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Fraunhofer: 75 years of innovation: #WeKnowHow

Openingfilm Fraunhofer Research Awards 2024

Ideas and innovations, drive and inventiveness, are more important than ever. Government, industry and society are facing major challenges and changes: from geopolitical conflicts and demographic change through to economic turmoil and the climate and energy crises.

But these challenges also open up new opportunities to shape our future with skills and expertise − so that we can find answers to the central questions of our time and emerge stronger from these crises.

For 75 years, Fraunhofer has worked hand in hand with partners from industry, research and the public sector to put innovations into practice. That’s because knowledge transfer is the backbone of our innovation system.

Since Fraunhofer was founded in 1949, our mission has been to act as supporter, guide and driving force for industry. The proven Fraunhofer model provides the basis for this transformation process and is our reliable compass for successful, market-driven transfer.

We take responsibility for a future worth living in by taking economically, ecologically and socially sustainable actions − and upholding the principle of diversity. In this way, we contribute to a strong society that is economically and politically sovereign.

Fraunhofer: 75 years of innovation. #WeKnowHow

Presentation of the Fraunhofer Research Awards 2024

On the evening of June 12th, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft honored outstanding projects by its researchers at its annual meeting in Munich. Three Joseph von Fraunhofer Prizes were awarded as well as the Stifterverband Science Prize “Forschung im Verbund” (Joint Research).

 

Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024

Bio-based plastics – innovative plastic film material made from PLA bioplastic

Dr. Antje Lieske, Dr. Benjamín Rodríguez and André Gomoll
(Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP)

 

Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024

Simulation methods – time-saving ways to model complex processes

The team around Dr. Jörg Kuhnert and Dr. Isabel Michel
(Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM)

 

Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024

Solar energy – high-efficiency colored solar panels for buildings

Dr. Oliver Höhn, Dr. Thomas Kroyer and Andreas Wessels
(Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE)

 

Stifterverband Science Prize “Forschung im Verbund” (Joint Research) 2024

Pathogen identification – next-generation sequencing optimizes diagnostics

Dr. Kai Sohn, head of the in-vitro diagnostics department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial and Biochemical Engineering IGB, and his network partners Prof. Dr. Thorsten Brenner from the University Hospital Essen, Dr. Silke Grumaz and Dr. Philip Stevens from Noscendo GmbH.