Links
The following list will give a non exhaustive short overview of public research organizations and a closer look of the international network.
Links: Public research organizations
| Link | Country |
| The Research Centre NANO_MATES (Research Centre for NANO Materials and nano Technology at University of Salerno) was established in August 2007. It is a research network within the University Campus aiming at accomplishing a strong synergy between scientists active in nano science and nanotechnology at the 8 Departments joining in the Centre | Italy |
| http://www.nanomates.unisa.it/ | |
| The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is an independent, non-profit company performing research, development and demonstration in the electricity sector for the benefit of the public | USA, Palo Alto, California |
| http://my.epri.com/portal/server.pt? | |
| The Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research (CESTAR) is an interdepartmental research center whose mission is to provide a common focal point for collaboration and synergism among researchers at UCLA involved in energy related research | USA, California |
| http://cestar.seas.ucla.edu/ | |
| Caltech Center for Advanced Computing Research. The forefront of computational science and engineering | USA |
| http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/main/ | |
| UCLA Research Labs | USA |
| http://www.research.ucla.edu/labs/index.htm | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | USA, Massachusetts |
| http://web.mit.edu/research/ | |
| Centre national de la recherche scientifique | France, Grenoble |
| http://www.cnrs.fr/ | |
| The University of Twente’s research is accommodated in six successful research institutes that focus on nanotechnology, ICT, biomedical technology and technical medicine, sustainable energy and ‘smart devices', governance and behavioral sciences | Netherlands, Twente |
| http://www.universiteittwente.nl/research | |
| Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL has a long tradition of training engineers in close collaboration with industry and preparing them to solve tomorrow's technology and science challenges | Switzerland, Lausanne |
| http://sti.epfl.ch/page5041-en.html | |
| Idiap Research Institute. Human & Media Computing. The Idiap Research Institute is an independent, non-profit research foundation specializing in multimedia information management and in multimodal man-machine interaction | Switzerland, Martigny |
| http://www.idiap.ch/ | |
| ETH Zurich is an institution of the Swiss Confederation dedicated to higher learning and research | Switzerland, Zurich |
| http://www.ethz.ch/ | |
| Fachhochschule Schweiz | Switzerland |
| http://www.fachhochschulen.net/ | |
| The Ruhr-Universität was prominent from its beginning: as the first new university to be founded in Germany after the war; and as the first university to integrate engineering on a single campus | Germany, Bochum |
| http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ | |
| In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada's Technology Triangle, has become one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities with 28,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs | Canada, Waterloo |
| http://uwaterloo.ca/ | |
| Science and Technology Basic Plan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) comprehensively promotes all of the process from creation of knowledge, which leads to innovation in Japan, to return of research results to the society/nation | Japan, Saitama |
| http://www.jst.go.jp/EN/ | |
| The National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) undertakes scientific investigations into hearing, hearing habilitation and rehabilitation, and the prevention of hearing loss. We are the research division of Australian Hearing, a Commonwealth Government Authority under the Department of Human Services | Australia, |
| http://www.nal.gov.au/ | |
| The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE conducts research on the technology needed to supply energy efficiently and on an environmentally sound basis in industrialized, threshold and developing countries. To this purpose, the Institute develops systems, components, materials and processes in the areas of the thermal use of solar energy, solar building, solar cells, electrical power supplies, chemical energy conversion, energy storage and the rational use of energy | Germany, Freiburg im Breisgau |
| http://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/ | |
| The University of Southampton is already one of the top 15 research universities in the UK and has achieved consistently high scores for its teaching and learning activities | England, Southampton |
| http://www.soton.ac.uk/research/index.shtml | |
| Energy Research at the University of Cambridge | England, Cambridge |
| The University of Cambridge is already a leading centre for energy research, and energy has been identified by Cambridge University - in particular by the Schools of Technology and Physical Sciences - as a top priority area for further strategic development | |
| http://www.cam.ac.uk/ | |
