Seed Village -programmes
The programmes help to accelerate the research, development and innovation (RDI) activities of companies and expand their networks.
A wide range of research, development and innovation services are available in the Central Finland region. The services can be used for product and material testing, measuring and piloting, service or product development and validation, for example. Research and development work creates added value for companies’ business operations and accelerates the renewal and competitiveness of trade and industry. Your company can utilise the services of higher education institutions with student work, various measuring and analysis purposes, as well as with longer development projects, which can bring deeper research information that meets the needs of your company.
Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences' Institute of Bioeconomy offers a wide range of expert, training, product development, testing and analysis services for companies.
The facilities of the Institute of Bioeconomy in Tarvaala, Saarijärvi, contain a diverse RDI environment for bioeconomy with various laboratories. The environment enables the type testing of boilers, analysis of solid biofuels and biomass, and measuring emissions, for example.
BioPaavo Hackathons are a great way to find solutions for your company’s challenges through an innovation competition – read more!
The Center of Expertise for Circular Economy (CECE) at the University of Jyväskylä’s Department of Chemistry focuses on critical raw materials, biomass and clean water. The Center of Expertise combines high-quality research and companies’ product development challenges.
Additional information and contact information here (page in Finnish).
With the help of commissioned surveys carried out by KIHU Sports Lab, your company receives factual information about the characteristics of its product to support marketing. Various measuring and testing services are also an effective way to improve and facilitate product development.
We have years of experience in researching and analysing various products. For example, we have carried out axe swinging movement analyses to help product development and studied the impact of compression clothing on sports performance and recovery after performance.
Sports Lab’s top experts also work in Jyväskylä, on the projects of the Finnish Institute of High Performance Sport KIHU, so our expertise is of a high standard. Our reliable personnel and versatile measuring instruments make us one of the most skilled sports research organisations in Finland.
Contact us if you need help and facts to support your product development, or if you would like an accurate analysis of the different effects of your product.
If you have the best product on the market, the next step is to prove it!
More information and contact details here (page in Finnish).
The Institute of Rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary rehabilitation training, research and development centre that responds to the changing needs of society by reforming rehabilitation and by producing rehabilitation expertise through training, continuous learning, research and development.
The Institute of Rehabilitation also conducts development, research and education activities in cooperation with the business community and its needs. For more information and contact details, visit the Institute of Rehabilitation website.
JYVSECTEC provides a world-class cyber security training, research and development environment for companies and organisations.
Read more on JYVSECTEC’s website.
Robotics by Jamk provides expert, testing and product development services for companies and organisations in the field of robotics. Jamk has the right conditions for testing robot technology in laboratory and simulation environments. Companies are also offered tailored pilots in their own operating environment, utilising Robotics’ equipment and experts.
We help SMEs implement industrial, collaborative and mobile robotics. Support and guidance are also available for company and organisation management, communications and interaction in connection with the introduction of robotics and the automation of operations. Collaboration in the field of technology and welfare creates opportunities for the wide-ranging application of robotics in exoskeletons and collaborative robotics, for example. Automation and digital wellness and health technologies, such as robotics and artificial intelligence, can improve employee performance and well-being, as well as the productivity of organisations. We also aim to improve the efficiency of work communities and provide tools for the systematic development of personnel skills.
More information and contact details can be found here.
StartupLab is a fast lane for the development of IT innovations. StartupLab offers help to companies through research-based solutions and aims to respond to the industries’ current challenges.
The assignments are carried out in cooperation between researchers and students at different stages of their education. StartupLab aims to bring companies and students together.
The programmes help to accelerate the research, development and innovation (RDI) activities of companies and expand their networks.
The purpose of the BioPaavo hackathons is to find bioeconomy solutions to the challenges posed by the ecological sustainability crisis on behalf of companies. Hackathons provide an opportunity to increase cooperation and the creation of new business, as well as the development of the bioeconomy sector as a whole.
Jamk Future Factory® brings students and working life together. At Jamk Future Factory, we work with students to solve genuine development challenges in an agile and multidisciplinary manner, commissioned by companies, organisations or RDI projects. Fuel for Creativity!
At InnoFlash, multidisciplinary student teams create customer-oriented solution proposals for real-life challenges in working life. InnoFlash applies user-centred thinking and operating models to create concepts that generate added value for the customer. During the process, customers are interviewed in two steps. The result is hundreds of ideas and dozens of solutions!
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