Established in 2000, BaCaTec for Bavaria California Technology Center is a technology platform for research exchange between universities in the
federal state
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s of
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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and the state of
California
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in the
United States of America
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.
Mission
The mission of BaCaTeC is to increase and promote cooperations between researchers, including academic and commercial efforts, located in Bavaria and California, by providing a data basis for the identification of potential partners and assists initial contacts. BaCaTeC also sponsors projects with seed money to start up new collaborations amongst the participants.
BaCaTeC strongly encourages the expansion and development of research projects by academic and/or commercial Bavarian and Californian institutions which have the potential to attract external funding in the future.
Areas of Study
Participants in active exchange between the universities are involved in the following areas of study:
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life sciences
This list of life sciences comprises the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings. This science is one of the two major branches of natural science, the ...
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information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, ...
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new materials
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environmental technologies
Environmental technology (envirotech) or green technology (greentech), also known as '' clean technology'' (''cleantech''), is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devi ...
and
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mechatronics
Status
As of July 2009, there have been 299 joint research projects, on which BaCatec spent about €1.6 million.
References
External links
Official Website (German/English)Official Website (English)
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Computing platforms
2000 introductions
Education in Bavaria
Education in California
Scientific societies based in Germany
Germany–United States relations