| Linköping University is renowned for its innovative educational spirit and its long-standing tradition of interdisciplinary studies and research. LiU has its educational roots in the late 1960s and is now one of Sweden’s larger academic institutions | Sweden, Linköping |
| http://www.liu.se/?l=en |
Links: Public nonprofit organizations
| Link | Country |
| CTI is the Confederation’s innovation promotion agency | Switzerland |
| http://www.bbt.admin.ch/kti/ | |
| Platform for financing of Swiss high-tech start-up companies | Switzerland |
| http://www.cti-invest.ch/ | |
| Swiss Venture Club (SVC) ist ein Verein für Firmen und Einzelmitglieder aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Politik und Kultur | Switzerland |
| http://www.swiss-venture-club.ch/ | |
| Energie Cluster Schweiz | Switzerland |
| http://www.energie-cluster.ch/bereiche/ForschungEntwicklung/ | |
| Zusammenschluss von Unternehmen, Ausbildungsinstitutionen, Verbänden und Behörden mit dem Ziel, das Thema und den Sektor Telekommunikation- und Informatik (ICT) | Switzerland |
| http://www.tcbe.ch/ | |
| Der Medical Cluster vereint Hersteller, Zulieferer, Dienstleistungs- und Forschungs- und Entwicklungsunternehmen entlang der Wertschöpfungskette Medizintechnik aus der ganzen Schweiz | Switzerland |
| http://www.medical-cluster.ch/ | |
| Der Präzisionscluster bietet eine Plattform für Unternehmen, Zulieferer, Schulungs- und Forschungsinstitutionen, die auf dem Gebiet der Präzisionsindustrie und Mikrotechnik tätig sind | Switzerland |
| http://www.cluster-precision.ch/ | |
| Kommunikationsplattform für Informations- und Kooperationssuchende aus dem In- und Ausland für alle Fragen der internationalen Zusammenarbeit in Forschung und Bildung | Germany |
| http://www.kooperation-international.de/ | |
| Europe INNOVA is a European initiative which aspires to become the laboratory for the development, testing and promotion of new tools and instruments in support of innovation, with a view to helping innovative enterprises to innovate faster and better. The aim is to support all forms of innovation, taking into account the great societal challenges of today | European community |
| http://www.europe-innova.eu/ | |
| The gateway to European research and development | Europe |
| http://cordis.europa.eu/ | |
| Innovation Norway promotes nationwide industrial development profitable to both the business economy and Norway’s national economy, and helps release the potential of different districts and regions by contributing towards innovation, internationalization and promotion | Norway |
| http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/system/Global-toppmeny/English/ | |
| Business Cluster Semiconductors East Netherlands is a regional network of innovative companies active in the whole value chain of development, production and application of Advanced ICs, MEMS, Sensors and Wireless Systems | Netherlands |
| http://www.bcsemi.nl/ | |
| The goal of the Cluster « Route des Lasers ® » is to become the reference for innovation in the field of laser systems, metrology and imaging, innovative physics | France |
| http://www.bordeaux-region.com/en/Competitiveness-Cluster-for-Lasers.html | |
| Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research | France |
| http://www.cluster.org/ | |
| Paris Dévéloppement is an economic development agency backed by the City of Paris and the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry | France |
| http://www.parisdeveloppement.com/ | |
| Italian technology cluster | Italy |
| http://www.distretti-tecnologici.it/home.htm | |
| Italian technology cluster | Italy |
| http://www.adite.it/ | |
| Technology cluster from Belgium | Belgium |
| http://clusters.wallonie.be/mitech | |
| On the initiative of essenscia, the Belgian Federation for Chemistry and Life Sciences Industries, several Belgian private and public partners decided to work together to promote Belgium as the place to be for biopharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing | Belgium |
| http://www.essenscia.be/ | |
| The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills is committed to helping British industry increase productivity and develop world-class competitiveness | UK |
| http://www.berr.gov.uk/ | |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies are key to creating a clean energy future for not only the nation, but the world. This Web site describes NREL's research in renewable energy technologies, and also provides information on energy efficiency and various applications of renewable energy | USA, Washington, D.C |
| http://www.nrel.gov/about/ | |
| National Research Council Canada | Canada |
| http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ | |
| Energy Commission's program provided market-based incentives for new and existing utility-scale facilities powered by renewable energy. It also offered consumer rebates for those installing new renewable energy systems | USA, Sacramento |
| http://www.energy.ca.gov/research/renewable/index.html | |
| The silicon valley economic development alliance | USA,
CA |
| http://www.siliconvalleyonline.org/ |