Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a European Biotech Act as an important step towards strengthening Europe's biotechnology ecosystem, research and innovation capacity, competitiveness and resilience.

The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres supports the European Commission's efforts to strengthen biotech innovation in Europe. The attached document outlines our key recommendations for enhancing the biotech sector by addressing various stages of the innovation continuum, from basic research to commercialization.

Helmholtz welcomes the European Commission's initiative to take EU action in the areas of industrial biotechnology and biomanufacturing by introducing it in the Work Programme 2026 and complementing the previous legislative act on health biotechnology.

Helmholtz Mission contributes to solving the grand challenges and one of its main foundations relies on providing research and innovation communities with access to the infrastructures operated by our Centres. Helmholtz Centres build and operate research infrastructures (RI), as well as technology infrastructures (TI).

The development of European guidelines for cardiovascular screening marks a decisive moment for public health policy across the European Union. As cardiovascular disease continues to represent the leading cause of mortality and disability in Europe, there is a growing recognition that sustainable healthcare systems will depend not only on advances in treatment, but increasingly on effective prevention, early…

Helmholtz centres build and operate research infrastructures, as well as technology infrastructures. These infrastructures are open to external users including industry, as per Helmholtz mission. Several Helmholtz infrastructures see themselves only in the realm of RIs, such as many in the area of Earth and Environment, while others are a hybrid between RIs and TIs e.g.

European research and innovation are under pressure from global competition, geopolitical uncertainty, and underinvestment. As Europes largest research organisation and a pivotal actor in shaping the ERA, Helmholtz presents this feedback on the ERA Act consultation. 1 Reaching the 3% R&D Target Europe continues to lag in public investment in frontier research.

The Helmholtz Research Field Earth and Environment welcomes the development of an integrated European Ocean and Water Research and Innovation Strategy (the Strategy) and is pleased to contribute its expertise in identifying future research priorities. The Strategy rightly recognises that neither ocean nor freshwater systems can be addressed in isolation.

Helmholtz is Germany's largest research organization with the ambitious mission to develop solutions and technologies for the world of tomorrow. At Helmholtz, more than 46,000 employees work together in 18 centres to generate high impact research results. We combine our strengths in six Research Fields: Energy; Earth and Environment; Health; Information; Aeronautics, Space and Transport; and Matter.