The Innovative University project is a federal and state initiative to promote the research-based transfer of ideas, knowledge and technology and supports SMEs in their future product development. The Hochschule Niederrhein has given this initiative a face with the project "Leuchtturm_NIEDERRHEIN - Aus der Höhe in die Breite". The aim is to further develop the two transfer cores of textiles and surface technology into two cooperation platforms. The project is aimed at long-term, successful cooperation between universities and companies or organizations.

n the D-NL-HIT project, partners from the paint, coatings and adhesives industry in the German-Dutch border region are invited to use advanced solutions for the development of their next-generation products. By combining chemical and other expertise from the surface disciplines, automation and machine learning, the partners in the D-NL-HIT project can take full advantage of the latest technologies.

Overcoming industry boundaries, using residual materials and optimizing value chains - this is INGRAIN's declared goal for the next six years. The WIR! alliance plans to initiate an innovation-based regional structural change by synergistically utilizing the innovation potential of a bio-based "circular economy", which has hardly been addressed to date. The basis for this is the networking of the strong agricultural, textile and food industries in the region around Germany's westernmost district, which is unique in this combination in Germany.

The project consortium, consisting of WFG Heinsberg, RWTH Aachen University with the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA) and the Chair of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering (IMA), The Hochschule Niederrhein with the Competence Center Microbiology & Biotechnology and Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences with the Faculty of Life Sciences, was able totogether with more than 50 corporate partners from the practical application process, successfully submitted an application and received approval for six years of funding of up to 15 million euros at best for activities to establish a bio-based circular economy.

The FooDS (Food and Delivery Solutions) project brings together scientists and companies to tackle the growing challenge of supplying elderly and immobile people with new solutions.

The interdisciplinary German-Dutch research and transfer project TKV FO - Technology Competence Alliance for Functional Surfaces is the largest research project in the history of The Hochschule Niederrhein with 41 partners from science and industry.