R&D Promotion

CLIB²⁰²¹ supports you in the planning and realization of your R&D projects, within our competent Cluster Industrial Biotechnology. We provide expert advice and help you find cooperation partners in academia, in small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and in industry – at German and European levels. We also offer a network of partners for the commercial aspects of your plan, ranging from patent utilization to distributors, customer industries or investors.

Topics

CLIB²⁰²¹ promotes biotechnology R&D projects on raw materials, biocatalysts, processes, products and technologies that result in monomers, in polymers or in their functionalization. Promotion is also possible for biotechnological partial steps of chemical processes and for projects involving synergies between focal topics of CLIB²⁰²¹.

R&D Partner

CLIB²⁰²¹ offers advice regarding the project consortia that are required by relevant promotion programs. CLIB²⁰²¹ membership is expected for applicants; CLIB²⁰²¹ membership is not obligatory for R&D partners.

Promotion Programs

CLIB²⁰²¹helps find promotion opportunities for suitable R&D topics, under all German and EU promotion programs.

Application deadlines vary, depending on the promotion program.

Course of Action

Applicants are recommended to send in a project outline, enabling CLIB²⁰²¹ to find out if the project qualifies for promotion and falls within CLIB²⁰²¹ activities.

The project outline must be in English language, with the following structuring:

1. Targets

1.1. Overall Target of the Project
1.2. Project´s Fit to Funding Agencies Policy
1.3. Projects´s Fit to the Targets of CLIB²⁰²¹
1.4. Scientific and Technical Goals

2. State in Science and Technology; Earlier activities of the applicant

2.1. State of Science and Technology
2.2. Earlier Activities of the Applicant

3. Chronological description of Work Schedule

3.1. Description of budget Plan
3.2. How to exchange Experiences between the Partners
3.3. Milestones

4. Potential uses in practice

4.1. Economical Perspectives
4.2. Scientific and Technological Perspectives
4.3. Future Economical and scientific Potential uses in Practice

6. Need of public Funding

7. References

After assessment of the project outline by CLIB²⁰²¹, the application form for promotion will be requested (according to documents under http://www.bmbf.de/de/6655.php).

Assessment

- The Board (Vorstand) of CLIB²⁰²¹ assesses the project outline as to whether the planned project basically qualifies as focal topic of CLIB²⁰²¹.

- In the affirmative case, CLIB²⁰²¹ obtains two expert opinions.

- As the next step, the project outline is submitted - together with the expert opinions - to the Advisory Council (Beirat) of CLIB²⁰²¹.

The Advisory Council examines the planned project as to its potential contribution to the development of the Cluster.

- If the outcome of the examination is positive, the applicant may apply for promotion funds.

- Further steps are carried out by Project Management Jülich.

Confidentiality

CLIB²⁰²¹maintains confidentiality in all phases of project assessment and examination. Applicants have the right to exclude certain persons, companies or academic institutions from assessment and examination, for reasons of competition.

Project Realization

Project realization is the sole responsibility of applicants.