AiF

German Federation of Industrial Research Associations

BMBF

Federal ministry of education and research

BMWi

Federal ministry of economy

Cluster

Bigger projects with several sub-projects, which can comprise the entire field from basic research to practical application

CORNET

Collective Research Network

ERANET

European Research Area Network

FuE

Research and Development (R&D)

IGF

Industrial collective research

KMU

Small and medium sized enterprises

SME

Small and medium sized enterprises

ZIM

Central Innovation programme for small and medium sized enterprises