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10 Strategic Plan for Research and Innovation 2011-2016
STRATEGIC
DIRECTION 3
Building visionary strategic
partnerships.
As far back as more than 40 years ago, Polytechnique was innovating by
embarking on research projects in partnership with industry. This practice,
which in the past was the private preserve of a few especially avant-garde
institutions, is now part of the research portfolio of nearly all Canadian
universities. In fact, the main Canadian and Québec granting agencies
now place particular emphasis on such partnership projects.
In an increasingly global context, we are now seeing the creation of
research consortiums, multi-university partnerships and multi-sector
collaborations. There is no denying that Polytechnique remains a small
institution, and it cannot hope to compete with organizations or groups
that are 10 or even 20 times its size. Polytechnique also recognizes the
importance of increasingly anchoring its major sector-based spheres of
excellence in industry.
Our challenge for the next few years will be to establish strategic
partnerships that will increase the impact, at all levels, of the research
activities carried out at Polytechnique.
Our objectives for 2011-2016
■ Establish major strategic partnerships.
■ Encourage and facilitate open innovation.
■ Strengthen Polytechnique’s participation in major local and
international projects.
■ Intensify technology transfers.
Criteria for measuring our success
■ Number, scope and quality of partnerships. Objective: 50%
increase.
■ Creation of world-class institutes chosen as part of the Grande
Campagne (major fundraising campaign).
■ Quality of involvement in international research consortiums.
■ Recourse to our infrastructures and expertise on the part of
businesses, particularly SMEs.
■ Business practices facilitated and adapted to open innovation.
■ Quality, diversity and quantity of technology transfers.