Steinbeis EU for YOU

• Information about research and innovation programs in the European Union
• Assistance with applications and the financing of projects
• Support with searches for cooperation partners
• Support with implementing research results and with transnational technology transfer
• Implementation of international congresses, conferences, information days, and workshops

You can find out more about the projects and activities implemented at the Steinbeis Europa Zentrum in the current annual report.

Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ) was founded in March 1990 under an initiative spearheaded by the Commissioner for Europe of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister of Economic Affairs and renamed Steinbeis EU for YOU in September 2021. With offices in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Steinbeis EU for YOU assists with the submission of applications and the running of interdisciplinary projects, as well as with partnerships, project management, technology transfer, and the development of innovation strategies.

It provides support to small and medium-sized companies on behalf of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, and Tourism, also in close collaboration with the Commissioner for Europe of the Minister of Finance and Economics. It also provides support to universities of applied science and Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State Universities (DHBW).

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Pizza Circolare and Food Council (Transfer 3/2023)
  Small innovations help shape the future of urban food and beverage systems
• Promoting Innovation Ecosystems (Transfer 3/2023)
  Steinbeis experts support SMEs from Baden-Wuerttemberg in implementing the EU’s Digital and Innovation Strategy
• Mittelstand Pioneers – Success Fueled by Value Creating Collaboration (Transfer 2/2023)
  Turning the spotlight on sustainability
• “Simply mapping things digitally saves time and money – especially for the New Mittelstand” (Transfer 2/2023)
  An interview with Carina Gliese (Steinbeis Europa Zentrum) and Thorsten Kroke (BCON2 GmbH)
• Daring to Take Risks! (Transfer 3/2022)
  Minimizing the risk of innovation projects with EU funding
• Tailor-Made Competency Acquisition for the Factory of the Future (Transfer 2/2022)
  An interview with Sabine Hafner-Zimmermann, Senior Project Manager at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum and partner of the EU FIT4FoF project
• A Network for More Innovation and Internationalisation (Transfer 1/2022)
  Steinbeis Europa Zentrum supports SMEs in its role as a member of the Enterprise Europe Network
• The innocheck-bw Initiative – Which EU Funding Options are Best for my Project? (Transfer 1/2022)
  Website set up by Steinbeis Europa Zentrum offers funding advice for SMEs
• “It’s About Making the Next Step” (Transfer 2/2021)
  An interview with Dr.-Ing. Petra Pu¨chner and Dr. Jonathan Loeffler, Entrepreneurs at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
• How the Circular Economy Boosts Innovation and Sustainability (Transfer 2/2021)
  Introducing circular flow concepts to the economy
• NetworkNature: Connecting Experts for Climate Protection and Sustainability (Transfer 1/2021)
  Steinbeis offers platform for exchanging views on nature-based solutions, projects, and best practice
• Editiorial (Transfer 1/2021)
  
