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The transatlantic partnership aims to propel innovative technology translation, lay the foundation for new industries and positively impact people’s lives in the U.S. and Europe 

The U.S. National Science Foundation, through its Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP), announced a partnership with the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIND) to accelerate breakthrough innovations in key technology areas. 

Leaders from NSF TIP and SPRIND signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during the fifth-anniversary event of SPRIND’s establishment in Leipzig, Germany. The MOU unlocks possibilities for TIP and SPRIND to work together to accelerate timelines for selecting and conducting translational research on an international scale. Utilizing the SPRIND Challenge model, NSF and SPRIND jointly plan to bring the U.S. and European innovation ecosystems closer to enable unconventional approaches to solving substantial societal problems and translate discoveries into tangible applications and products.  

This partnership adds an important new dimension to NSF’s longstanding relationship with Germany while exemplifying the role that TIP plays in strengthening NSF’s mission to advance research and workforce development. NSF has offered co-funding opportunities with Germany for many years and invested in bottom-up U.S.-Germany collaboration on foundational and use-inspired research.  

“Our historic partnership with SPRIND offers a transformative new approach to accelerating the development and translation of breakthrough technologies for maximum national, societal and geostrategic impacts,” said Erwin Gianchandani, NSF assistant director for

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