Innovation alliances
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Innovation Alliances represent a new instrument for research and innovation policy within the framework of the High- Tech Strategy initiated by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Currently, there are nine Innovation Alliances and a large number of “strategic partnerships” created by the BMBF, the scientific community and industry.
One prominent example is the Innovation Alliance “Molecular Imaging for Medical Engineering” formed by Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Carl Zeiss AG, Karl Storz & GmbH Co. KG and Siemens AG. This alliance has set its sights on creating new diagnostic agents and imaging procedures for clinics and the development of pharmaceuticals. Molecular imaging technologies aim at detecting biological processes at the cellular and molecular level. They offer an opportunity to detect diseases earlier and more specifically, thereby improving current procedures of medical imaging and therapy control. The research budget totals approx. 900 million euros, including 150 million euros of Federal funding.
Facts and Figures
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9 innovation alliances
(see list below)
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total research budget so far:
approx. 3.1 billion euro
Target of innovation alliances
Innovation Alliances are arranged with respect to specific application areas or future markets. They exercise a particular economic leverage effect. The funding premise is that every euro of Federal money should be matched by five euros from industry. This investment policy is also important for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) since knowledge of future technological developments together with the commitment from large companies enables SMEs to remove some of the uncertainty from the high level of risk involved in R&D investment decisions.
Overview Innovation Alliances
- EENOVA innovation alliance for automotive electronics
- OLED initiative for energy-efficient lighting
- Organic Photovoltaics for the use of renewable energy
- Lithium-ion Battery for the storage of energy
- Molecular Imaging for medical engineering
- European Initiative 100 GET for network technologies
- Carbon Nanotubes - CNT
- Digitales Produktgedächtnis
- Virtual Technologies (Virtuelle Technologien)
Research Budget
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Together with the BMBF, science and industry have created a total of nine Innovation Alliances (500 million euros provided by the Federal Government, more than 3 billion euros by industry).
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