• The Green Deal and “From Farm to Fork”: EU Strategies for Improving the Food System and Biological Diversity (Transfer 3/2020)
  Team at Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum provides support with submitting applications to the EU
• How to Keep Old Machines Going (Transfer 2/2020)
  EU project uses smart factories and closed loop strategies to extend the life of machines
• Cooperation Rather Than Confrontation (Transfer 2/2019)
  Steinbeis experts look into different ways to dovetail technological and social innovations
• The role played by smart cities as innovation hubs for cities and regions (Transfer 1/2019)
  Steinbeis experts create innovation processes for EU projects
• A Passionate European Passes the Baton (Transfer 1/2018)
  Change of leadership at the Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum and the office of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Commissioner for Europe
• Innovations Promote Sustainability in Forestry (Transfer 1/2018)
  The Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (SEZ) acts as partner in the project Forwarder2020
• The Other View on Innovating (Transfer 1/2018)
  Tap into diversity with the Competence Explorer!
• Research Spotlight: Smart Energy Storage for energy self-sufficiency on the Island of Borkum (Transfer 4/2017)
  The NETfficient EU project develops smart energy management and efficient energy storage solutions
• The Journey to New Key Enabling Technologies (Transfer 4/2017)
  The SEZ is working as a partner on two EU projects: NUCLEI and KETGATE
• Committed to Future Forms of Production (Transfer 2/2017)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum runs a support center for the Vanguard Initiative in Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Innovation models for the manufacturing and processing industry in Central Europe (Transfer 1/2017)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum acts as partner on NUCLEi project
• Smart Cities: Integrated Solutions for Smart Cities (Transfer 1/2017)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum shares results of European projects
• Light is so Illuminating! (Transfer 4/2016)
  Children and adolescents get to know a key technology: photonics
• Communication Platform Revolving Around Smart Components (Transfer 4/2016)
  SEZ coordinates international network
• AGRIFORVALOR: Bringing added value to the agriculture and forest sector by valorizing sidestreams (Transfer 3/2016)
  SEZ leads this EU project
• DanuBalt Optimises Application of Research Findings in the Baltic and Danube Region (Transfer 3/2016)
  Steinbeis takes the lead in the EU funded initiative
• DRAGON STAR Plus Helps Promote Sino- European Collaboration (Transfer 2/2016)
  EU initiative to foster policy dialogue on science and technology
• Rare Earth Metals in Strong Demand (Transfer 2/2016)
  EU projects aims to optimize hard magnetic materials
• Pooling Competence (Transfer 1/2016)
  Steinbeis sets up platform to provide SMEs with access to key enabling technologies in Europe
• “Companies now face huge challenges in international competition” (Transfer 1/2016)
  An interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Norbert Höptner, the Commissioner for Europe of the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Finance and Economics and Director of Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum
• Innovation Management at SMEs: Implementing New Concepts and Preparing Ideas for Markets (Transfer 4/2015)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum provides support with the development of future strategies
• Today’s Building, Tomorrow’s Smart Energy District (Transfer 4/2015)
  Steinbeis experts support sustainable city development
• Paving the road towards Exascale Computing (Transfer 3/2015)
  A project team works on improving the energy efficiency of supercomputers
• Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum Marks 25 Years (Transfer 3/2015)
  Steinbeis experts help SMEs navigate their way through funding programs and implement projects and innovations
• Seeing the Light with Photonics4All (Transfer 3/2015)
  Steinbeis coordinates EU project promoting optical technologies
• Smart solutions for the city of the future (Transfer 2/2015)
  Steinbeis takes part in EU TRIANGULUM project
• Research and Innovation Cooperation Across Borders (Transfer 2/2015)
  Steinbeis supports the Science Offensive of the Trinational Metropolitan Region of the Upper Rhine
• Steinbeis training course in EU funding applications (Transfer 2/2015)
  Certificate in “The basics of application submissions”
• The Road to Europe 2020 (Transfer 1/2015)
  SEZ works on “Good Practices” in the internationalization of business clusters in the Alpine region
• Tuning Tunesia’s Innovation System to Steinbeis (Transfer 1/2015)
  Steinbeis experts join forces in the country to set up a transfer system
• Giant Steps Toward Transport with No Carbon Footprint (Transfer 4/2014)
  Steinbeis works as partner on EU project MobyPost
• IMMODGEL: Innovative Systems for Use in Immune Modulation with Implants (Transfer 3/2014)
  Steinbeis collaborates on EU project
• Plug&Produce – an Innovation Enters Production (Transfer 3/2014)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum works as a partner on the EU project I-RAMP³
• Balance between research, innovation and education – the approach favored by KIC InnoEnergy (Transfer 2/2014)
  A sustainable energy model for Europe
• Ingenious technology mix of different renewable energy sources (Transfer 2/2014)
  Award for an augmented reality app called Smart Cities
• Spreading innovation with green packaging (Transfer 2/2014)
  Steinbeis is coordinating the EU’s Danube PIE project
• HORIZON 2020 – the new European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Transfer 1/2014)
  TRANSFER talks to Professor Dr. Norbert Höptner
• Biological membrane reactors improve water purification (Transfer 1/2014)
  Steinbeis is partner in the EU project BioNexGen
• Traditional Organ Building Meets Modern Science (Transfer 4/2013)
  
