1. Research in business Frederic Adam Business Information Systems Head of the Graduate School

2. Context Historically a teaching area Well connected to industry, as provider of graduates A Generalist degree Specialised areas Development of research activities Faced with reducing funding Faced with competition with the “hard science” model Need to attract high quality PhD students

3. Funded versus not funded research Research in the hard sciences is costly => $$$$ is used as an indicator Research in Business is not costly => hard to be seen as research active – Publication of paper in A journals – Search for research funding on a par with the Hard Sciences – Funding is required to attract PhD students But funded research is more complicated

4. Sources of funding Enterprise Ireland Industrial Development Authority Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) The Irish Research Councils – IRCSET and IRCHSS Europe (FP7, ERC etc…)

7. conclusion Research income spent in 2011: € 1.3 m (up 50% on the previous year) Of this, Funding from industry in 2011: € 650K New funding awarded in 2011: € 2.2 m Of this, EU funding: € 450K 55% apply for research funding regularly Only 10% have never applied for funding 57% have acted as PI, 25% as collaborators 50% are actively supervising PhD students

8. Research is a developing area Convince staff that research is important Find revenue models that are viable and work Ensure that the structure is adequate for supporting staff researching and lecturing …