in bids written by
AquaTT in H2020 (2/2)
 As of December 2014, AquaTT
contributed to securing €10m under
H2020
 Strategic in assisting our customers
for results
Key Factors
Keen to collaborate as:
A Partner
 Dissemination and
Communication
 Knowledge Transfer Work
Packages
 Project Management
A Consultant
 Helping to win H2020 bids

8. THANK YOU
Olivia Daly
olivia@aquatt.ie