Os reflexos da lei da inovação na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria/RS

Abstract

The technological innovation plays an important role and great influence on the development of economy and society. Public agencies have been encouraging and fostering technological innovation through policies and regulations such as the Law of Technological Innovation, which provides incentives for innovation and scientific and technological research in the production environment. Thus this article is mainly aimed to identify the Innovation Law reflections at the Federal University of Santa Maria / RS. The study is characterized as a case study, qualitative, descriptive. It was done through the application of semi-structured interviews with a university manager and three responsible for Innovation and Technology Transfer Agency. From the analysis results we observed a strengthening of interaction between universities and companies and facilitating the partnership process and the creation of bodies responsible for this iteration. However, we found that there are still some challenges related to Innovation Law at university, mainly related to operational aspects, the lack of knowledge of teachers and also some ideological barriers. Despite the difficulties, the respondents believe that the Innovation Law can generate numerous benefits the institution, in general the actions developed and the perception of the purpose of the Innovation Law at the University meets what the law proposes and stimulates.