Support the development of the functional food industry in Ireland. Create a new, internationally-competitive, interdisciplinary, industry-focused research centre developing skills and technologies that will lead to new products, processes and services. Develop research programmes that are jointly formulated and implemented by the participating academic and industrial partners with a view to providing the best solutions to the medium and long term issues facing industry in Ireland. Develop research programmes of excellence, with oversight from a single director with a record of internationally- recognized research achievement | Functional Foods Centre- Information Meeting 28th August 2006 Agenda 2pm – Registration, tea & coffee – Introduction & welcome Overview of expressions of interest received in response to the call Input from the company viewpoint Review of process to date – Synopsis of funding initiative Initiative Objective Centre Objectives Governance Centre Director Board of Management Intellectual Property Committee Financial Agent and Reporting Institutional Commitment Scientific Advisory Board Reporting & Reviews Agenda, contd. Funding Documentation Funding Contract Consortium Agreement Joint Ownership Agreement – 4pm Coffee Break 4pm – Outline of process going forward Invitation to submit names of evaluators or individuals that may be inappropriate Call for Full Proposals Evaluation Process Selection of Successful Proposals pm Networking & Wine Reception Initiative Objective To build genuine, long-term, academic-industry collaborations and . | Functional Foods Centre- Information Meeting 28th August 2006 Agenda 2pm – Registration, tea & coffee – Introduction & welcome Overview of expressions of interest received in response to the call Input from the company viewpoint Review of process to date – Synopsis of funding initiative Initiative Objective Centre Objectives Governance Centre Director Board of Management Intellectual Property Committee Financial Agent and Reporting Institutional Commitment Scientific Advisory Board Reporting & Reviews Agenda, contd. Funding Documentation Funding Contract Consortium Agreement Joint Ownership Agreement – 4pm Coffee Break 4pm – Outline of process going forward Invitation to submit names of evaluators or individuals that may be inappropriate Call for Full Proposals Evaluation Process Selection of Successful Proposals pm Networking & Wine Reception Initiative Objective To build genuine, long-term, academic-industry collaborations and networking and to develop appropriate industry-focused, world-class capabilities or competencies Centre Objectives- Research Support the development of the functional food industry in Ireland. Create a new, internationally-competitive, interdisciplinary, industry-focused research centre developing skills and technologies that will lead to new products, processes and services. Develop research programmes that are jointly formulated and implemented by the participating academic and industrial partners with a view to providing the best solutions to the medium and long term issues facing industry in Ireland. Develop research programmes of excellence, with oversight from a single director with a record of internationally- recognized research achievement. Ensure the results of that research programme are made available to the industrial sector for commercialization. Maintain the integrity of the results Centre Objectives Train and equip new postgraduate and other students and industrial .
