Hands supporting new ideas

Innovation Supporting Frameworks

The projectsof the ‘Innovation Supporting Frameworks’ support the cooperation within the cluster as well as its connections with society.
Hands supporting new ideas
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ThWIC offers a plethora of innovation supporting frameworks. To reach the cluster’s goals and to support the projects in their implementation, ThWIC is developing frameworks like a central data management and AI-based navigation support for the document and data lake on the topic of water. Through educational and communication offers, the cooperation within the cluster, as well as the connections with society, are strengthened.

Ongoing Projects (2026 - 2029)

  • NeRITe

    Collaboration and Technology Transfer for Innovative Water Technologies

    Kollaborativer Brainstorming-Workshop in einem kreativen Format
    Image: Adobe Stock

  • GUIDELINE

    Commercialisation Strategies for Innovative Water Technologies

    Nachhaltige Industrieanlage mit wasserinspirierten Strukturen als Symbol für innovative, ressourcenschonende Technologien und deren wirtschaftliche Bewertung.
    Image: Adobe Stock

Completed Projects (2023 - 2026)

  • INTRALead

    Inter- and Transdisciplinarity Leadership Program

    SDG wheel
    Graphic: United Nations

  • Methods4Transfer

    Sustainable innovation and transfer management

    A liquid flows out of a lightbulb through a stylized valve into a different lightbulb
    Illustration: Adobe Photostock

  • QuaWaKon

    Sociological analysis of water quantification

    Ein Messbecher steht auf einem Labortisch mit Armaturen
    Image: unsplash.com

  • ThWIC Sonar

    AI-based navigation support in the document and data lake

    Two scientists in conversation
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)