The Federal Government has set itself the goal of translating ideas from research into innovative products, services and innovations for society even more quickly. To achieve this, the bridge between academic research and its commercial exploitation or social application must be further strengthened.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), VDI/VDE-IT GmbH manages the open-topic funding programme ‘Validation of the Technological and Social Innovation Potential of Scientific Research – VIP+’ as well as cross-cutting tasks for SMEs. In VIP+, universities, federal research institutions and research institutions funded by the federal and state governments can validate their research results and thus accelerate their transfer into social application and economic exploitation. VIP+ is one of the funding measures in the project management ‘Open innovation culture, cross-cutting SME tasks and structural strengthening’.
This project management agency is run jointly with the appointed project management agency Jülich. The tasks within the scope of the project management agency include advising interested institutions, processing funding applications and supporting the funded projects. In addition, the development of the projects and the transfer of the results into application and exploitation are recorded through comprehensive monitoring of measures and the environment.
