Priority 1 – Strengthening research, technological development, and innovation

In order to overcome Thuringia’s existing structural weakness, the strengthening of research, technological development, and innovation, as well as the expansion of research and innovation capacities, continues to remain necessary. For this purpose, Thuringia’s research landscape needs to be further developed, the existing knowledge needs to be made available to companies cooperatively and absorbing the know-how or adapting technological developments must be made easier for them. In particular, the networking of business enterprises among one another and with the science possesses development potential that specifically addresses existing structural deficits and helps overcome them.