Collaborating to win and deliver FUSION Consultancy

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Collaborating to win and deliver FUSION
Consultancy
Peter Mitchell Coordinator of Academic
Enterprise, Life and Health Sciences 14th
February 2007
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Overview

• Intertrade Ireland FUSION programme
• Importance of teamwork and partnerships to
  NICHEs work on FUSION projects
• Reflect on experiences, and the
  benefits of consultancy to teaching research

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The FUSION Programme
All-island knowledge transfer initiative that
gives companies access to a wealth of expertise
and facilities in HE/FE across Ireland, allowing
them to make strategic advantages in innovation
and capability
Leading knowledge centre (31 of 127 projects)
working with RoI companies only
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Insight to relevant sectors for Life and Health
Sciences
All named companies with QUB, except UU,
engineering
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Insight to company needs for Life and Health
Sciences
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COMPANY Can it afford it? Project supports
business plan? Can it exploit project? Can it
develop the Graduate?
FUSION Essential project features
Fully support partnership
More competitive company
Company-based project Strategically
important Vital knowledge missing
Transfer embedding of
knowledge
Better Research, Teaching, Placements, etc
Well developed manager of future
Vital Knowledge Facilities access
UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE Has it got missing
knowledge? Can it give access to facilities? Can
it benefit from project?
GRADUATE What skills are needed? Will they be
stretched?
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FUSION Company project essentials

• High calibre Graduate, with 3,570 training
  budget
• Half day per week Knowledge Centre time
• 3,000 capital budget
• 1,500 travel budget per year
• Proven and useful project management structure
• ALL FOR 16,500 per annum (up to 2 years) and
  providing a Company supervisor

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FUSION UU project essentials

• 2,000 to support project proposal preparation
• 12,500 (-UUTECH/School deduction) consultancy
  income per year to Salary or Cost Code
• 3,000 travel budget per year
• Regional engagement to realise tangible wealth
  (and health) benefits
• ALL FOR half day per week expertise, and
  provision of one Project Supervisor

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A FUSION application is a worthwhile investment
of time

• Intertrade Irelands Consultants (Helix) have fed
  FUSION project opportunities to UU
• They know we are capable in Food Beverage but
  we have to show our other capabilities
• I have taken the lead in writing 7 FUSION project
  proposals with 100 success rate
• I am happy to support any Faculty applications,
  as is Dr Janet Johnston, OIE

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Showing FUSION initiative in the Northern Ireland
Centre for Food and Health
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NICHE Research excellence in
Diet and health
Food intake/ Energy metabolism
Consumer studies
Microbiological safety
www.science.ulster.ac.uk/niche
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Overview of NICHEs FUSION projects
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Cybercolloids
Realising added value applications for edible
seaweeds in the food industry
Dr Chris Gill Prof Ian Rowland (functional
foods) Mr Peter Mitchell (industry applications)
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Shannon Minerals
Developing added value spring water product
concepts for heart health, gut health and immune
function
Mr Peter Mitchell (suitability of ingredients),
Dr Pamela Magee (Heart health), Dr Chris Gill
(Gut health) Dr Le Roy Dowey (Immune function)
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Quality Irish Foods
Develop hidden vegetable product prototypes, and
develop and launch a range of healthier gourmet
stuffings
Cafre, Loughry (40 for vegetable technology
expertise and facilities) Mr Peter Mitchell
(coordinate), Dr Ruth Price (nutrition) Dr Le
Roy Dowey (New EU health claim regulations)
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Coolmore Fresh Foods
Develop and launch a range of healthier
muffins, and high quality, convenience, desserts
Business Management (40 for chef and consumer
led culinary art) Dr Gerry OBrien (baking
technology), Dr Emeir Duffy (nutrition) Mr
Peter Mitchell (baking technology)
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Bluestack Brewing
Set up a craft brewery to supply an ale, lager,
stout and wheat beer product in cask, keg and
bottle packaging formats
English Partner previously in Brewing
Business Consultant (process specification) Mr
Peter Mitchell (process/quality control), Dr
Gerry OBrien (sensory analysis), Dr Patrick
Naughton (yeast) Dr Rob Welch (cereals)
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Reflections on the FUSION Consultancy
experiences, and the benefits to teaching and
research
First me Indebted to Dr Gerry OBrien for closing
this talk with his reflections Finally, we are
happy to answer any questions