• Fit for Health (Transfer 4/2013)
  Steinbeis assists companies with EU research cooperations for public health
• Innovation for SMEs (Transfer 4/2013)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum awarded prize by innovation network
• Kick into market (Transfer 3/2013)
  The “KIC Innoenergy” innovation platform gives its backing to a sustainable energy concept
• Environmental protection at a profit (Transfer 2/2013)
  Savings through resource efficiency in surface technology
• In the future, how do we want to build and live? (Transfer 3/2012)
  CONCERTO provides models of energy-efficient construction and renewable energy usage
• European research funding: where next? (Transfer 2/2012)
  “Horizon 2020” – defining the direction of future EU funding
• Scientists call for a quota for women (Transfer 2/2012)
  SEZ discusses equal opportunities for men and women in research
• Let the music play (Transfer 1/2012)
  Europe’s organ builders use a research organ constructed in Leonberg for testing
• MaPEeR SME: strengthening medium-sized companies (Transfer 4/2011)
  Ways to match research funding programs more closely to SMEs
• An adhesive that the industry is stuck on (Transfer 3/2011)
  Special glue from Baden-Württemberg shakes up the market
• Uncovering potential (Transfer 2/2011)
  Material efficiency and energy optimization in metal processing
• Female Ambassadors for female entrepreneurship (Transfer 1/2011)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum encourages more women to set up companies
• Technology foresight for optical technologies (Transfer 1/2011)
  Roadmaps to assist SMEs in product development and strategic planning
• Business strategies based on internationalisation (Transfer 4/2010)
  The Enterprise Europe Network helps SMEs set up partnerships
• A network for bio-active plant ingredients (Transfer 3/2010)
  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum coordinates a consortium
• Supporting SMEs in the transport sector (Transfer 3/2010)
  POSMETRANS: an EU project to analyze innovation policies for SMEs

Yearbook Steinbeis Foundation´s Transfer Award – Löhn Award

• Traditional Organ Building Meets Modern Science (Löhn Award 2013)

