Metaproject (funding instrument)

A metaproject is a funding instrument within the program funding of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) . Each metaproject is assigned to a funding priority of the BMBF and supports and takes over the communication and cooperation of the actors within this priority. In addition, the metaproject takes on the role of a "mediator" who follows the activities of other organizations in a national and international context and initiates and supports cooperation opportunities for this funding focus.

aims

A metaproject pursues the following goals:

• Systematisation and bundling of results
• Transfer of results within the funding focus, ie transfer to the project sponsor, to the sponsor and in society, politics and business
• Accompanying research that can relate to different topic complexes. The focus is often on knowledge transfer and the management of research associations.
• Services, such as the organization of conferences or advice to individual players in the funding priority.

Examples

• StArG: "Strategic transfer in occupational health and safety" is part of the priority area "Preventive occupational health and safety" and was funded by the BMBF from September 1, 2006 to March 31, 2010.
• MANTRA: “Innovative ability as a management task, synthesis, transfer and support of research and development projects” belongs to the funding priority “Innovation strategies beyond traditional management” and was funded from 2008 to 2012.
• BALANCE: “BALANCE - Flexibility and Stability in the Research World” is part of the funding priority “Balance of Flexibility and Stability in a Changing World of Work” and has been funded from September 1, 2009 to April 30, 2013.
• DemoScreen: “DemoScreen - Communication, Cooperation and Innovative Capability in Demographic Change” is part of the funding priority “Innovative Capability in Demographic Change” and has been funded from January 1, 2012 to April 31, 2015.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ursula Bach, Frank Hees, Ingo Leisten: Prevention & Transfer. StArG Lessons Learned concept and report. Aachen 2010.
2. ↑ M. Haarich, S. Sparschuh, C. Zettel, S. Trantow, F. Hees: Innovation ability - learning ability - transfer ability. Systematically promote innovations. In: S. Jeschke, I. Isenhardt, F. Hees, S. Trantow (Eds.): Enabling Innovation: Innovative Capability - German and International Perspectives. Springer, Berlin et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-24299-1 , pp. 447-464.
3. ↑ starg-online.de ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ mantra-interaktiv.de
5. ↑ balanceonline.org ( Memento of the original dated May 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ demoscreen.de