LEADING-EDGE CLUSTER FORUM ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
The Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and surrounding areas are home to a large number of well-known companies, universities and research institutions focusing on the development of the future technology organic electronics. In the past, this mainly took the form of individual activities or bilateral cooperations. With the leading-edge cluster competition held by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) acting as a catalyst, the loosely connected participants from science and business have been successfully brought together into a close-knit research network, the Forum Organic Electronics. This targeted networking has led to the formation of a leading-edge cluster for organic electronics, whose depiction of the entire value chain gives it a selling point which is unique in the world. In accordance with the model of co-innovation, the partners' competences are combined across disciplines. Joint research projects create decisive synergies which allow faster development of marketable products and applications. The partners' activities are guided by the jointly defined goals and a joint strategy.
Objectives
The objectives of the leading-edge cluster Forum Organic Electronics, formulated jointly by the cluster partners, underpin the aim of securing the role as the world leader in the development of new technologies.
Cluster Partners & Value Chain
With their various competencies, the partners in the leading-edge cluster Forum Organic Electronics cover the entire organic electronics value chain and work together across disciplines. The integration of real market needs into research work at an early stage is a significant part of this.
Cluster Partners & Value Chain
Research Strategy
The research strategy of the leading-edge cluster is targeted at overcoming the existing technological hurdles of organic electronics by establishing five specific competence centers. The results of the research will feed into the leading-edge cluster projects and, in this way, allow the development of marketable products and applications.
Training and Further Education
One of the central objectives of the leading-edge cluster is to ensure the availability of well-qualified young researchers in the area of organic electronics through appropriate training and further education measures. To achieve this, the elite universities of Heidelberg and Karlsruhe are developing an integrative program for the promotion of young researchers.
International Networks
InnovationLab is a member of the leading specialist organization for organic electronics, allowing it significant influence over the development of this key technology at an international level.