Steinbeis-Edition

• Bahr, Valerie; Blessing, Victoria; Loeffler, Jonathan; Mildenberger, Georg; da Silva, Nathalie (2023): "Innovationsmanagement für soziale Innovationen (Non-Print)" Ein Leitfaden zur Unterstützung der Entwicklung sozialer Innovationen
• Bahr, Valerie; Blessing, Victoria; Loeffler, Jonathan; Mildenberger, Georg; da Silva, Nathalie (2023): "Innovationsmanagement für soziale Innovationen" Ein Leitfaden zur Unterstützung der Entwicklung sozialer Innovationen
• Doppio, Nicola; Melander, Christina; Mohr, Miriam; Villers, Kadi (2022): "UX Challenge Playbook" A Guide on setting up an Open Innovation Initiative for User-Centered Design
• da Silva, Nathalie; Kourti, Maria; Roth, Clementine; Hochberg, Katrin; Chiran, Daniela; Bahr, Valerie (2020): "Innovation for Agro-Food Clusters" A Guide on Innovation Management for Agro-Food Clusters in the Danube Region
• Kourti, Maria; da Silva, Nathalie; Roth, Clementine; Bahr, Valerie; Chiran, Daniela; Hochberg, Katrin (2020): "Business Internationalization and Scale up" A Guide on Business Internationalization and Scale up of Danube Agro-Food Clusters
• Zeller, Ivo; Reimann-Zawadzki, Meike; Estrada, Dorothy; Kopf, Eva Juliane; Ormond, Olga; Murphy, David (2020): "Navigating EU Projects" Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Tools for Success
• Zeller, Ivo; Reimann-Zawadzki, Meike; Estrada, Dorothy; Kopf, Eva Juliane; Murphy, David; Ormond, Olga (2020): "Navigating EU Projects (Non-Print)" Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Tools for Success
• Bahr, Valerie; Barrientos, Fernando Javier; Grosjean, Matthieu; Kesten Erhart, Dilay (2020): "''Smart Cities and Communities'' as Innovation Hubs" Success Stories & Best Practices from the European Project REMOURBAN
• Bahr, Valerie; Barrientos, Fernando Javier; Grosjean, Matthieu; Kesten Erhart, Dilay (2020): "''Smart Cities and Communities'' as Innovation Hubs (Non-Print)" Success Stories & Best Practices from the European Project REMOURBAN
• Cabeza, Cristina; Gaffey, James; Hatvani, Nora; Hendriks, Kees; Lambrecht, Evelien; Welck, Hartmut (2019): "Potential of biomass sidestreams for a sustainable biobased economy (Non-Print)" Bringing added value to agriculture and forest sectors by closing the research and innovation divide
• Cabeza, Cristina; Gaffey, James; Hatvani, Nora; Hendriks, Kees; Lambrecht, Evelien; Welck, Hartmut (2019): "Potential of biomass sidestreams for a sustainable biobased economy" Bringing added value to agriculture and forest sectors by closing the research and innovation divide
• Immendörfer, Andrea (2018): "The NETfficient Handbook: Aggregated Energy Storage for Smarter Communities" Grid Integration of Distributed Energy Storage Using an Aggregation Platform
• Immendörfer, Andrea (2018): "The NETfficient Handbook: Aggregated Energy Storage for Smarter Communities (Non-Print)" Grid Integration of Distributed Energy Storage Using an Aggregation Platform
• Blessing, Victoria; Bongertz, Ute; Loeffler, Jonathan; Mildenberger, Georg; Mortimer, Sarah (2018): "Neue Technologien und soziale Innovationen" Europäische Forschungsstudie über öffentliche und private Initiativen
• Blessing, Victoria; Bongertz, Ute; Loeffler, Jonathan; Mildenberger, Georg; Mortimer, Sarah (2018): "Neue Technologien und soziale Innovationen (Non-Print)" Europäische Forschungsstudie über öffentliche und private Initiativen
• Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology of the National Research Council (Hrsg.); Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.); Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Hrsg.) (2017): "Towards Best Practice in Photonics Outreach for Young People (Non-Print)"
• Photonics Austria (Hrsg.); Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.); Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Hrsg.) (2017): "Towards Best Practice in Photonics Outreach for General Public (Non-Print)"
• Opticsvalley (Hrsg.); Steinbeis 2i GmbH (Hrsg.); Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (Hrsg.) (2017): "Towards Best Practice in Photonics Outreach for Entrepreneurs (Non-Print)"
• Clar, Günter; Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine; Sautter, Björn (2017): "Strategiekompetenz für mehr Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (Non-Print)" Eine Handlungsanleitung
• Rohde, Oliver; Internationales Büro; Tsurkan, Oksana; Yashenkov, Vadym (2016): "NoGAP: Knowledge Transfer Community to Bridge the Gap Between Research, Innovation and Business Creation"
• Albrecht, Christian; Reimann-Zawadzki, Meike (2015): "Roadmaps and Recommendations for Strategic Action in the field of Systems of Systems in Europe"
• Athanassopoulou, Nicky; Thompson, Haydn (2015): "Strategic Research & Innovation Roadmap and Business Opportunities for ICT in Manufacturing"
• Clar, Günter; Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine; Sautter, Björn (2014): "Strategiekompetenz für mehr Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit" Eine Handlungsanleitung
• Chiran, Daniela; Gero, Barbora; Gohla, Robert; Ilko, Stefan; Szegényová, Katarína; Ács, Daniel (2014): "Training of Trainers in Technology Transfer" Training for Trainers - Handbook
• Chiran, Daniela; Gohla, Robert; Lashyna, Yuliya; Shukayev, Sergiy; Tsybulov, Pavlo (2014): "Technology Transfer in the Field of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources" Training for Researchers - Handbook
• Bodi, Stefan; Chiran, Daniela; Dragomir, Mihai; Gohla, Robert; Iamandi, Oana (2014): "Innovation Management & Transnational Partnership" Training for SMEs and Start-ups/Entrepreneurs - Handbook
• Bertrand, Emilie; Herrmann, Eduardo Manuel (2013): "Strategy Paper for enhancing reciprocity in EU-China Science & Technology Cooperation"
• Cioffi, Margherita; Di Gennaro, Frederico; Zinetti, Silvia (2012): "Cross-ETP Research and Innovation Roadmap for the Energy Efficiency in Building"
• Amanatidou, Effie; Munteanu, Olga; Seidel, Kerstin; Welck, Hartmut; Bougiouklis, Kostas (2012): "Boosting research and innovation friendly support programmes for SMEs in Europe" Key success factors and good practice examples for supporting SMEs in research and innovation activities
• Welck, Hartmut (2010): "Eco-Innovation - Turning ideas into marketable results" Key Success Factors of SMEs for exploiting and disseminating EU RTD results in Eco-Innovation
• Mc Nerney, Oonagh (2010): "Strategic Guide to Successful Use and Dissemination of the Results of Research and Development Projects" Make European research work for your company... for busy professionals
• Herrmann, Eduardo Manuel (2010): "Collaboration in Research, Development and Innovation in the Construction Sector" Success Factors and Barriers for Cooperation & Identification of Priority Research Topics for SMEs
• Loeffler, Jonathan (Hrsg.); Cullmann, Sabine; Larat, Fabrice; Mack, Anette; Preusse, Sabine (Hrsg.); Seyd-Mundhenke, Antje (2008): "Interkulturelles Forschungsmanagement" Ein Wegweiser für die Projektarbeit
• Acheson, Helena; Sautter, Björn; Buczek, Magdalena; Allan, Jaqueline; Clar, Günter; Hafner-Zimmermann, Sabine (2008): "Strategic Policy Intelligence Tools - A Guide" Enabling better RTDI policy-making in Europe's Regions

Handout

• Annual Report 2022 (2023)

Videos

• Traditional Organ Building Meets Modern Science (2013)