Research Institutes in Brazil

2007-08-03

Technological innovation is critical for socioeconomic growth in developing countries. According to some studies, Brazil, unlike other countries of similar socioeconomic status, boasts significant high rates of scientific research. Unfortunately, restricted to academic environments, this production seldom reaches the industrial sector to contribute to an increase in productivity and income. This virtual lack of economic results, in comparison to scientific production rates, hints at the inefficacy of the model adopted by Brazil, which assumes investment in basic research will inevitably lead to an increase in applied research, inventions, and commercialization.

In this state of affairs, Stela Institute and other non-profit research institutes originated at universities have an important role to play in bridging the gap between universities and companies. This role is made more evident within the new National Innovation System, which presupposes a complex array of participants involving companies, research, and education institutions as well as supporting agencies. The Innovation Law, regulated in October 2005, is perhaps the main instrument to spur this process, making it easier for research and technological development to seep through into the productive sector.

Thanks to this law, closer interactions among research and technological development centers, universities and private companies have become both more favorable and flexible.

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