STANDING STILL DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE. AND OFTEN IN CONVERSATION. WANTED: NEW THINKERS FOR SPRIND FUNKE FULLY AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT! AI STRATEGY FOR GERMANY RELEASE OF THE 'IP TRANSFER 3.0 – CONCEPTUAL TOOLBOX' LISTEN TO OUR LATEST PODCAST: 10 MILLION EUROS FOR THE REMAINING TEAMS PHAGES AGAINST MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA DAS ERSTE SPRIND HOFFEST – VERNETZEN, MACHEN, BOCK AUF ZUKUNFT ... UND KICKERN TRENDSETTING MEDICAL DEVICES: SOLYPLUS MAKES BIOPOLYMERS INDUSTRY READY VENTURE SPRIND BRINGS TOGETHER TEAMS AND DEEP-TECH INVESTORS GERMAN FEDERAL AGENCY FOR DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION ANNOUNCES NEW SPRIND CHALLENGE A NEW GENERATION OF BATTERIES WITH SODIUM-SULFUR TECHNOLOGY AIMING HIGH: CEREMONIAL INAUGURATION OF THE WORLD’S TALLEST WIND MEASURING MAST CARBON-TO-VALUE CHALLENGE WANTS TO TURN BACK CO2-CLOCK HOW TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY DURING HEAT PUMP INSTALLATION BY TENFOLD SPRIND FUNDS VALIDATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY REDOX FLOW BATTERIES CHALLENGE DAYS: THE NEW COMPUTING CONCEPTS CHALLENGE Impressions of the SPRIND Challenge Days in February 2023. CHALLENGE DAYS: CARBON-TO-VALUE AND LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE CHALLENGES Impressions of the Challenge Days on March 2nd and 3rd, 2023. SPRIND CREATES INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LASER-DRIVEN FUSION EINE ENERGIESPARENDE REGELUNG FÜR DIE FUSSBODENHEIZUNG OVERCOMING THE FLASCHENHALS NO MORE INNOVATION THEATER TAT-SACHEN 2021|22 CREATING THE FUTURE WE WANT SPRIND CHALLENGE LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE STARTS WITH FIVE TEAMS They will receive up to one million euros each to further develop their technologies within the next 12 months.Read the article. DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION FOR ANTIBODY-BASED IMMUNOTHERAPIES WORKING ON A BREAKTHROUGH? SPRIND LAUNCHES 'IP-TRANSFER 3.0' PROJECT From the numerous applications, 17 institutions were invited to participate in the pilot project.Read the article. CHALLENGE ON ANTIVIRAL AGENTS ENTERS STAGE 2 Six out of nine teams could enter stage 2 of the Challenge afterwards.Read the article. OECD REPORT: FROM INCREMENTAL INNOVATIONS TO DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS This presents some of the ways in which the promotion of leap innovations differs from traditional research and innovation policy. Because:here (in German). REVOLUTION AFTER 100 YEARS: HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS OF METHANOL DEVELOPING SAFE SOFTWARE AT FULL THROTTLE SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH-SCALE MANUFACTURING OF CLIMATE PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES In order to solve the scaling problem, SPRIND proposes a program that uses freed-up production capacity of automotive suppliers to achieve the climate protection goals in Germany.Read the position paper (in German). FIRST SPRIND CHALLENGE DAYS SPRIND GOES YOUTUBE: LIVESTREAM AT BREAKING LAB STARTING SIGNAL FOR A CRISIS-PROOF REGENERATIVE WIND POWER SUPPLY The SPRIND subsidiary GmbH Beventum offers possible solutions, from small wind turbines to high-altitude wind turbines. For the implementation, SPRIND has worked out three options so far. Read the position paper (in German). SPRIND CHALLENGE CARBON-TO-VALUE STARTS WITH FIVE TEAMS To address this problem, the second SPRIND Challenge is now starting with five teams and possible solutions.Read the article. STARK-WATZINGER VISITS SPRIND IN LEIPZIG Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger visited the SPRIND office on March 14 and presented measures on the further development of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation. Read the text (in German.) THE ART OF SPRINDFLUENCING Our SPRIND T-shirt alone won't be enough to change that. But it obviously sparks something. We are very excited about all the support we have received. #SPRINDfluencers sharing their support . STATE PURCHASING POWER FROM THE LAB TO THE FAB SOME BUSINESS ADVICE FOR ACADEMIC STARTUPS AND SPIN-OUTS "5 FOR TRANSFER" – INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA DIEHL Read the interview with Barbara Diehl on FokusTransfer (in German). NINE TEAMS SELECTED FOR THE FIRST SPRIND CHALLENGE ‘A QUANTUM SHIFT FOR NEW ANTIVIRAL AGENTS’ CHIP FACTORIES: PLEA FOR A CATCH-UP IN THE EUROPEAN SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL What have we learned in times of remote learning? Why should our schools become more digital? And how do we create a new diversity in politics?Read the interview with Verena Pausder (in German). SPRUNGINNOVATION: WIE WIR MIT WISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNIK DIE WELT WIEDER IN BALANCE BEKOMMEN "Bei Spunginnovationen geht es nicht darum immer weiter zu optimieren, sondern grundsätzlich zu erneuern. Eine Sprunginnovation verändert die Welt grundlegend. Wirtschaftliche Macht verschiebt sich. Radikal neue Technologie hat manchmal sogar die Kraft, politische Systeme zu Fall zu bringen und neue zu erschaffen. Wir brauchen Sprunginnovationen gegen den Klimawandel, Armut und die großen Krankheiten. “Sprunginnovation” ist ein technisch fundiertes, wirtschaftlich weitsichtiges und politisch optimistisches Buch. Es analysiert die Voraussetzungen für Sprunginnovationen und erzählt von vielen spannenden Menschen, die sie vorantreiben."Here you can order the book "Sprunginnovation" (in German). HELLO BIRGITTA WOLFF! In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business. In conversation today.Read the article HELLO RONJA KEMMER! In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business. In conversation today.Read the article . IN CONVERSATION: AUDREY TANG & RAFAEL LAGUNA DE LA VERA A conversation about open source and hacktivism, the interplay between innovation and politics, and what Taiwan learned from the Corona crisis. To the video with Audrey Tang . HELLO NICOLE BÜTTNER! In a series of interviews, SPRIND talks to new thinkers from the world of of innovation, science and business.Read the article HELLO BARBARA DIEHL! CLOSING THE GAP SPRIND was founded last year as an agency owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and dedicated to locating and promoting disruptive innovations. SPRIND is financing projects that are not eligible for private-sector funding due to still-unforeseeable prospects for commercial exploitation. Go to article CLOSING THE GAP CHAIRS OF THE SPRIND SUPERVISORY BOARD ELECTED WELCOME INSIDE "I would replace the 'German fear' gene with a courage gene. We have achieved so much in Germany and Europe in the last 75 years. 120 years ago, the physics and chemistry books were written in German. We invented entire industries and were the world’s pharmacy." Go to article WELCOME INSIDE
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