Collaborative Funded Research (COMET, FFG, EU)

Pro2Future acts as a central innovation hub and experienced consortium partner for Collaborative Funded Research, driving pre-competitive and application-oriented R&D initiatives under regional, national, and European funding frameworks (e.g., COMET, FFG, Horizon Europe).

We bring together manufacturing enterprises, technology providers, and academic institutions to co-create next-generation cognitive systems while significantly mitigating individual R&D risk through public co-funding mechanisms.

Key collaboration elements include:

• Consortium Building & Proposal Leadership: Identifying suitable funding calls, aligning scientific objectives with commercial partner roadmaps, and structuring high-scoring project proposals.

• Long-Term Applied Research (COMET): Multi-year joint research projects within our COMET competence center framework, tackling fundamental industrial challenges in cognitive manufacturing, digital twins, and embodied AI.

• National & European Funding Initiatives (FFG, EU Horizon Europe): Collaborative execution of work packages focusing on Industry 5.0, circular economy, resilient supply networks, and human-AI collaboration on the shop floor.

• IP & Scientific Translation: Systematic valorization of research results, delivering defensible intellectual property for partners alongside peer-reviewed scientific dissemination.

• Testbed & Pilot-Plant Access: Validation of novel algorithms and architectures within state-of-the-art research factory environments and industrial demonstrators prior to shop-floor rollout.