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
322
Invention disclosures
77
Patent applications
31
Proof of Concept projects
50
R2B projects
46
Technology transfer agreements
101
University-based companies
From research and knowledge to business
Proof of Concept (PoC) funding is intended for demonstrating the functionality of research-based expertise and ideas, as well as for validating commercial significance and business opportunities. With the help of Business Finland’s Research to Business (R2B) funding, researchers can build new business activities based on their research and transform ideas into practice through commercialisation. Over the years, a large number of knowledge- and research-based companies have emerged from the ideas of researchers and students of the University of Eastern Finland. Discover examples of these companies (in the company stories section).
2026
- Existential Health Compass (EWB Compass) – A Mobile Web Application for Existential Health, School of Theology
- A novel approach for monitoring tissue growth and maturity in cartilage tissue engineering via near infrared spectroscopic assessment of culture media (NIRSense), Department of Applied Physics
- Quantum Anapole Resonator Platform, Department of Physics and Mathematics
- A Novel Gene Therapy Vector for Targeted Treatment of Ischemic Myocardial Infarction, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Digital Computational Device for Early Cancer Detection and Monitoring Using cfDNA Fragmentomics, School of Medicine (Clinical Medicine)
2025
- Genes as medicine: Gene correction therapy (SNVCorrect), A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Validation of novel biological mechanism for MAFLD treatment and risk prediction, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Signal analysis tool for predicting disease pathology, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Virus-like nanoparticles as new platform for mRNA vaccines,
Department of Technical Physics
2024
- Advanced hydrogel technology for long-acting drug treatment of glaucoma and choroidal neovascularization (HALO-D), School of Pharmacy
- Investigating the Function of a Gene Variant Protective Against Coronary Artery Diseas, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Personalized Simulation and Telehealth Integration device for Enhanced Eye Care, School of Computing
- Development of a portable hyperspectral imaging system for biological tissue characterization, Department of Technical Physics
2023
- Next-generation brain connectivity analysis, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Cerebral arterial aneurysm risk assessment by parametrized MRI, School of Medicine
2022
- Liver specific gene therapy to improve metabolic health, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Investigation of the commercial significance and business opportunities related to a new susceptibility biomarker panel for mental health dysfunction in adolescence, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Brain glia as cell therapy, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Brain-on-a-chip, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- Microsurgery without Instruments, School of Computing
2021
- Functional biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- A mathematic algorithm for the personalized prediction of aortic rupture, School of Medicine
- Extremophilic industrial enzymes, School of Forest Sciences
2020
- Design and Synthesis of Novel Drugs for Alzheimer’s Diseases, School of Pharmacy
- Novel energy metabolism regulators in the prevention and treatment of age-related macular degeneration, School of Medicine
2019
- Adot - Adaptable software for data collection and transcription, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology
- Integrated innovative sensors (IIS), Department of Physics and Mathematics
- AR enhanced mobile phone microsurgical training, part II, School of Computing
- Patient-derived blood-brain barrier platform, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
2018
- Extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease diagnostics, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- AR enhanced surgical training, School of Computing
2017
- Mathematical modelling of cell- and tissue physiology, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
- SoILeaf: Additional layer enhancing commercial solar panel efficiency, Department of Physics and Mathematics
- PharmAI – artificial intelligence for pharma development, School of Medicine
- Arctic light, Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- From preclinical markers of neuronal damage to biomarkers for brain diseases, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
See the funding decisions in Finnish.
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
- Further information about the innovations and entrepreneurship in university for UEF staff and students on UEF Intranet (requires UEF login)
Contact us
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:
Contact us
We provide support for the development of university-business collaboration, and for collaboration with stakeholders. In matters related to university-business collaboration, please contact: [email protected].
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
