Biotechnology

National programme for biotechnological research with a separate focus on nanotechnology
- Effective project sponsorship, especially by means of strategic, collaborative research projects with regional importance, so-called lighthouse projects
- Intensification of the collaboration between business and science in order to transform research results into marketable products rapidly.
- Early participation of small and medium-sized companies in the research programmes.
- The flexibilization of the German system of scientific study and research by way of additional development of its structures in order to maximize the effect of the research funds used.
Nano-biotechnology; techniques for manipulation for biological nanometre-scale systems; using of nano-scale particles as means of transportation for pharmaceutical products; using of nano-scale particles for combat cancer; new basic approach for advanced array technologies
Funding rate 50 %; cooperation between research institutions and industry essential