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The AiF: Innovative strength for SMEs
There are around 1,500 hidden champions in Germany. What makes these medium-sized companies secret world market leaders? Current studies show that they have a significantly higher innovation orientation than their competitors. This is exactly where the AiF comes in: sustainably promoting the innovative capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises is the task and goal of the AiF
The AiF network: Success factor for cooperation
The key to successful innovation activities in SMEs is cooperation: Competences and know-how complement each other, the risk is spread over many shoulders. The AiF has a unique infrastructure at its disposal to support such collaborations in the long term.
“Joint research ⇔ joint success”
The precompetitive IGF builds a bridge between basic research and economic application and offers SMEs access to current scientific findings. The funding of sector-wide joint industrial research (IGF) projects aims to compensate for the structural disadvantages of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of research.
We provide information and advice on national and international funding programs, support in finding partners and coordinate research projects and – clusters at a national, European and international level.
We move you forward together and initiate cross-sectoral industrial collaborative research projects.
By participating in our technical committees:
Templates for submitting project outlines:
Gliederung für Projektskizzen [docx]
Vorlage für Projektskizzen [PDF]
Informationen zur Einreichung einer Projektskizze [PDF]
Europäische Forschungsgesellschaft Dünne Schichten e.V.
Gostritzer Straße 63
01217 Dresden, GERMANY
