Approval of seven transfer-oriented project applications
At the beginning of December 2024, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs published the “Praxissprints” call for funding, targeting companies, business-related research institutions of the Baden-Württemberg Innovation Alliance, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as well as universities and colleges in the state. The call, which has a funding volume of 18.72 million euros, addresses projects that prepare the results of basic research and laboratory developments in such a way that they can lead to joint research projects with industry, industrial contracts or the acquisition of property rights in a next step. The aim is to accelerate innovation processes and support the acquisition of cooperation partners for the practical implementation of innovations and the protection of intellectual property (IP) of the research institutions.
The scientists at the DITF submitted numerous transfer-oriented project applications from all subject areas along the textile value chain and were rewarded for their commitment with a total of seven approvals. All projects have now been launched and have a processing time of eight months. This means that proverbial “sprints” are required. The following overview shows the topics of the projects.
DITF practice sprints
> EFVKS - Continuous fiber-reinforced plastic screw
> SteamBlend - resource-efficient processing of blended textiles using steam explosion
> LactiSlip – Controlled release of lactide from panty liners for a healthy vaginal environment
> ProtectLig – Development of lignin-containing dispersions for textile coatings as a protective layer against degradation by microorganisms and UV light
> PiezoPLA – Development of piezoelectric PLA fibers in melt spinning
> PEFFR – Bio-based, flame-retardant poly(ethylene furanoate) copolymers for textile fibers
> MetAkusTex – Acoustic textiles: Theoretical and metrological method development
