Siemens and FAU do research together on multiple topics, reaching from future technologies for efficient energy conversion over digital production strategies for industry and new processes in material science to new power-to-X concepts and medical technologies. Researchers from all Siemens Units are involved in projects with many institutes and departments at FAU and diverse formats of collaboration are successfully run.
Between 2013 and 2018, researchers from FAU and Siemens co-authored over 430 scientific publications, ran almost 250 bilateral research projects and participated in more than 30 publicly funded projects, both on national and European level.
If you plan a joint project do not hesitate to contact the Siemens RIE office at FAU to help you finding the right partner and setting up details for the collaboration.
Siemens
Siemens wants to be at the cutting edge of several important technology and innovation fields, the so-called Company Core Technologies (CCTs). In fact, the CCTs have been determined to be critical for Siemens’ long-term success and of its customers. What’s more, they overlap in their relevance for Siemens’ Divisions – that means a CCT is meaningful nearly for every Division. Around €500 million of the company’s R&D expenditures in the current fiscal year have been earmarked for the CCTs. Expertise for the CCTs comes from Corporate Technology (CT), Siemens’ central R&D department, and from the individual businesses. In that way, the company’s R&D efforts are bundled.
Find out more about our CCTs on the official website of Siemens RIE:
Formats of Cooperation
Contract DesignThere are many things to consider when it comes to setting up a contract between partners. Although at Siemens RIE Office we cannot offer legal council, we can get you in touch with the people who can at Siemens AG or FAU. If you plan to conduct a research project with FAU and Siemens, do not hesitate to contact the FAU Siemens RIE office (rie@fau.de). We are happy to help you with contractual details.
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There are various formats for collaboration between Siemens and FAU. Which format is best suited for your projects depends on the goal you are pursuing with the collaboration.
Here is an (incomplete) list of the most common forms of collaboration:
Bilateral Research Project
A research project is a research activity carried out in bilateral collaboration between Siemens and an academic partner with a defined content and time. Content, goals, degrees of goal specification as well as the form of collaboration may vary. Research projects can be carried out by the academic partner alone (contract research) or jointly with the involved Siemens Unit (joint research project). The contractual basis of a research project is usually an individual or project contract.
Publicly Funded Project
Publicly funded projects are research projects, which usually involve several partners from private industry and the academic world. The consortium partners work jointly together in a publicly funded project. In Germany common public funding sources are usually federal ministries (e.g. Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology or Federal Environment Ministry), but occasionally also state ministries. On European Level, the EU commission in Europe with their Funding Programs (like Horizon 2020) is a common funding source.
PhDs
There are different forms how Siemens and FAU work together with respect to PhD projects. They all have in common that PhD projects refer to research activities which result in the writing and presentation of a dissertation. One possible setup is that the PhD student is an employee of Siemens during the time of his/ her PhD project/thesis. A different setup is the allocation of the PhD student at the university or a mixture of the two cases. Details have to be clarified in each case individually. Benefit from our experience and do your PhD at Siemens in cooperation and close coordination with FAU that holds the right to award doctorates!
Lecutreships, Seminars, Workshops
A Siemens employee can give lectures without being employed by the university. He or she might give a stand-alone lecture, be part of a bigger lecture series or conduct a seminar, workshop etc.
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