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Innovation and funding programmes

Helmholtz Enterprise

Helmholtz Enterprise (HE) is the internal program for spin-offs from the Helmholtz Association. The overall purpose of the program is to support scientists to work entrepreneurial and start a well-thought-out business.

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Innovation Platforms

Our innovation platforms make a sustainable and structure-building contribution to enhancing transfer and innovation within the Helmholtz Association.

 

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Helmholtz Transfer Academies

Helmholtz Transfer Academies are part of our transfer campaign, which is designed to sustainably strengthen the transfer of our research into practice.

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Helmholtz Innovation Labs

In our Innovation Labs, science and industry work closely together with the aim of bringing innovative technologies with great future potential to application quickly and efficiently.

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Knowledge Transfer Projects

Our knowledge transfer projects deliver sound knowledge and customized information to public authorities, companies and the general public.

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Innovation Fund of the Helmholtz Centers

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) promotes knowledge transfer at Helmholtz: It provides the transfer offices of some Helmholtz centers with additional budgets for innovation projects.

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Proof-of-Concept-Initiative

We want our innovative drugs and therapies to reach patients as quickly as possible.

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Validation projects

Validation is the decisive step in technology transfer: new products or services leave the laboratory and prove themselves in practice.

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Transfer Barometer

The Transfer Barometer is a joint initiative of the Helmholtz Association and the Stifterverband. Its goal is to support universities and research institutions in systematically documenting and presenting their transfer achievements and cooperative relationships.

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