Do you want to use the latest research information to boost your business? Are you looking for a reliable partner to engage in product development and building sustainable social solutions? The innovation activities of the University of Eastern Finland meet the needs of society and business and industry, support competence-based economic growth, and strengthen regional innovation clusters.
By engaging in innovation activities with companies, we generate market-oriented research, product and service solutions for the future, global business and entrepreneurship requiring high-level expertise, and the latest research information for use in reforming business and industry and meeting society’s service needs.
Our target groups for innovation
- Companies that use high-quality research in their business.
- Public sector actors that promote the building of a sustainable welfare society through research information.
- Researchers who want their research to be productive and to have societal impact.
- Students who are interested in developing their capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Key figures of innovation activities since 2010
292
Invention disclosures
65
Patent applications
23
Proof of Concept projects
47
R2B projects
41
Technology transfer agreements
81
University-based companies
Our services for students, researchers and companies
We support researchers in questions relating to the exploitation of their research results, and we are responsible for the processing of invention disclosure notifications. Our responsibilities also include the management of intellectual property rights created in research, as well as the related technology transfer for the benefit of society.
Our services include:
- Invention and work disclosure notifications, and the related protection process
- Technology transfer
- UEF Proof of Concept funding
- Business Finland funding
- SPARK Finland programme
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We provide guidance to students and researchers interested in entrepreneurship, with our services ranging all the way from business idea feasibility studies to start-up founding and financing.
Our services include:
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We provide support for the development of university-business collaboration, and for collaboration with stakeholders. In matters related to university-business collaboration, please contact: industry@uef.fi.
Our support for the early stages of collaboration:
- Presentation of the University of Eastern Finland's services and forms of collaboration
- Finding a suitable form of collaboration
- Further contacts, initial discussions and possible preparation of agreements
Our support for building partnerships:
- Presentation and customisation of the University of Eastern Finland's partnership models
- Coordination of preparation of agreements
- Partnership development and monitoring
