Levantamento da infraestrutura laboratorial de pesquisas científicas ligadas à biotecnologia da Universidade Federal do Ceará com vistas à interação academia-empresa.

Abstract

Universities and research centers have a key role in the innovation process, ranging from training of skilled manpower, publication of scientific and technical information, development of products and process, to more direct roles of fostering the innovation process as joint development with companies, technology transfer and creation of spin offs and startups. In the Brazilian scenario, theses process is still incipiente, although we have important instruments to encourage technological innovation, such as the Innovation Law, the Good Law and the Industrial Property Law, which are milestones between public incentive policies and officialize the role of universities, they provide guidance and define structures. that help the relationship between universities and companies. In order to elucidate the possible trajectories to generate innovation and the difficulties faced in this process, a quantitative and qualitative exploratory research was carried out, whose objective was descriptive, with field research procedures, through a structured questionnaire. The content analysis was made from the analysis of the answers obtained, without having to go into detail in each of the interviewees. Thirty-four biotechnology research laboratories of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) were analyzed and the results show a scenario of innovation in this sector and the difficulties faced during the innovation process, which will be the database for centralizing information and creating information. an interactive and visual platform (dashboard) that facilitates the contact of companies with the academy. The study contributes to the mapping of this innovative university environment and suggests that further in-depth studies be undertaken to build an entrepreneurial and innovative culture among faculty, students, staff and other supporters of this Science and Technology Institution (ICT).