CT&I Legal Framework (Law 13.243/2016)
Law 13.243, of January 11, 2016 — known as the Science, Technology and Innovation Legal Framework — broadly modernized the Innovation Law and Federal Constitution provisions to reduce research bureaucracy and stimulate ICT–productive sector partnerships.
Main advances
- Innovation grants for civil servants in R&D projects
- Infrastructure sharing with companies (laboratories, equipment) with remuneration
- Technological order — institution contracts a company to solve a specific demand
- Simplified economic subsidy
- Simplified import of research inputs
- Permission for civil servants to act as partners in companies based on ICT technologies
Regulation
The Legal Framework was regulated by Decree 9.283/2018, which establishes detailed procedures for:
- R&D partnership agreements
- Technological order
- Infrastructure sharing
- Economic subsidy
- Innovation grants
For UFRRJ
The Innovation Agency operates partnerships under this Legal Framework:
- R&D agreements with or without resource transfer
- Laboratory use assignment to partner companies
- Technological orders when applicable
- Articulation with support foundations
Other related laws
- Law 10.973/2004 — base Innovation Law
- Law 11.196/2005 — "Lei do Bem" (tax incentives)
- Law 13.267/2016 — Junior enterprises
- Law 13.123/2015 — Genetic heritage and traditional knowledge
- Law 8.958/1994 — Support foundations