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ERINN Innovation
Our Story
ERINN Innovation is a value-driven company owned by the staff who support research and innovation to have impact.
It was established in 2017 as a Limited Company by the senior management team of the not-for-profit company, AquaTT UETP CLG. AquaTT was originally established in 1992 and for the past 30 years has actively supported education, research and innovation activities. The vision for ERINN Innovation was to build a team of like-minded individuals to help grow the organisation in order to “Guide and Accelerate Impactful Research & Innovation to Deliver a Sustainable Future”.
To achieve this, we believe in creating long-term relationships and elevating our partners by understanding their needs, sharing knowledge and building capacity. We are also committed to being part of an ecosystem of innovating organisations across Europe.
Why collaborate with us?
Proud member of the following networks:
Through our membership of the European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC) we add our voice and expertise to this growing network that champions the added value provided by companies like us who specialise in research and innovation support.
Finally, through our membership of EuroMarine, we contribute to the creation, facilitation and funding of training, networking and research opportunities that address emerging issues in marine sciences.
//Our management team
Meet our Leadership Team
David Murphy
Chief Executive OfficerDavid Murphy
David is the CEO and co-founder of ERINN Innovation. He has over 23 years’ experience in funding procurement, science communication and research management within the European research landscape.
Michael Papapetrou
Executive DirectorMichael Papapetrou
Michael is a co-founder and Executive Director at ERINN Innovation with responsibility for all pre-award services. He has over 20 years’ experience in research and innovation (R&I), having worked in developing concepts, putting together consortia, raising funds and managing R&I projects.
Michael has coordinated 10 European funded projects in the fields of clean energy and alternative water sources, and has been directly involved in hundreds of other projects, proposals and grant funding courses. He co-founded ResourSEAs which is bringing results from a European project on critical raw materials to the market. He has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and he is a co-inventor of 6 patents.
Laura Richardson
Chief Financial OfficerLaura Richardson
Laura is a professional accountant with diverse practical experience across multiple sectors and a demonstrable record of achievement in driving commercial success in complex organisations, implementing contemporary financial management practices and business systems. She has experience in Multinational organisations, Health and Education sectors at senior level in strategic development, change management and leadership.
Laura is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and holds and International Executive MBA from Smurfit Graduate Business School at UCD.
Marieke Reuver
Executive DirectorMarieke Reuver
Marieke has held leading roles in knowledge management and transfer, dissemination, communication and stakeholder engagement of large European science projects (mainly FP7, H2020) for almost 15 years. She oversees a dedicated team of project officers currently working on EU-funded projects covering from sustainable aquaculture and the microbiome to CO2 conversion into value-added products. As work package lead for 25 EU-funded projects Marieke has vast experience of the project lifecycle, from successful application writing to final exploitation activities.
She chairs several IPR and Innovation Management Boards to support the protection, promotion and exploitation of project results. Marieke has a background in Animal Science (MSc) with an aquaculture specialisation.
Reid Hole
Director and Co-FounderReid Hole
Reid is co-owner and member of the board of directors at ERINN Innovation, where he brings extensive international industry and academic expertise, particularly in the agriculture and aquaculture sectors. With a strong commitment to promoting and implementing innovation, he serves as a strategic advisor and mentor.
Reid has held key managerial positions in the aquaculture industry, including Corporate Director of Research and Innovation, Corporate Director of Technology Transfer, and Corporate Director of Food Safety. Previously, he served as the Prorector of Research at Nord University in Norway. With his diverse background spanning both the private and public sectors, he has served on the boards of various organizations and has overseen multiple merger and acquisition processes, including two successful flotations. Reid holds a DSc. degree in animal nutrition and has pursued additional post-education courses, including studies at INSEAD.
Cliona Ni Cheallachain
Operations ManagerCliona Ni Cheallachain
Cliona has over nine years’ experience in the areas of project management and knowledge transfer as well as all areas of proposal development. She has been the project manager for several large-scale European and nationally funded projects and has extensive experience in delivering knowledge transfer projects across multiple sectors.
Cliona is experienced in funding procurement as well as SME support including application writing for H2020 and SME instruments. She has also organised multiple large-scale multidisciplinary stakeholder events, including providing facilitation support.
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We offer services across the full project lifecycle, covering the pre-project, project implementation and post-project stages. Research impact and knowledge management underpin everything we do.
Find out more about how we can support you.
//Projects
Our Projects
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ERINN joins EC funded project partnerships in thematic areas of interest to our team where we feel the projects have high potential to generate impactful results for society. ERINN has a live portfolio of 21 EC projects. We work across a range of sectors including renewable energy, bio-economy, circular economy, sustainable agriculture and rural economy, sustainable aquaculture, biodiversity, food, health and more.
Innovation services and research support
We offer a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist you throughout the research lifecycle which are organised into four main categories below. Unsure about the type of service you require? Get in touch and we can help identify the best fit for your needs.
Expert Training and Support for Horizon Europe Success
We regularly deliver training courses targeting Horizon Europe (Pillar II) proposal development, Horizon Europe project management and dissemination, communication and exploitation implementation. We draw on knowledge learned from 30 years of experience in funding proposal development as well as a collective participation in over 150 projects across the European funding landscape.
