The Office for the transference of Research Results of Universitat
de València is a unit which facilitates and promotes collaboration
between the university research world and companies from its socioeconomic
environment. This general objective is accomplished in two ways:
- Strengthening the connection between Universitat’s capacity
to generate scientific knowledge and technologies and the needs of
the productive sectors, enabling the integration of Universitat de
València into the innovation system.
- Fostering the researching activity of Universitat de València,
stimulating and facilitating the presence of its research groups
in autonomous, national and European programmes for technological
development and research.
OTRI plays an important role as a technological representative of
Universitat de València by establishing links with other organisms
which are nearer the companies, such as IMPIVA (Institute of Valencian
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), CDTI (Centre for Technical and
Industrial Development) of the Ministry of Industry, the Network of
Valencian Technological Institutes, and OTRIs from other Valencian
and Spanish universities.
In addition, OTRI is a member of the OTRI Network of CRUE Universities
(Conference of Chancellors of Spanish Universities), which permits –through
training activities and exchanges of experiences- to maintain a suitable
level of specialisation in line with current needs. It is also a member
in the OTRI State Network and cooperates in an active way with the
Spanish Mediterranean Liasion Centre (CENEMES), set up by DGXII of
the European Commission with a view to fostering innovation in the
local industry through European initiatives.
In order to meet such targets, OTRI carries out the following activities:
- Identify the supply and technological capacity of Universitat’s
research groups, and disseminate the transferable results among
the enterprises.
- Inform and advise researchers from Universitat and their business
partners on existing financial sources for the development of R+D and
university-business, and deal with their applications.
- Negotiate and manage R+D contracts and contracts for technological
support and guidance between Universitat and the companies.
- Value, protect, ad transfer research results from Universitat
de València to the productive sectors.
- Lead R+D projects from the research groups towards the most suitable
support programmes.
- Advise on technical matters and deal with R+D European projects,
facilitating the search for scientific and business partners.
- Run the scientific and technological supply data base of Universitat
de València and provide information on other data bases
from Spanish public research centres and universities.
OTRI
Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 13
46010 València
Tel.: 96 386 40 44
Web: www.uv.es/otri