Think the future.
Shape the future.

The Baden-Württemberg Innovation Alliance is a network of 9 application-oriented, industry-focused research institutions with a total of 11 institutes.

  • Cutting-edge research in the state’s future fields
  • Research and technology transfer that delivers
  • Committed to the SME sector
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Cutting-edge research & technology transfer

With over 5,500 contracts and more than 680 public research projects per year, innBW is a central partner in the state’s innovation system. As a bridge between science and industry, the innBW institutes transform research findings into market-ready solutions. The coordinated collaboration among the institutes creates synergies, strengthens knowledge transfer, and accelerates the journey from idea to application. From quantum technology to biomedical engineering and applied AI to robotics, our network pools expertise in the key technologies of tomorrow.

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A strong alliance for progress

DITF – German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf

  • Denkendorf

fem – Research Institute for Precious Metals and Metal Chemistry

  • Schwäbisch Gmünd

FKFS – Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart

  • Stuttgart

FZI – Research Center for Information Technology

  • Karlsruhe

Hahn-Schickard

  • Stuttgart
  • Villingen-Schwenningen
  • Freiburg

ILM – Institute for Laser Technology in Medicine and Measurement Technique

  • Ulm

IMS CHIPS – Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart

  • Stuttgart

NMI – Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen

  • Reutlingen

ZSW – Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg

  • Stuttgart
  • Ulm
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innBW Head Office

Anke Fellmann
Managing Director
Head of the innBW Head Office
Tel.: +49 151 21605356
E-Mail: anke.fellmann@innbw.de

Jessica Brown
Communications
Contact person at the Head Office
Tel.: +49 155 61552314
E-Mail: jessica.brown@innbw.de

Board

Prof. Dr. Alfons Dehé
Chairman of the Board, innBW
Director, Hahn-Schickard Institute
Villingen-Schwenningen
Tel.: +49 7721 943100
E-Mail: alfons.dehe@innbw.de

Prof. Dr. Katja Schenke-Layland
Board Member, innBW
Director, NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen
Tel.: +49 7121 515300
E-Mail: katja.schenke-layland@innbw.de

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