The Department collaborates with entities and businesses to develop specific projects and promote the exchange of knowledge, providing consulting and technical-scientific support on various topics.
Through collaborative research, businesses can rely on the high qualification of the activities provided by the University as well as on expertise and excellence developed in specific research fields.
Dialogue between the University and businesses can promote greater university entrepreneurship and enhanced knowledge transfer.
It is a way for companies to outsource innovation and foster the dissemination of research results achieved within the University through a virtuous process of technology transfer.
Within the Department of Health Sciences (DSS) of the University of Florence, contract research represents a strategic opportunity for businesses, as well as public and private entities, to leverage the Department's high scientific and clinical expertise, as well as the excellence achieved in specific areas of healthcare, psychological, forensic, and social research.
The dialogue between the DSS and the industrial and institutional sectors promotes greater enhancement of research results, fostering the transfer of scientific knowledge and technological innovations to the economic and social fabric.
Through contract activities, companies and organizations can outsource innovation, gaining access to applied research services, specialized consulting, clinical trials, and the development of new healthcare technologies, thereby contributing to the dissemination of research results generated within the Department through a virtuous process of growth and collaboration.
Contract research activities are carried out by the departmental Laboratories.
Last update
31.07.2026