Research Cooperations with Non-University Research Facilities

Leibniz University Hannover and the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM) collaborate in the field of biomedical research in particular. Within the Translation Alliance in Lower Saxony (TRAIN), they and other university and non-university research institutions focus their expertise and infrastructures to speed up the process of transferring potential active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and vaccines from the laboratory to the patient.

Joint activities in wind energy research characterise the collaboration between Leibniz University Hannover and the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES). As part of the cooperation agreement between both institutions, the Test Centre for Support Structures was set up at Leibniz University Hannover. Both organisations also cooperate within ForWind, the joint Centre for Wind Energy Research of the universities of Hannover, Oldenburg and Bremen, and in the Wind Energy research alliance.

Leibniz University Hannover has for many years been a close research cooperation partner of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig. Under the auspices of the Cluster of Excellence QUEST, several DFG joint research projects and in the HITec research building, scientists from PTB and Leibniz University Hannover work at the top international level to advance developments in the area of precise metrology.

With the establishment of the German Aerospace Center's Institute of Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing (DLR-SI) in Hannover and its opening in 2022, synergies with Leibniz University Hannover in research in the field of quantum technologies and geodesy can be exploited in the future. The Institute of Satellite Geodesy and Inertial Sensing is primarily dedicated to research related to the use of quantum technologies and quantum sensors – for example, new methods of terrestrial or space-based earth observation, new navigation systems and planetary research.

Leibniz University Hannover has cooperated with the DZHW and its predecessor, the Institut für Hochschulforschung der HIS GmbH, since 2006. At the Leibniz Centre for Science and Society, the research activities of the participating researchers also strengthen the university’s core research area “Interdisciplinary Studies of Science” through joint positions, lectures and research projects, and a research cooperation agreement.

The German Institute of Rubber Technology (DIK) is an independent research institution cooperating closely with Leibniz University Hannover and with industry. DIK and Leibniz University Hannover have been closely linked for many years through research projects, and on the structural and staffing level. In cooperation with the Wirtschaftsverband der deutschen Kautschukindustrie (WDK) and Leibniz University Hannover, a continuing education and training course for studies in rubber technology has run successfully since 1985.