Know-How Brush-up
True to the University of Bern's motto “knowledge creates value”, we have summarized related information on innovation and entrepreneurship in this section.
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Guidelines & directives
The University of Bern and the Inselspital have issued various directives and guidelines to support and promote the innovation and spin-off processes, while defining framework conditions to be observed when founding a company at the University of Bern and the associated transfer of research results.
Spin-off guidelines of the University of Bern
The guidelines from the University Executive Board for the establishment of spin-off companies at the University of Bern cover the following topics:
- Definition of startup vs. spin-off
- Support for the establishment of spin-off companies
- Licensing negotiations and agreements
- Handling of potential conflicts of interest
- Research collaborations between spin-off/startup companies and the University
- Use of Startup logo
- Use of premises and other infrastructure
Economic exploitation of intangible work results of the University of Bern (German only)
Topics covered by the guidelines from the University Excecutive Board on the commercial exploitation of intangible research results of the University of Bern (in Geman only):
- Ownership of discoveries and other intangible work results
- Contract approval
- Commercial exploitation of research results and discoveries
- Patenting of discovering
- Distribution of income from licensing of patented inventions
Regulations on secondary employment at the University of Bern (German only)
Regulation concerning the UniBE Venture Fellowships at the University of Bern (German only)
Research Compliance and Good Research Practice
Directives of the Inselspital (German only)
Other topics
Knowledge library
Here you can deepen your knowledge on various topics or read up on new ones:
Engaged University
Intellectual Property (IP)
Drug development
Startup career opportunities
Target Product Profile (TPP) - Medical devices and drugs
Templates & Self-Learning
In this section you will find some useful canvasses and templates to further develop your innovative idea: