Innovation
Innovation at the Faculty of Medicine – From knowledge to solutions
The research we produce is to be transformed into new ideas and solutions with clear societal benefit.

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The Faculty of Medicine define innovation broadly, and support innovative ideas through a variety of channels and meeting places:
- The center is a collaboration between ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»®, Helse Bergen, and VIS, focusing on the development of commercializable ideas and spin-out companies. It includes a business incubator, development labs, and support services.
- Ìýfocused towards health services, user engagement and social innovation.
- Important innovation also happens in collaborative projects with industry, Haukeland University Hospital and Kunnskapskommunen.
- Connect with your even before the idea is ready for development, in order to get advice on possibilities, strategy and getting access to other support services.Ìý
Do you have?
A project in need of excellent research?
- Please contact either , or reach out directly to the reserachers. If there is a good match of interests and competence, we can find solutions for everything else.Ìý
- See also information at ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® central administration (FIA) webpages.Ìý
A good idea? (employee)
- Reach out early to or . Should IPR be protected in order to develop the idea further? Should it be developed internally or in collaboration with externals?Ìý
- Rights and ownership is described in the Employee Invention Act and the ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® regulations. Officially inventions are disclosed to through a formal DOFI, in practice you should contact early and fill out the DOFI together.Ìý
- Early phase ideas can get financial support through ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® Idé. More mature ideas can apply for NFR Forny project and the inventors can apply for the . If the idea is spun out in a private company, this opens different opportunities (f.ex. through Innovation Norway), but we recommend exploring the early stage opportunities first.
A good idea? (student)
- Apply for ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® Idé!
- Reach out to the Student Innovasjon Pilots, Innovasjonshub, or the innovation advisors at FIA.
- Remember that by default you own the rights to your own ideas, along with the risks. If you collaborate with others about the idea, you should have a clear agreement.
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Entrepreneurship Ambitions?
- Starting a company is easy – making money less so. The best learning is through experience, but the cost may be high. Pick up knowledge and tips before you make the jump.
- and the other incubators in Bergen is based on sharing and learning. Come for waffles on a Friday and start talking to us. You can also apply for workspace at Eitri.
- is new in 2025 and tailored towards entrepreneurship based on academic research.
Want to learn more?
- We offer courses in Innovation and Entrepreneurship: is an elective course for medicine students but also open to others. This is offered every year, normally as an intensive 2-week course in january. Additionally some researcher schools offer PhD courses: in fall 2025 we are offering the .
- ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® central admin (FIA) has useful webpages on innovation, both for employees and students.Ìý
- The Teklab project from media science hasÌýpublished . So far only in Norwegian but with ambitions to translate.Ìý
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Tilknyttet innhold
31.01.2025