Become a partner in the SmartLivingNEXT ecosystem

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Associated partners accompany SmartLivingNEXT throughout its entire duration and actively support the objectives of the project. Numerous companies and institutions have already expressed their interest in participating as associated project partners. The advantages of associated partners at a glance:

Participation in the smart living ecosystem
General Meetings
Quarterly newsletter
Visibility in the SmartLivingNEXT community

Who is eligible?

The following are generally eligible as associated partners: manufacturers, housing companies, IT companies, universities/colleges, research institutes, consulting firms, insurance companies and associations. You should consider the essential criteria that are important for cooperation in the project:

Acceptance of the pre-competitive nature
serious, demonstrable interest in an exchange of information and participation in information events (including virtual ones)
Fundamental endorsement and support of the concept of shared data rooms
Fundamental support for the idea of interoperability in the smart living environment

How do you become an associated partner?

If you are interested in a free associated partnership, please contact our project office. We will arrange a personal appointment with you and then send you the LOI.

Write us an e-mail here.

SmartLivingNEXT project office

Want to learn more? Contact our project office at

E-mail: support(a)fe-zvei.zendesk.com
Phone: +49 (0)151 14 34 14 17

Rights	Consortium partners	Associated partners
Influence on research content, technological developments and utilization	direct
Funding of own specific work packages by the BMWK (own funding application, own budget, monitoring and reporting obligations)	Yes	no
First exploitation rights to the joint results	Depending on the provisions in the consortium agreement, usually yes in the course of the project, after which the partners can grant themselves individual rights	no
Use of compute infrastructures, test data sets and AI tools	Unrestricted, co-development is possible at any time	no
Contribution of own sub-projects, application scenarios, development ideas	Yes	no
Participation in general meetings	Yes	Yes
Participation in sub-project meetings of the lead project	Yes	By invitation
Participation in meetings of the SmartLivingNEXT focus groups	Yes	By invitation
Receipt of the quarterly newsletter	Yes	Yes