Our vision: World leadership through collaborative research

We make innovations tangible.

• Discover

  Through our platform and our partner network, we identify future-oriented project topics with industry-wide significance. Our tender and program monitoring helps identify funding providers and implementation options. We build bridges to expert committees, companies, research institutes and ministries.

• Define

  We transform promising research ideas from companies and institutes into industry-relevant projects with political and social significance. Our staff supports the creation of effective consortia and the development and preparation of convincing funding applications.

• Design

  As consortium leader or partner (joint projects) or administrator (IGF projects), we assume comprehensive responsibility for our projects. We set a framework for their successful implementation and design measures for the transfer of results to the economy, including for SMEs.

• Drive

  We not only connect diverse stakeholders, but also develop and promote research communities. With the help of innovative communication formats and the additional support of multipliers, the project results reach numerous target groups. In this way, we make a significant contribution to the dissemination and sustainable perpetuation of research results.