We work with organisations across Europe to secure funding for innovative projects, building client success from the top-down by providing informed technical support at key stages in the funding procurement process, as well as from the bottom up by critically developing skills, competencies and abilities of individuals and teams to be competitive in drawing down grant funding.
Tailored Training for Impactful Proposals
Based on our extensive experience with the EC Horizon programmes, including the support we have provided to over 100 Horizon Europe proposals over the past 3 years, we have devised a series of focused training courses.
Specifically, we have identified several barriers to success we regularly see and have designed modules to address these, guiding and supporting you on your journey towards Horizon Europe success. We use a combination of engaging presentations, practical examples, and hands-on interactive exercises to provide a user-centred and outcome focused experience.
Your Trusted Partner in Maximising Research Impact
We have over 30 years’ collective experience in communications, dissemination and exploitation, both as partners and Work Package leaders within EU project consortia. We also work with individual organisations and companies to ensure that their research and innovative ideas reach the right audience. Our project roles include:
Research dissemination strategy
Development, management and implementation of the plan for Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication.
Innovation Management
Protecting your intellectual property and chairing innovation committees.
Data management
Data management plans, curation of Open Data repositories, open science implementation and dissemination of research data.
Event management
Organising and facilitating effective events such as partner meetings, industry brokerage events, stakeholder workshops.
Stakeholder engagement
Strategies and activities that include surveys, stakeholder mapping, and targeted communication.
Communicating research results
Strategic communication strategies and content creation for targeted audiences including press releases, public events, key achievement booklets and online multi-media content.
Proven Expertise Across EU Funding Programmes
Our extensive project portfolio includes experience across Horizon Europe, H2020, EMFF, and LIFE programmes. We offer a tried-and-tested Knowledge Management model to support you in all areas of research and EU funding proposals. Find out more about our Knowledge Transfer processes and our strategic approach to the exploitation of research results in the next section.
Knowledge Transfer: Build a Valuable Network
Effective knowledge transfer needs careful guidance, stewardship and targeted actions. ERINN Innovation can support you fully with your knowledge transfer strategy.
ERINN Innovation: Your Knowledge Transfer experts
ERINN Innovation is Europe’s leader and champion for enabling and accelerating impact from research. We ensure that new knowledge is shared with the right person, at the right time, in a way that will maximise positive impact upon society.
Communicating research results is not enough. Scientific findings with innovation potential need to be identified, evaluated, and targeted in an accessible way to users who can apply this new knowledge to achieve impact.
Experience
Building on over a decade of experience, our proven Knowledge Transfer methodology has helped clients and project partners to achieve tangible impact from research results through their transfer to industry, policy, decision makers and society.
ERINN leads Knowledge Management and Exploitation activities across our portfolio of EU-funded projects, working with partners to ensure that knowledge outputs are collected, shared and transferred to the people and industries who will benefit most. Our Knowledge Management and Transfer strategies have been developed and implemented in more than 30 EU-funded projects.
Since 2019, we have worked closely with the Irish Seafood Development Agency (BIM) providing Knowledge Transfer Services. Through our partnership with BIM, ERINN facilitated the transfer of commercially relevant and innovative aquaculture research and development outputs from research providers to the Irish aquaculture industry, enabling its development and evolution. More than 200 individual units of knowledge were discovered and described before being reviewed and evaluated by industry experts to prioritise transfer activities.
We have collaborated with the Irish Environmental Protection Agency, since 2021, to identify key exploitable results from their funded projects and enable their efficient and effective transfer to policymakers and policy actors to assist them in making timely and evidence-based decisions.
Knowledge transfer is an understanding of what information is of critical importance to your project, the networks and structures that exist to share this knowledge, and how best to reach the groups that will most benefit from this knowledge.
Your Partner for Winning Proposals and Successful Projects
Grant writing services are useful but a research and innovation partner is better. As experts in all stages of project design and implementation, our guidance will help you to maximise your chances of creating a winning proposal that will also become a successful project.
Proposal development: Your guides for developing winning proposals
We have the skills, knowledge and capacity to provide support at various stages of proposal development, including guidance on concept, project structure, consortium considerations, how to approach the Impact section and how to create a strong proposal overall. We believe that engaging with coordinators early in the proposal development phase enables us to provide better support leading to stronger proposals.
Through our hands-on proposal management service, ERINN Innovation offer expert support at all stages of the proposal lifecycle (exploration, formation, application, finalisation and submission). With experience across diverse EU funding programmes (Horizon Europe, Horizon 2020, FP7, EMFF, EIC Accelerator and Pathfinder, LIFE, Interreg, ERASMUS+), our guidance will help you to maximise your chances of creating a winning proposal that will also become a successful project.
With an emphasis on Horizon Europe Pillar II applications, our proposal support services include Training, Proposal Review and Proposal Management. We live and breathe European research proposals, making it our speciality, and cutting down on the time needed to perfect your proposal. Our standard proposal review offer is outlined below. We can adapt the offer to match your specific needs and requirements, please get in touch for more information.
About
ERINN Innovation is a value-driven company owned by the staff who support research and innovation to have impact.
Information
ERINN Innovation Ltd
Company Number: 600883 (Ireland)
Directors
David Murphy (IE/UK)
Laura Richardson (IE)
Marieke Reuver (NL)
Michael Papapetrou (GR/IE)
Reid Hole (NO)
