PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES

The purpose of iL is to create a facility in which partners from science and business can carry out joint research in the areas of energy, the environment and health and transform the results of this research into economic value creation.

In this context, the aim of iL is to construct research platforms in which the shareholders and their partners both in and outside the region can contribute resources and research together on clearly defined topic areas. In this, iL manages the research platforms and brings shareholders and partners together on specific projects in their own facilities.

In addition, iL works together with them to define topics for further education and training and works with the universities involved to turn these into appropriate programs of study, such as new Masters programs, doctoral courses, electronic teaching materials etc.

Since its foundation, iL has been working on the development of the future technology organic electronics. It was with this topic that it successfully took part in the excellence cluster competition held by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research in 2008. Further areas of research and application in the areas of energy, the environment and health will be opened up based on the results from Organic Electronics.

An additional objective of iL is to develop results which the research partners themselves are not using from research prototypes into marketable products. In this context, however, iL will not be forming its own operative business, but either selling products which arise in this way to partners or starting separate spin-off companies.
The first project of this kind to be based on research results from the University of Heidelberg is concerned with the transcutaneous measurement of kidney function.