Helmholtz Association Transfer Instruments

Helmholtz Enterprise (HE) is the internal program for spin-offs from the Helmholtz Association. In the past 10 years, more than 120 start-up projects have benefited from the initiative.

Helmholtz Enterprise

The dissemination of knowledge is mainly done through heads and lives from the cooperation of people. The exchange between research and application, between Helmholtz Centers and companies, is therefore important to us in order to spread our ideas and findings widely - and to be inspired.

Event-format

The Innovation Funds of the Helmholtz Centers are a special funding of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Innovation Funds of the Helmholtz Centers

The Helmholtz Innovation Labs are physical locations where scientific know-how and the interests of industry and its customers are iteratively brought together. In the long term, "enabling areas" are created, where ideas can be tested.

Helmholtz Innovations Labs

The Helmholtz Validation Fund (HVF), which is funded by the President's Initiative and Networking Fund, aims to close gaps: Between scientific findings and their marketable applications on the one hand, and between public research and private investment on the other.

Validierung von Technologien bis zur Kommerzialisierbarkeit

In the joint Proof of Concept Initiative (PoC), launched together Helmholtz and Fraunhofer, a future nationwide format is being tested with the involvement of university medicine, which is intended to promote the faster and more efficient transfer of preclinical research into clinical development.

Proof-of-Concept-Initiative