The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports strategic research and innovation partnerships initiated and coordinated by universities of applied sciences with the open-topic funding measure “Strong universities of applied sciences" - impetus for the region” (FH impulse). Higher research universities for applied sciences who want to expand an existing research focus with high transfer and implementation potential and sustainably sharpen their research profile are funded. Nationwide, 10 universities will receive funding of around 10 million euros for a good eight years until 2025.

The nine other partnerships selected for funding by the BMBF:

Aalen University: SmartPro: Smart materials and intelligent production technologies for energy-efficient products of the future

Furtwangen University: CoHMed: Connected Health in Medical Mountains

Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart: i_city – Partnerschaft zur Stadtforschung

Technical University of Ingolstadt: SAFIR: Safety for all - Innovative Research Partnership on Global Vehicle and Road Safety Systems

University of Applied Sciences (HAW): HamburgX-Energy - Innovation Center for Wind Energy, System Integration and Storage

University of Applied Science and Art (HAWK) Hildesheim / Holzminden / Göttingen: PlaSIg - Plasma for Life

Bochum University of Applied Sciences / Dortmund University of Applied Sciences / Westphalian University of Gelsenkirchen: RuhrValley - Mobility and Energy for Metropolitan Change

Ostwestfalen-Lippesmart University of Applied Sciences: FoodTechnologyOWL

Zittau / Görlitz University of Applied Sciences: LANDER3 - Lusatian natural fiber composite materials: decentralized energy, raw materials, resources, recycling