Bay­erische Forschung­sal­li­anz GmbH (Bay­FOR)

The Bay­erische Forschung­sal­li­anz GmbH com­pre­hens­ively con­sults and sup­ports Bav­ari­an act­ors from sci­ence and busi­ness to acquire European fund­ing aim­ing to fur­ther devel­op Bav­aria as a loc­a­tion for sci­ence and innov­a­tion in the European research area. The focus is on the latest research frame­work (7^th FRP, Hori­zon 2020, Hori­zon Europe). The sci­entif­ic depart­ments sup­port with expert inform­a­tion, stra­tegic con­sult­ing, and act­ively foster pro­ject ini­ti­ations, the set-up of inter­na­tion­al research con­sor­tia, applic­a­tion pre­par­a­tion, con­tract nego­ti­ation with the European Com­mis­sion and sub­sequent pro­ject man­age­ment. BayFOR’s EU-liais­on office in Brus­sels rep­res­ents the interests of Bav­ari­an R&D act­ors dir­ectly on site, strengthens their vis­ib­il­ity and is also a con­tact medi­at­or with the European insti­tu­tions. Being a mem­ber of the Enter­prise Europe Net­work (EEN), Bay­FOR offers tar­geted con­sult­ing and sup­port for Bav­ari­an com­pan­ies – espe­cially SMEs – inter­ested in par­ti­cip­at­ing in EU research pro­jects. Bay­FOR is a part­ner organ­iz­a­tion of the Bav­ari­an House of Research (www​.haus​der​forschung​.bay​ern​.de) and is fun­ded by the Bav­ari­an Min­istry of Eco­nom­ic Affairs.