FH-Impuls funding aims to strengthen the development of innovations for urgent topics of the future by networking and establishing strategic cooperation between universities of applied sciences (UAS) and companies. The ten FH-Impuls partnerships have now completed the four-year development phase and have started the subsequent intensification phase.

At the symposium, the central results and “lessons learned” from the first four years of FH-Impuls funding were presented. The partners showed how the initiation, implementation, and further development of strategic research and innovation partnerships at UAS can succeed. In addition, the meeting served as a platform for intensive networking between universities, partnerships, and other actors in the science and innovation system.

The digital event was organised by the accompanying research team for FH-Impuls on behalf of the BMBF and marked the conclusion of the accompanying research measure. In addition to the symposium, a comprehensive final publication was produced, summarizing the experiences, learnings and successes of the years 2017 to 2020. This publication is availabe for download via the link in the right-hand column; you can also find it on the accompanying research page.