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  1. Who Performs R&D? Understanding Research & Experimental Development | ReaDI-Watch

    Learn who performs research and experimental development (R&D) in companies, what qualifies as R&D, and how innovation occurs across technical, operational, and commercial teams.
  2. R&D & Innovation Market Size in Ireland, UK & Canada | ReaDI-Watch

    Explore the size, trends, and dynamics of the R&D and innovation market across Ireland, the UK, and Canada, including investment levels, tax incentives, and innovation growth drivers.
  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

    Innovation and R&D have become central drivers of economic growth, competitiveness, and technological advancement across the global economy. Governments, multinational corporations, startups, and research institutions continue to increase investme...
  8. Technology Readiness Level Scale

    The Technology Readiness Level (TRL) scale is one of the most widely used frameworks for assessing the maturity of technologies during research, development, and commercialisation. Originally developed by NASA, the TRL framework is now used globa...
  9. The Key Criteria for an Activity to be Considered as R&D

    Understanding the core criteria for qualifying R&D helps organisations improve innovation governance, identify eligible activities more accurately, and build stronger systems for capturing technical evidence and decision-making throughout the dev...
  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...