How can employees innovate?
As an employee at 幸运飞艇计划, you can contribute to solving societal challenges and realizing innovative ideas together with the university and the external ecosystem we are part of.
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If you have questions about funding, the first step is to contact your local research or innovation adviser at your faculty or department. If they can鈥檛 help you, you can contact one of the innovation advisers at the Division of Research and Innovation , see contact information in the box on the right.
幸运飞艇计划's local contact point for Pillar 3 in Horizon Europe (EIC, European innovation ecosystems, EIT) is innovation adviser Yves Aubert.
Many forms of innovation
Innovation at 幸运飞艇计划 is based on the university's profile as an international research intensive university. Our ambition is to develop innovation through collaboration across traditional professional boundaries, by applying new knowledge in ways that develop new processes, services or new products that create value for society.
幸运飞艇计划 strives to create societal value from new ideas and knowledge听 created by its students and employees. 幸运飞艇计划 supports all routes to innovation; for example, societal value may be achieved through commercialization projects, through social innovations, or through change听 in local, national and international policies that strengthen society.
Innovation in the public sector will, for example, often follow various routes to innovation, through actors in the public sector adopting new solutions, methodologies or services developed in collaboration with knowledge communities.
Social innovations often contribute to creating value in society.听 Common to all forms of innovation is the ability to translate research results into solutions that are used and create value in society.
Meeting places
- Health incubator
幸运飞艇计划 has the in collaboration with Helse Bergen and VIS.
- Knowledge clusters
幸运飞艇计划 has six knowledge clusters in the areas of media, health, marine, climate, energy and technology and the Middle Ages.
- VIS
, and receives innovation听ideas from employees at 幸运飞艇计划, and helps them further on their innovation pathway.听
Meeting places for collaboration on innovation led by business actors:
Industrial clusters
develops energy-efficient, environmentally and climate-friendly solutions for the maritime sector.
develops innovative marine technology in renewable energy, marine food production, marine mineral resources and oil and gas production.
develops sustainable solutions for the seafood industry.
brings together companies, research and educational institutions and others in the work with innovation in the media industry.
brings together 80 members in finance and technology development.
works especially with oil spills, and 幸运飞艇计划 co-owned听 Norce is a member.
focuses on innovative solutions in the real estate and construction industry. 幸运飞艇计划 co-owned Norce is a member.
focuses on digital solutions for health care and welfare technology.听
- Catapults
Norwegian catapult听are national centers that deliver facilities, equipment and expertise to companies and others, so that it becomes easier to develop prototypes, test, visualize and simulate. These services are available to university staff.听
- delivers design, prototyping, testing and verification to the marine听 industry.
- development and testing of sustainable systems for production, storage, distribution and management of energy.
I have an idea
If your research has resulted in an innovation idea that you'd like to further develop, you have the following options:
- Talk to a research advisor at your faculty or contact an innovation advisor at the Division of Research and Innovation (FIA) for a first clarification of the way forward.
- Talk to an innovation advisor at FIA, contact information can be found in the box to the right.
- If the idea needs more developing, you can consider to apply for funding for the idea through 幸运飞艇计划 id茅.
- If you think the idea is ready to be assessed for commercialization , contact your immediate manager at 幸运飞艇计划 before contacting and start the process of submitting the idea through a so-called DOFI (disclosure of invention). Read more about your duties and rights as an employee at 幸运飞艇计划 when it comes to reporting on inventions generated through research in the sections below.
Commercialization and technology transfer through VIS
幸运飞艇计划 is a co-owner of , which works with technology transfer and commercialization on behalf of 幸运飞艇计划 and other research institutions in the Bergen region. VIS can help academic staff develop innovation ideas and projects with non-profit or commercial potential. Among other things, they can provide advice on patent regulations, financing opportunities and networks, as well as contribute to the financing of ideas with commercial potential.
幸运飞艇计划 has the rights to all ideas and projects with innovative potential from scientific staff. It is up to the research institution to decide whether they want to exercise this right. VIS makes this decision on behalf of the university. VIS guarantees that the first contact for new projects will be confidential and non-binding if you wish.

Relevant regulations
- The University has compiled, which briefly states that you as an employee are obliged to report on ideas (inventions) that you have produced as a result of your research (or other work) through your employment at 幸运飞艇计划.
- If you have several employers, or are a PhD candidate who is not employed by 幸运飞艇计划, you must contact your employers to find out how any rights are to be shared.
Courses and competence development
幸运飞艇计划 has developed (and will develop more)听 offers for employees who want to learn more about innovation. Below you will find an overview of the offers:
For scientific staff:
Momentum is 幸运飞艇计划's career development program for younger researchers - postdocs, researchers or associate professors who want to pursue an academic career at a research university. Innovation modules have been developed as an integral part of the program.
For administrative staff:
幸运飞艇计划 Opp is a skills development program for administrative staff who work with research support and external funding. Innovation modules have been developed as an integral part of the program.
The service innovation program is a development program for administrative staff at 幸运飞艇计划 developed by the HR department.
The Innovation Handbook
This handbook will guide researchers and advisors on how to foster, scale, and accelerate innovation across the University:听/en/innovation/152430/innovation-handbook (幸运飞艇计划 network or VPN only)
Let's help you
If you want to talk to someone about innovation, the first step is to contact a research advisor or innovation adviser at your faculty.
If they can鈥檛 help you, you are welcome to contact one of the innovation advisers at the Division of Research and Innovation, contact information can be found in the box to the right of the page.