PIONEER brings together a broad European consortium comprising partner organisations from Austria, France, Finland, Portugal and the Netherlands. Research institutions, universities, businesses, technology clusters and regional development agencies contribute their diverse expertise. Together, they are creating a network designed to facilitate knowledge exchange, access to infrastructure and the development of new cross-border partnerships.<\/p>\n
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From Research to Practical Application<\/strong><\/p>\n PIONEER supports businesses in testing new technologies and turning them into commercially viable applications. Planned activities include feasibility studies, improved access to research and development infrastructure, and funding calls for innovation projects with a total budget of \u20ac7.6 million, of which \u20ac3.8 million is earmarked for Austrian companies.\n\nTraining, mentoring and networking opportunities with investors, including through cooperation with the Vienna-UP Start-up festival<\/a> in 2027, are intended to accelerate the transfer of research into practical applications.<\/p>\n Another key priority is the training and recruitment of skilled professionals. To achieve this, universities, research institutions and businesses will work more closely together. At the same time, the participating regions are developing joint approaches to embedding photonics and quantum technologies in their innovation strategies.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n JOANNEUM RESEARCH Connects Technology and Innovation Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n At JOANNEUM RESEARCH, our MATERIALS and POLICIES institutes are working together on the project. MATERIALS contributes expertise in photonics, optical technologies, and micro- and nanostructuring. POLICIES provides expertise in innovation strategies, regional development and impact assessment.<\/p>\n In addition to coordinating the project as a whole, we are involved in training activities, cross-regional knowledge transfer and feasibility studies, among other areas. The project is led by Michael Amiot-Wurzinger.<\/p>\n The online kick-off meeting marked the official start of the collaboration. The agenda focused on introducing the partner organisations, presenting the work packages and outlining the next steps. PIONEER started on 1 October 2026 and will run for five years. It is co-funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photonik und Quantentechnologien er\u00f6ffnen vielf\u00e4ltige M\u00f6glichkeiten f\u00fcr neue Produkte und Anwendungen. Der Weg von der Forschung zum marktf\u00e4higen Produkt ist jedoch h\u00e4ufig mit H\u00fcrden verbunden: Gerade kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen sowie Start-ups fehlt oft der Zugang zu spezialisierter Infrastruktur, Finanzierung und Fachkr\u00e4ften. Hier setzt PIONEER an und verbindet Forschung, Wirtschaft, \u00f6ffentliche Verwaltung und Investoren \u00fcber […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":119053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","institutes-materials","business_areas-produktion-und-fertigung","business_areas-umwelt-und-nachhaltigkeit-produktion-und-fertigung"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119052"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119057,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119052\/revisions\/119057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.joanneum.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Bild2-380x73.jpg\")
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