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  1. Grant Engineering - Innovation and Excellence in Heating Solutions

    Grant is Ireland’s leading developer  and supplier of home heating technologies, and has been providing innovative, efficient, reliable and energy saving home heating solutions for over 40 years. Four Decades of Innovation The company was fou...
  2. Who does Research & Experimental Development, and what does it mean?

    Different types of Research & Experimental Development (or R&D) is carried out by companies, universities, RPOs (research performing organisations), institutes of technology and others.  According to the OECD’s Frascati Manual , the definition ...
  3. What is ReaDI-Watch?

    What is ReaDI-Watch?  ReaDI-Watch is a one-of-a kind Innovation Management System (IMS). Our digital platform is built by Innovation and R&D experts to help companies embrace and unlock their Innovation potential across any industry. Using R...
  4. Why was ReaDI-Watch founded?

    ReaDI-Watch was founded by Prof. Gerry Byrne, Dave Byrne and Aisling Kirwan in 2021. Their goal was to change the way companies invest in R&D and Innovation by democratizing a tried and tested approach and making it accessible to companies around ...
  5. What is the market context in which ReaDI-Watch was founded?

    Research centres, Universities and other academic institutes apply a “research excellence framework” to their organisations to perform well, organise team targets and obtain public funding for R&D. This means that large teams, collectively, can driv...
  6. What does the future hold for ReaDI-Watch?

    ReaDI-Watch is very early in its journey, towards its goal of becoming a “leading digital solutions provider in the field of R&D and Innovation management, funding, collaboration, and investment.  We are building a digital and data-dr...
  7. Size, Figures & Dynamics of the Innovation and R&D Market – Ireland, UK, Canada

    ReaDI-Watch estimates that more than 200,000 SMEs in Ireland, the UK, and North America collectively invest over $0.5 trillion annually in R&D with an expected annual growth rate of 10%. This funding comes from various sources, including State Fundi...
  8. Technology Readiness Level Scale

    The TRL scale was originally developed by NASA in  the 1970s with for space  technology (readiness for space!), and has been adapted and adopted by international innovation and R&D bodies since, to classify technology with respect...
  9. The Key Criteria for an Activity to be Considered as R&D

    The Frascati Manual for Research & Experimental Development is considered as one of the leading manuals for the classification of R&D. Originating from Frascati, Italy, this OECD manual has been revised many times (latest 2015 ) According to...
  10. The meaning of Innovation in Companies, and International Support

    To develop an innovation strategy, roll out an innovation framework or build an innovation programme or project, it is very valuable to take a bigger perspective on what innovation means.  Innovation is a broad term and can mean many things t...