Projects

National and international project work

Within the framework of the EU, the BMBF and national tenders national projects become constantly into being. Through this work we would like to help drawing attention to the region while at the same time sharpen conciousness towards here settled competences. For instance, scientific cooperations are promoted within the scope of BioSmile or the ELAt initiative. Additionally, scientific seminars, workshops and visits to companies are organised and permit a more intensive exchange between cooperation partners.

Skills3

Skills3 is an Interreg IV project aiming at strengthening the Euregional Labour market in the Life Sciences sector. Besides LifeTecAachen-Jülich e.V. four partners from four regions are joining forces in powering three activities supporting the Life Sciences: HR seminars, Master Classes and the Career Portal (www.vividlinks.eu).

www.skills3.eu

in.nrw (innovating medical technology)

Personalised Medicine stands for the development of individual solutions and therapies for a specific disease pattern of a patient.

Fourty partners of the Aachen medical technology cluster "innovating medical technology in.nrw" investigate and develop a new generation of biomedical devices and systems to offer patient customised medical solutions. With the focus on cardiovascular diseases the cluster adresses a particularly relevant disease area, which represents still the leading cause of death in Germany, and bank on an outstanding strength in research and economy in the Aachen region.

www.medtec-innrw.de

TTC (Top Technology Cluster)

“Top-Technology-Cluster” (TTC) is an Interreg IV project started on January 1st 2011. TTC is a joint cross-border initiative with 19 partners from Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium to support technology-oriented companies, especially SMEs, to find the right partners & to establish sustainable business cooperation across the borders.

Based on an international benchmark-study several promising business & technology fields were identified for cross-border development & cooperation:
  • Advanced materials
  • Life sciences
  • High-tech-systems (covering Energy, ICT, Automotive
TTC provides excellent opportunities for developing new value chains & doing better businesses! Our vision is to:
  • strengthen each other
  • build-up competitive “top technology”-clusters &
  • bring a “top technology region” to life

www.ttc-innovation.eu