Presentation of funding structure and funding bodies

Funding structure & funding bodies

The AuQuA project is coordinated and supported by the Forschungsgemeinschaft Qualität e.V. (FQS). The initiator of the project, which is funded by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen (AiF) within the framework of the international research network CORNET, is Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert H. Schmitt, Head of the Chair of Production Measurement and Quality Management at RWTH Aachen University.








Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen "Otto von Guericke" e.V. AiF

Numbers, data, facts about the Research Association Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen - AiF:

  • 100 members: Non-profit industrial research associations (FV) - 36 of which have their own institutes (a total of 49 institutes)
  • Around 50.000 companies: more than 90% SMEs as members of the FV
  • >Around 1.200 integrated research institutions

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität e.V. - DGQ

Facts and figures about thedeutsche Gesellschaft für Qualitäz:

  • Over 30 years of experience, founded in 1989
  • Cross-industry orientation
  • Over 30 million euros in funding since its foundation
  • Over 100 research projects in total
  • Over 20 research institutions as members
  • Success rates of the applications submitted and approved by us: For years now, over 85% of our applications have received funding from the BMWii

Cornet / IGF international

CORNET stands for Collective Research Networking and enables transnational projects of joint research. The initiative networks national and regional programs of collective research of different countries to enable international research projects for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises. In Germany, CORNET is based on the Industrial Collective Research (IGF) funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi).

  • Ministries and funding organizations from currently 13 countries and regions are involved in CORNET

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie - BMWi

The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie wants to strengthen medium-sized businesses and industry, boost investment, shape digitalization and promote innovative start-ups. The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie is committed to competitive companies, strong growth and a functioning Europe as a community of values.
The central themes here are above all:

  • strengthening innovative strength and
  • internationally competitive start-up and growth financing