About the Institute
Our history, mission and values
The Institute
Instituto Iracema de Pesquisa e Inovação is a non-profit civil society organization with administrative autonomy, founded in May 2012 by a group of professors from IFCE — the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará — who came together to create a unit that would foster projects in their fields of work.
Its creation was also based on structuring a new model for delivering projects, with development methodologies covering technical, organizational and managerial innovations applied so as to engage everyone involved and improve results efficiently. The goal is to provide a broad support network for research, development and innovation projects, operating under the terms of Brazil's Federal Innovation Act (Law No. 10,973 of 2 December 2004) and Law No. 13,243 of 11 January 2016.
Mission
To support, deliver and foster projects and activities related to research, education, development, outreach, culture and innovation with quality, inclusion and sustainability, aiming at growth and social benefit.
Vision
To be recognized nationally as a model for project management and delivery, and to become a benchmark for innovation.
Values
Our Facilities
Our own headquarters in Fortaleza, with a common area, meeting rooms and fully equipped laboratories.
Reception
Meeting room
Hardware laboratory
Institutional Relations
Instituto Iracema holds agreements and partnerships with Ceará State University (UECE), the Federal Institute of Ceará (IFCE) and innovation units across the state, providing an environment that fosters research, development and innovation projects across a wide range of fields.
Those relations include the EMBRAPII Units in Ceará — the Unidade Embrapii IFCE, part of the Polo de Inovação IFCE, and the Unidade EMBRAPII LESC/UFC — with which the Institute acts as an executing partner on R&D projects for industry.
How the EMBRAPII route works →Accreditations and Certifications
Formal accreditations that underpin the Institute's work with companies and public bodies.
CATI accreditation to carry out R&D under Brazil's Information Technology Act, Huawei Cloud Partner, ETICE pre-qualified supplier, and a cooperation agreement with UECE/FUNECE.
See the accreditations in detail