O papel da universidade no sistema paranaense de inovação de 2005 até 2015: o caso da UTFPR

Abstract

The university presents a methodical history in contributing to the advancement of knowledge and technology in a country's economic and social context through teaching, research and extension. The knowledge generated through these surveys between students and researchers can promote interaction with several actors, including government and companies, causing the transfer of the technology generated in the university to the market. One of the main practices of scientific and technological policy in several countries has been in encouraging the creation of an environment of knowledge exchange between companies and public and private research institutions. The general objective of this study was to verify the role of the Federal Technological University of Paraná in the regional innovation system in the period from 2005 to 2015 through the interaction of UTFPR with companies considering the national and paranaenses policies. This research is characterized by being applied, descriptive and qualitative, based on the case study of UTFPR. The primary data were collected from an adapted questionnaire, based on the questions applied by FORMICT, to be answered by UTFPR's Technological Innovation Centers. Secondary data were collected on scientific and institutional materials. The results show that although UTFPR is a young university, with 12 years, it is an important University for the Regional Innovation System of the State of Paraná. These conclusions are based on the fact that the results presented in INPI, CNPq, PINTEC and FORMICT are expressive in relation to the performance of research groups, internship contracts, number of graduates, professional qualification, technological support, number of clients served and Applications.