What actually is …?
| AiF | German Federation of Industrial Research Associations |
| BMBF | Federal ministry of education and research |
| BMWi | Federal ministry of economy and energy |
| Cluster | Bigger projects with several sub-projects, which can comprise the entire field from basic research to practical application |
| CORNET | Collective Research Network |
| ERA-NET | European Research Area Network |
| FKT | Forschungskuratorium Textil |
| FRT | European Cleaning and Hygiene Technology Research Association |
| FuE | Research and Development (R&D) |
| IGF | Industrial collective research |
| KMU | Small and medium sized enterprises |
| SME | Small and medium sized enterprises |
| ZIM | Central Innovation programme for small and medium sized enterprises |