INNOVATION PROCESS FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES BORN IN UNIVERSITIES: ACTIONS OF THE ESCALAB-UFMG LABORATORY

In this work, the innovation process to take chemical technologies born in universities to the market is described. The discussion is structured on the stages: research/science, patenting, opportunity evaluation, scale-up and proof of concept that lead to two possible outputs: technology transfer or startup creation. The work also describes the activities of Escalab, a UFMG technology lab, in the innovation process: technological mapping/R&D for the industry, technology scale up, technology acceleration, open innovation programs with industry and the program “go-to-market” for the insertion of chemical startups in market. It is expected that this experience should motivate academic chemistry researchers to push their technologies to the market.

Keywords:
innovation; Escalab; chemical technologies; scaleup