Economics and Science in Unison

Competence centres are research institutions, in which economics and science operate a joint research programme at the highest level. Basic research is focussed just as much on industrial research as on experimental developments. The FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) programme COMET encourages the development of competence centres and includes three programmes which are graded according to their level of ambition, public financing and duration. With 19 of a total of 45 Austrian K2/K1 centres and K projects Styria is an excellently positioned economic location in terms of innovation, research and international networking!

K2 centres

• ACIB – Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology
• K2-Mobility – Sustainable vehicle development
• MPPE – Materials, Processing and Product Engineering

K1 centres

• Bioenergy 2020+ – Biomass research
• EVOLARIS – Interactive media
• Know-Center – Knowledge management and technologies
• PCCL – Plastic development and polymer competences
• RCPE – Pharmaceutical process and product development
• CTR* – Intelligent sensor technology
• K1-Met* – New technology for iron and steel manufacture
• Oncotyrol* – Cancer research

K projects

• AAP – Advanced Audio Processing
• BioPersMed – Biomarkers for personalized medicine
• ECO Power Drive – Emission- and Fuel Conumption Reduction for Two-Wheeler and Small Engine Applications
• holz.bau – Timber construction research
• JOIN 4+ – Joining technology
• MPPF – Integral building
• MacroFun – Development of biotechnical procedures
• SOFTNET II – Applied research in software engineering

(*Headquarters not in Styria)