RDI
RDI, or research, development, and innovation, is an effective driver of growth and an essential part of business development. We offer free assistance for effective RDI work, regardless of your company’s stage of development.
Why invest in RDI work?
Research, development, and innovation (RDI) is a concrete way to strengthen competitiveness, increase expertise, and conquer new markets.
Business development offers companies the opportunity to create new products, services, and operating models that set them apart from their competitors and respond to changing customer needs.
RDI opens doors to funding, expertise, and networks both nationally and internationally. We help you get started!
Torque for growth from universities
The four top universities in the Turku region offer companies strong research, expert networks, and the courage to experiment. When research meets business, sustainable results are created.
Read more about cooperation opportunities with local universities below.
Please note: Unfortunately, RDI vouchers are not currently available.
The University of Turku is a community of 25,000 researchers and students across 8 faculties and 4 independent units, and an active partner for business. We seek corporate partners for research and development projects from specific field studies to extensive multidisciplinary collaborations involving multiple companies.
Through projects, companies can also access the University’s wide international network. We offer service research, technology transfer, and opportunities to utilise our research infrastructure.
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Turku University of Applied Sciences offers companies practical support for product, service, and process development by leveraging its multidisciplinary expertise to build a sustainable future and a good life.
With over 200 RDI projects annually, companies gain access to expert knowledge, student creativity, and modern development environments. Every fourth project is carried out in collaboration with an international network. At Turku UAS, research and development cover areas such as low-emission engines, improved acoustics, new materials, and everyday solutions for care work.
Explore the RDI offering of Turku University of Applied Sciences.
Discover how your company could benefit from Åbo Akademi University’s expertise.
Yrkeshögskolan Novia’s research, development, and innovation (RDI) activities aim to develop society and working life while actively engaging in regional, national, and international innovation networks. Each year, Novia carries out around 170 RDI projects with a total value of approximately €22.8 million.
In addition to Turku, the university operates in Vaasa, Raseborg, and Jakobstad, and it focuses on smart systems and artificial intelligence, striving to be a national forerunner in these areas. Through these strengths, Novia aims to contribute to building a fair, sustainable, and inspiring future for Finland. Novia operates in line with Agenda 2030 and the goals of sustainable development.
Discover how your company could benefit from Novia’s expertise.
Growth and Development from the Turku region
Get inspired by business stories and current topics from the Turku region! Find out how RDI activities have turned companies’ ideas into growth and taken their business to a new level. You can find all RDI-related articles on our Articles page.
Passion for development is a company’s soul
– You have to consciously be aware of development all the time. No product is ever so good that someone else couldn’t make it even better. I feel that when the passion for development dies, a time bomb is set.
Kalle Saksi, CEO of Kaune
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