International collaborative R&D-projects not only face technical but also non-technical challenges such as:

Our tailor made services allow the projects to concentrate on their core task of facilitating innovations. Precisely defined project management processes and our large network provide ideal conditions for optimizing both, project efficiency and effectiveness in the deployment of project results. We support R&D-projects within European Commission’s 7th Research Framework Program (FP7), the EUREKA initiative and national programs in Germany.

In a nutshell: edacentrum helps you to conduct your R&D-project from the first idea to a successful completion!

• Feasibility Analysis
  We examine the relevance, substance and focus of your project ideas with regard to the topics laid down in current German or EU funding programs.
  
  
• Funding Strategy
  Based on the results of the feasibility analysis, we support you to identify the right funding program for your project.
  
  
• Project Definition
  We support you to define the project and to set up a project structure which corresponds to the chosen funding program.
  
  
• Consortium Building
  We foster a large expert network in the EDA community (industry and academia) in Europe. Based on this network we support you to find appropriate partners for the project.
  
  
• Consortium Support
  Our IT and administrative services provide structure and processes which enables the project to work more efficiently.
  
  
• Proposal Writing and Submission
  We support the project to meet the formal requirements and evaluation criteria of the proposal required by the funding authorities.
  
  
  

• Project Coordination
  We provide the administrative management of the project including administration, monitoring and reporting (project office). In addition we offer the development of a management handbook for organizing procedures and responsibilities.
  
  
• Management Consulting and Coaching
  We provide budget management as well as contract, conflict and risk management.
  
  
• Cooperation Activities
  We organize and moderate workshops to bring together experts from different R&D-projects as well as cooperation markets where research facilities and start-up companies can demonstrate their know-how to representatives from industry.
  
  
• Dissemination Support
  We support the project in organizing workshops and press conferences as well as publishing brochures, posters and articles in the technical press.
  
  
• Collaboration Platform
  We provide hosting, administration and animation of a secured collaborative project website to support remote team work and project management.
  We examine the relevance, substance and focus of your project ideas with regard to the topics laid down in current German or EU funding programs.
  
  
  

• Cooperation Market
  We initiate and organize cooperation markets where projects and their partners can demonstrate their project results and know-how to representatives from industry and academia.
  
  
• Expert Workshops
  We initiate, organize and moderate workshops dealing with specific technical subjects where experts can discuss
  their ideas and results and can concentrate on them more deeply.
  
  
• Electronic Market Place
  We develop a secured internet platform where you can publish and share research results and know how.