What actually is …?
| AiF | Alliance for Industry and Research |
| BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| BMWK | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action |
| Cluster | Bigger projects with several sub-projects, which can comprise the entire field from basic research to practical application |
| CORNET | Collective Research Network |
| DLR | German Aerospace Center |
| ERA-NET | European Research Area Network |
| FKT | Forschungskuratorium Textil e.V. |
| 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 |