Sparking ideas into life

Tuli is a program funded by Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) that helps researchers and research communities to evaluate the commercial potential of a research-based inventions or ideas and aids in the process of their commercialization.

Tuli aims to give birth to new research-based business with the aid of license agreements, know-how transfers and new companies. In other words, Tuli aims to commercialize research results in Finnish universities and research institutes.

Tuli – fast, flexible and versatile

Tuli is intended to be flexible, fast and able to take risks in a healthy manner. The program is developed in cooperation with the R&D and innovation services of universities and research institutes that have the mission of finding and developing research-based inventions and business ideas. With Tuli’s help, researchers, students and research groups are able to receive funding and versatile expert services in all fields of commercialization.

The Tuli program runs from 2008 to 2013. In 2008-2010, 14 universities, 21 polytechnics and five research institutes – all in all, 40 research organization – are involved. The overall budger for the whole program is approximately 50 million euros.

Are you a researcher or a member of a research group? Read more in the For Researchers section how Tuli can help in developing and commercializing your idea.