Service Centre Research and Transfer (SFT)

The Service Centre Research and Transfer (SFT) supports the researchers of the h_da in the acquisition and administration of externally funded research, development and transfer projects. This begins with the search for suitable cooperation partners and funding programmes and continues with support in the preparation of applications, project management and the exploitation of project results.

The SFT acts both as an advisory centre for researchers and as an interface to the various central organisational units of the h_da in the fields of research and development, innovation and cooperation. At the same time the SFT coordinates and advises researchers from the university as well as research partners from industry and society and actively promotes networking within the university. The main tasks include:

• Advice
• Application support
• Networking with research partners
• Calculation
• Drafting of contracts
• Project Management
• Inventions, licensing and patents
• Knowledge and technology transfer
• Data acquisition Research Information System