State of Lower Saxony

In addition to providing basic funding for universities and non-university research institutions in Lower Saxony, the state also supports project-based research from the state budget and the Volkswagen Foundation's “zukunft.niedersachsen” program.

A complete list of all projects with the participation of Clausthal University of Technology funded by Lower Saxony would go beyond the scope of this page. The following selection therefore only includes projects of particular strategic importance and size.

CADENCE

Clausthal Approach to Digital ENgineering to boost Circular Economy

KEIKO

Cognitively and Empathically Intelligent Collaborating Robots

TEN.efzn

Transforming the Energy System Lower Saxony

Wissenschaftsraum NaMeKI

Sustainable human-AI collaboration

Zukunftslabor Circular Economy

Digitization of the circular economy

CircularLIB

Circular production and usage of lithium-ion batteries

(ended 2025)

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