Innovation

When UiT's employees have reached research results that can obtain legal protection by registering with public registers and / or being exploited commercially, he/she is obliged to give written notice of this to the employer on a set form. 

Notification form for work results/ideas - DOFI (one form Norwegian/English): PDF - DOC

• The DOFI form is to be filled out and sent to SEFI v/UiT dofi@uit.no with a copy to UiTs TTO Norinnova AS dofi@norinnova.no
• UiT and UNN have a shared form that must be used by employees at both institutions. If you are also employed at UNN, the DOFI form must additionally be sent to: dofi@unn.no
• If there are several inventors, an inventor agreement / Inventors Contribution Agreement (separate form) must be concluded.: DOC

Contact persons at UiT are inger.l.rader@uit.no and elisabeth.b.bakkelund@uit.no

The employee's entitlement to special compensation beyond the agreed salary.

The employee is entitled to reasonable remuneration when the employer exploits work results commercially. The remuneration is calculated as a share of the net income when the idea is utilized for commercial purposes. Net income is defined as income received after all the expenses, including costs associated with rights protection and commercialization, have been deducted from the income received.

Net income up to NOK 100,000 shall be paid to the employee / employees. Net income over 100,000 shall be normally distributed as follows:

• 1/3 to the employee (s)
• 1/3 to the department / research group (decided in consultation with the employee / employees)
• 1/3 to the university / technology transfer unit (agreed in the individual project)

This also applies to non-patentable work results. The employee has right to access to the basis for calculating of the remuneration.

In some cases, one may enter into an agreement about a different distribution of income, for example in cases where UiT's technology transfer unit is a co-owner of a company established on the basis of the work result or in cases where a right is transferred to another legal entity and the employee receives an agreed remuneration in a different ways. Unless otherwise specifically agreed, the income is distributed according to the 1/3 model as mentioned above.

Work results produced by several employees

If the result has been obtained in collaboration between several employers / partners, the guidelines apply to UiT's share of this result.

If a work result has been produced by several employees, and the employer wishes to utilize it commercially, those who have produced the work result must agree among themselves how the remuneration is to be shared and notify the employer. That is, the inventors must enter into an Inventor Contribution agreement

If no such agreement is entered into, the employer may deposit the remuneration in Norges Bank in accordance with the rules in the Deposit Act of 17th of February 1939 no. 2, until an agreement on the distribution has been concluded.

Responsibility for financial consequences

It can be agreed that remuneration can be a one-off payment or ongoing remuneration. The employee is responsible for the tax and fiscal consequences of the chosen form of compensation and is responsible for seeking competent advice in this context.

Regulations on securing and managing work results at the University of Tromsø ensure researchers right to publication if third parties rights do not prevent this.

It may be granted a short-term postponement of the publication to the extent it is necessary to fulfill the UiT's obligations under agreements on research collaboration with third parties.

Norinnova AS will normally take responsibility for the preparation and submission of patent application (s) in the relevant countries where patent protection is planned. Patenting does not exclude scientific publication of the research results, but a patent application must be submitted before information about the invention is published or made available in a different way.

If the researchers at the university choose publication over rights protection, i.e. patenting, they still have the unilateral right to publish their research results, even if this should spoil or reduce the commercial possibilities. I that case It must be given a notification about it to the UiT at the same time as the work results are reported to the UiT.

Read more information about postponed publication.

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Research and development leave can be used to work out a business idea based on research findings.

The R&D leave is a professional stimulation scheme and not a right for employees at UiT. The R&D leave is a tool for strengthening the quality and scope of R&D activities at the institution by giving academic staff a real opportunity to conduct coherent R&D work. It may be specialization in own research and innovation activities, development of projects, development of methods or establishment of R&D collaboration with other environments, nationally and internationally. The R&D leave scheme shall contribute to strengthening the applicant's professional environment and realizing the institution's strategies and objectives.

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The Innovation Award shall be awarded to an individual, unit or environment that has excelled by performing outstanding research-based innovation. The purpose of the award is to honour individuals and environments that have contributed to the further development of a knowledge-based business/public undertaking and will stimulate research[1]based innovation and entrepreneurship. The prize is awarded based on innovative ideas that have emerged at UiT that have been or have great potential to be used in society and can be of public utility and/or lead to value creation. This award is designed to how the importance of research as a basis for innovation.

The Innovation Award has been awarded since 2013. Here are all the prize winners:

2013     Professor Dag Johansen, IFI, NT

2014     Professor II Bjørn Skogen, IMB, Faculty of Health Sciences

2015     Professor Bård Smedsrød, IMB, Faculty of Health Sciences

2016     Professor Hans Chr. Eilertsen, NFH, BFE

2017     Professor John Sigurd Svendsen, IK, NT

2018     Forskere Yvonne Piotrowski og Atle Larsen, IK, NT

2019     Førsteamanuensiser Trond Østrem og Bjarte Hoff, IVT

2020     Professor Trude Nergård Nilssen, HSL

2021     Professor Lars Ailo Aslaksen Bongo, IFI, NT og studentbedrift Medsensio AS 

2022     University Lecturers Håvard Brattli and Alexander Utne, HHT, BFE

Regionale forskningsfond (RFF) Here you will find general and common information about the regional research funds. Do you want more specific information, e.g. about announcements and reporting, you can visit the websites of the individual funds. The research fund is managed by the county councils and financed by the Ministry of Education. The information is only available in Norwegian.

The MABIT-programme is an industrial R&D program for Marine Biotechnology in northern Norway. The majority of the MABIT website is in Norwegian only. For more information, please contact Program Manager.

The Research council of Norway. Commercialisation Project (forskningsradet.no) can be of interest if  you have a research result that may have commercial potential? If that is the case this funding scheme may be for you. These are projects where results from publicly funded research may have a commercial potential. Typical for these projects is the collaboration with academic and research communities.

Innovation Norway helps Norwegian companies to grow sustainably and increase exports by providing access to competence, capital and networks. Speak to an advisor.

Horizon Europe, the EU’s ninth framework programme for research and innovation, was launched on 1 January 2021 with a total budget of EUR 95.5 billion. Norwegian actors can apply for funding on equal footing with enterprises, public sector bodies and research institutions in EU member states. For more information, available courses and networks, see Horisont Europa and calls for proposals, go to Funding & tender opportunities Funding & tender opportunities.

For advice and guidance go to the Project Support Portal Intranett | UiT at UiT.

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The Project Databank provides access to figures and statistics related to projects funded by the Research Council (from 2004 onwards), approved projects under the SkatteFUNN scheme and projects with EU allocations to Norwegian actors to participate in EU projects. It also provides more detailed information about individual projects funded by the Research Council (from 2004 onwards) and EU projects with Norwegian participation.