acib focuses its research on three areas of expertise (Biotransformations, Microbial Systems Biotechnology, Biopharmaceutical Technology) in order to specifically enable new scientific advances and industrial developments far beyond the current state of the art.

Next generation bioproduction is associated with a major paradigm shift, namely the application of synthetic biotechnology in conjunction with diverse technical disciplines and modularization as well as digitization concepts in all phases of bioprocess design and development. The research serves urgent needs of the biotechnology industry in terms of its future growth and sustainable development in tomorrow's markets. Flexible process technology - with higher performance as well as economic profitability - enables more reliable and predictable process development and implementation, and shorter time-to-market. The significant trend towards a closer exchange relationship between customers and bioproduction, as it is emerging in the coming fourth industrial revolution, is promoted in this way.

acib combines excellent research with a tailored training and career program for young scientists. The new center thus acts as an important training ground for future workers in the field of industrial biotechnology.

Homepage: acib - Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology

The Know-Center is one of the leading European research centers for Data-driven Business and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Since 2001, well-known companies have been supported in using data as a success factor for their business. As an integral part of the European research landscape, the center very successfully handles numerous projects and contract research at EU and national level. The K1 Competence Center, which is funded under COMET, is also the leading training center for data scientists in Austria and offers a range of al training and consulting services for companies. In 2020, the Know Center was the only Austrian center to receive the iSpace Gold Award from the Big Data Value Association in the "European Innovation Space" category, which has only been awarded nine times in the entire EU.

Homepage: Know Center - Trustworthy Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence (know-center.at)

The Competence Center cooperates with about 40 partners from industry and science and, as a pre-competitive, industry-oriented research organization, contributes to the continuous development and implementation of scientific knowledge in the field of drug development and manufacturing as well as in related areas.

Homepage: Home - RCPE

CBmed, a COMET-funded competence center, combines excellent research infrastructure, scientific competence, medical expertise, national and international companies for systematic biomarker research in medicine.

CBmed networks scientific expertise with leading pharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical technology and IT companies. In addition, CBmed is strongly networked with biobanks, including Europe's largest biobank - Biobank Graz and the European Biobank Network BBMRI-ERIC. CBmed's research projects will identify novel biomarkers, validate biomarker candidates, and conduct translational biomarker research for clinical application.

CBmed will develop biomarkers that are easily applicable, targeted as well as minimally invasive and can be used for better diagnosis, better therapy control and for personalized treatment of patients.

Homepage: CBmed GmbH Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine

Essential elements of research and development at VIRTUAL VEHICLE are the linking of numerical simulation and experimental validation as well as comprehensive system simulation up to the complete vehicle. On the one hand, the current project landscape reaches deep into individual technologies such as traction batteries, special aspects in lightweight construction or vehicle safety and, on the other hand, is dedicated to combining various individual aspects into an overall vehicle view.

Homepage: Leading international R&D center - Virtual Vehicle (v2c2.at)

The Competence Center Wood (Wood Kplus) is a leading research institution for wood and related renewable raw materials in Europe. Core competencies lie in materials research and process technology along the entire value chain - from raw materials to the finished product.

The University of Graz is involved as a scientific partner in "Market Analysis & Innovation Research". On the one hand, the "Market Analysis & Innovation Research" team supports the four technical research areas in the Wood Competence Center with its sound, market-oriented know-how, thus ensuring a holistic view of the market and its structure. On the other hand, market-oriented questions are also dealt with independently. The team divides its expertise into three topics:

1. Market-oriented technology research
2. Forecasting models and sector simulation
3. Sustainability assessment and life cycle assessment

Homepage: Wood K plus (wood-kplus.at)

The COMET K1 Research Center Pro²Future (Products and Production Systems of the Future) with headquarters at JKU Linz and additional locations at TU Graz and in Steyr is dedicated to the research of cognitive products and production systems in the field of industrial information and communication technologies. In close cooperation with our scientific partners (JKU Linz, TU Graz, TU München, DFKI, University of Graz and many more) as well as more than 40 corporate partners, we research beyond Industry 4.0 using Artificial Intelligence on economically and scientifically current cross-sectional topics such as Pervasive AI, Causality, Explainable AI, Edge Analytics, Engineering for Distributed AI, Analytical User Guidance, Failsafe & Robust AI and AI for Sustainable Production.

Homepage: Pro²Future - Products and Production Systems of the Future (pro2future.at)