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Unlock your Innovation Potential with our Support

In addition to consultancy services for research and innovation support, we take on a variety of tasks and play different roles in EU projects.

Proposal writing

With an impressive 40% success rate, our team offers unparalleled expertise in developing proposals that stand out to evaluators. Our engagement in 80-90 Horizon projects annually ensures that your proposal is perfectly attuned to EU objectives. Partnering with us allows you to reclaim valuable time to focus on your main activities while we handle the demanding proposal process.

Exploitation of project results

As an expert, moderator and catalyst for innovation management and market access, we support the project consortia in managing intellectual property and enable the exploitation of research results. We are responsible for exploitation in more than 50 projects.

Dissemination & Communication

On behalf of the European Commission, Steinbeis Europa Zentrum takes the lead in communication within the secretariat for Clean energy for EU islands. We are also the leading partner for communication and event management for the Smart Cities Marketplace. We are responsible for dissemination and communication in more than 50 projects.

Project management and coordination

We accompany international consortia during the implementation process: Coordination of reporting system, distribution and monitoring of allocated budget, accounting and financial audits, organisation of regular project meetings as well as the internal communication and the communication with the EC. We take over the role of project management in over 20 projects.

Event management

Our strengths include holistic event organisation, information transfer and communication management. In 2024 the core of our work was based on hybrid, virtual and physical event formats. We have been organising around 90 international congresses since 2010.

We are looking forward working together with you.

Why partner with us?

At Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, we understand the challenges you face as a company or start-up. Our mission is to connect you with the resources and expertise you need to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. We are the Number One company for EU projects in Germany – as company with more than150 project participations in Horizon 2020 (2014-2021) and Horizon Europe ( 2021-2027) (as of 01/2025).

1. Access to Funding: We guide you in identifying EU-funding opportunities and assist with proposal writing, ensuring you have the financial support to drive your projects forward.
2. Strategic Partnerships: We help you connect with key research partners and innovation networks, enabling you to share risks and enhance your competitive edge in the global market.
3. Innovation Support: With the right innovation strategy and our sustainability check, we help you unlock your potential. We support you in planning your innovation processes, from the idea to product development and successful market launch.
4. Expert Guidance: Our team has extensive experience in various technologies, including health, AI, energy, mobility, bioeconomy and sustainability. We provide insights and strategies tailored to your specific needs.
5. Policy dialogue: In close cooperation with the Commissioner for Europe of the Minister of Economic Affairs Baden-Württemberg, we discuss your needs with representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament.

• 35 years of experience in innovation consulting and research funding
• 100 international employees
• 40% success rate in proposal writing
• 80-90 EU projects per year
• 100 million euros in EU funding for international consortia acquired in 2024 through our involvement in applications for the coming years.
• 18,9 million euros of funds returned from the EU to Baden-Württemberg in 2024 for us and our clients

What our project partners say

„The colleagues at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum are strong partners for us when it comes to communication, exploitation and project management. They’ve kept our backs free so that we could concentrate on research and development work. They make an excellent contribution to the development of exploitation strategies for our new technologies and pilot plants.“

Prof. Dr. Carlo Burkhardt, Institute for Strategic Technology and Precious Metals, Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Coordinator of SUSMAGPRO

"Coordinating the Horizon Europe project Invest4Nature is a great opportunity to document a better understanding of the economic performance of Nature Based Solutions. Steinbeis Europa Zentrum is an important partner for us, not only supporting the coordination team with a lot of experience in finance and administration, but also ensuring a successful and sustainable dissemination and exploitation of the results."

Dr. Ingrid Kaltenegger, Joanneum Research, Austria, Coordinator of Invest4Nature

“With the project RECLAIM, we have managed to develop an entirely new generation of friction welding machines that is more than capable of meeting the future demands of the Industrial Internet of Things. Thanks to the excellent support provided by Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, we have achieved groundbreaking results in this project. As a partner, Steinbeis was paving the way not only in the proposal process but also in developing solutions and innovations on the way to a successful market entry."

Dr. Michael Peschl, Harms & Wende GmbH and Co KG, Karlsruhe/ Hamburg, Coordinator of RECLAIM

"The experts at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum are valuable partners for disseminating and communicating the ATELIER project in which they share their broad know-how and networks with many relevant stakeholders. Furthermore, they play a key role in the exploitation of the project results - from identifying potential business models to market analysis and support with intellectual property issues. The colleagues show strong commitment, openness, and creative thinking, which is very fruitful for me as an international project coordinator as a source of information and for exploring innovative approaches.”

Frans Verspeek, City of Amsterdam, Coordinator of ATELIER