The Innohelp service of Vaasa Science Park is a door between the business life and the campus area. The service brings the problems to the researcher’s desk for development and the knowledge of the researchers to the companies. The companies receive innovative solution keys to their challenges, and researchers are able to make actual practical use of their research results in business life. Real innovation may grow out of the cooperation. The meeting of the right people generates success stories.

A company should use the Innohelp service in cases of

• a problem that requires a solution
• an idea that needs development
• a start of a project that should be developed further.

Innohelp can help to generate innovations out of these situations. The representative of the company does not have to start the search for a suitable researcher, but Innohelp does it for them. The Science Park knows the experts of the area, and therefore, Innohelp finds the researcher that meets the requirements of the company in any of the seven university units of Vaasa.

• research and development project (for example joint research and development project of several companies)
• research to order (research and development project tailored, for example, for a specific company)
• research and development service (for example, a small-scale, productized research and development service)

In order to develop the research and development projects further, Innohelp finds the suitable financing methods.

The Innohelp service of Vaasa Science Park opens a door from the business life to the campus area, but the door opens also to the other direction. The Innohelp service offers the expertise of the researchers for the use of business life. If a researcher feels that his or her knowledge and skills could benefit a company, Innohelp helps to direct the help to the companies that need it by using their extensive knowledge of the local business life.

Project manager André Österholm, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Tel. +358 400 664 881 is in charge of the Innohelp service