The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the world’s leading applied research organisation. With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial exploitation of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. It is an innovator and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and a model of scientific excellence.
The Fraunhofer Innovation Platforms (FIPs) - formerly Fraunhofer Project Centers (FPCs) - are vehicles enabling Fraunhofer Institutes to collaborate with research organizations outside Germany on a specific topic for a limited period of time. In each case, the partner organization sets up the FIP under its own legal sovereignty and cooperates closely with a Fraunhofer Institute in Germany on the chosen topic. This form of collaboration aims at joint research, joint projects for customers, and participation in publicly funded projects.
At the heart of Fraunhofer's success is the so-called Fraunhofer model of performance-based basic funding (see Fraunhofer model file in Highlights).
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Applied Artificial Intelligence for Materials & Manufacturing at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Smart Shipping at Novia University of Applied Science (Finland)
Fraunhofer Project Centre for embedded bioanalytical systems at Dublin City University (Ireland)
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform on Waste Valorisation and Future Energy Supply at University of Bologna
The Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Twente (The Netherlands)
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Composites Research at Western University (Canada)
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for New Food Systems at the Institute of Food Technology ITAL Campinas (Brasil)
Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Drug Discovery and Delivery at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
The Fraunhofer Project Center for Cybersecurity at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Fraunhofer Project Center for Composites Research at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Korea)
Fraunhofer Project Center for Smart Manufacturing at Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni-versity (China)
Fraunhofer Project Center for Urban Eco-Development at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)