Life Sciences Partnering 2025

Part of Standortagentur Tirol, the cluster management platform connects top-class Tyrolean research institutions from the life sciences sector with active companies located in the region. It imparts expertise, provides thematic inputs, offers links to specialist partners, encourages and supports interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary collaborations and research & development partnerships. The life sciences cluster thereby boosts innovation performance in the region and promotes enhanced competitiveness for both companies and the Tyrolean region. The cluster creates an organized, cohesive presence of the sector which leads to an enhanced visibility of Tyrolean expertise in the respective specialist fields both in Austria and abroad.

The Tyrolean life sciences scene features three universities and two universities of applied sciences conducting excellent, internationally recognized research and a strongly innovative industry which is home to world market leaders as well as highly research driven start-up companies. A total of 96 cluster members - that is to say 2/3 of life sciences companies in Tyrol and all the relevant Tyrolean research institutions - are interlinked in ‘Cluster Life Sciences Tirol’. The partners work in the fields of medical engineering, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, life science-related services, research and education.

For more information get in contact with:
Roland Fuchs
roland.fuchs@standort-tirol.at

Health Hub Tirol offers research-oriented companies from the healthcare sector precisely what they need to forge innovation and evolve entrepreneurially. From the requisite infrastructure to a tailored range of services and access to investment capital – Health Hub Tirol offers ideal conditions for the optimal advancement of innovations and support for companies from the life sciences, medical technology, e-health, biotechnology or pharmaceutical sectors. 

In spring, the Health Hub Tirol will move into its new premises - a brand-new building equipped with state of the art lab infrastructure, office space and meeting rooms in Exlgasse in Innsbruck for our start-ups, companies and partners.  Furthermore we offer shared space to create a buzzing and productive environment on 4,500 m2, where new ideas grow and the exchange of knowledge contributes to everyone's success. An event room opens our hub to the public. 

For more information get in contact with:
Klaus Weinberger
klaus.weinberger@healthhub.tirol

PROMOS is an Interreg project between research partners in Trieste (ICGEB), Bolzano (EURAC Research and NOI AG), Klagenfurt (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences) and Innsbruck (Innsbruck Medical University) with the aim of strengthening cooperation between business and science in the field of life sciences.

The participating countries and regions have excellent research results, but these are too rarely reflected in the economy. PROMOS therefore analyzes research results and develops ways to exploit them. Researchers are given the opportunity to transform research results into a business idea by means of a training program (including micro-credentials) and a training week (Innovation Camp) and to present them to potential cooperation partners at events.

Furthermore, a cross-border alliance with SMEs, clusters, universities, R&D institutes and R&I action groups will be created as a think tank in order to establish a sustainable network for the valorization of research results in the future.