Erfurt - A new round of ‘ProExzellenz’, a program organized by the state of Thuringia, began this year and will provide a total of EUR 20 m for cutting-edge research through 2019. Seven new research centers are to be set up, as well as three chairs of excellence at the state’s universities. The funded projects are involved in topics as diverse as media research, questions of social and cultural change, energy storage, aging, microbiology, drugs and active substances, photonics and communication technologies.
Erfurt - The Thuringia Research and Innovation Strategy ‘RIS3’ is under way! The Commission of the European Union gave the green light for the strategy in December last year after a broad-ranging preparation process. RIS3 will be a channel for the state to use EU funding in ways that will benefit both businesses and investors in the long term. The aim is for the innovation strategy to be achieved in Thuringia by 2020. Implementation will be supported by ThüringerClusterManagement (ThCM), which is under the wing of the State Development Corporation and will provide both the central office for the strategy and the management team.
