Connecting Business and Science
Services of the Innovations Kontakt Stelle Hamburg (IKS)
About the IKS
Contact Service for Innovation and Collaborations between Business and Science
The IKS Hamburg is the central point of contact for anyone interested in collaboration between business and science in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. We bring companies of all sizes, universities and research institutions together to work on joint technical or non-technical projects and shape the future together.
We match new knowledge from science and its business applications. Our innovation network facilitates direct contacts with relevant scientific institutions and business sectors. Targeted alignment enables sciences and enterprises to jointly develop new processes, products and services.
How the IKS Supports new Collaborations
We will help you to structure and concretise your project and, if required, assist you in drawing up a project outline.
We design your collaboration between businesses and academic institutions based on the challenge at hand: Do you need access to laboratory equipment, insights from domain knowledge, an expert opinion, a contract research partner, academic studies or even the outsourcing of a development or experiments?
Each type of collaboration has different requirements and therefore a different shape of collaboration.
We offer support as a sparring partner to discuss your ideas and opportunities for their realisation with collaboration partners.
We will work with you to select suitable project partners, facilitate initial discussions as required and support the project initiation phase.
We may accompany you in collaboration progress and adapt the intensity of our support to your needs.
We may assist as a neutral moderator in the event of diverging interests during the collaboration process.
Our services are free of charge.
Our Services
Consulting Services from IKS Hamburg
Our free services for your entire innovation process.
Do you seek contacts in the scientific community to advance a new project in your company? Do you work at a university or other scientific institutions or are you looking for a company for a joint project proposal? We are happy to assist!
Thanks to the many years of experience and our large and diverse network in Hamburg, the Metropolitan Region and beyond, we can arrange direct contacts in scientific institutions and companies from a wide range of business sectors.
We support you not only in technical but also in non-technical domains – regardless of topic or sector, e.g. with collaboration ideas in areas such as marketing, sales, design or personnel management.
What we always keep in mind: Successful collaboration requires a win-win situation. Our straightforward approach is based on the alignment of interests of both sides and mutual benefits of your joint approach. This also significantly reduces your transaction costs.
You have limited experience in working with academic partners and would like to start with a low-threshold collaboration format such as an expert exchange or a student project? – We have contacts for you too!
Innovation in general and collaboration with scientific institutions and commercial enterprises is a complex operation – and knowledge about it is essential for the success of a project. We can help you navigate the wide range of funding and advisory organisations!
We provide you with an overview of the relevant offers that match your situation and concerns.
Because good preparation of the collaboration prevents or minimises discrepancies during the collaboration process immensely. This includes, for example, forms of collaboration, financing, funding, intellectual property rights such as patents and trademarks or even exploitation options.
The Hamburg Metropolitan Region offers a range of options to support you. We are happy to advise you on other key issues in the field of knowledge and technology transfer:
- Establishing strategic partnerships
- Access to existing networks
- Establishing new networks
- Open innovation and other forms of collaboration
- Guidance on and access to suitable support services from the innovation ecosystem
- Identification and prioritisation of innovation topics
The Hamburg Metropolitan Region offers a wide and varied range of support services for companies. It can sometimes be difficult and time-consuming to quickly gain an overview in day-to-day business. The IKS consultants are happy to take this work off your hands!
IKS Hamburg works closely with the existing institutions and players in the innovation ecosystem to organise intermediation and networking efficiently. This makes it much easier for you to access regional services and networks, such as cluster initiatives, chambers, start-up support organisations, development banks and university transfer institutions.
We know the contact persons in the respective institutions personally and can put you in touch with suitable contacts so that you can find further support quickly and easily.
Transfer
Working with External Partners
We show you the benefits of working with external
partners and what to look out for in a collaboration.
