for Science

acib is a non-profit research centre that is funded by COMET (Competence Center of Excellent Technologies). It develops solutions for the transition to a sustainable bioeconomy.
Research Fields

Biocatalysis

Enzyme Technologies
& Protein Engineering

Microbial Biotechnology

Cell Line Development
& Plant Biotechnology

Bioprocess Technologies

Biotechnological valorization of waste streams (bioeconomy)

Bioinformatics, modelling
& simulation

Sustainability assessment

Industrial Biotechnology plays a key role in the extraction and use of biological resources to produce valuable products in the pharmaceutical, food and feed sectors or the use of bio-based chemicals, materials and bioenergy.

Latest service offers
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Latest publications
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For an overview of publications from 2020 to 2024, please click here.
Our Cooperation model
Get partners for your technologies
You are searching for industrial project partners to finance your research? Rely on acib’s extensive network of companies, allowing us to offer your research ideas to >10,000 potential collaboration partners. As a scientific partner of acib, you can join our project offer initiative and hand in your concept for conducting your biotech-research within acib (project staff = acib employees).
Start multi-company projects

With tailored contracts with universities and framework-contracts with universities in place acib can easily bring together multiple academic and industrial partners. If 4 company partners work together, each has to pay only ¼ of total research costs, effectively resulting in a funding-like arrangement.

Collaborate in EU funded projects

acib is a strong partner in EU projects, not only for scientific approaches but also for communication, dissemination work packages or life-cycle assessments – both pivotal factors for a multitude of EU project calls. Our EU-team is always helpful and well-equipped to assist you in finding suitable consortium partners and crafting all non-scientific components of your proposal.
Get to know our Research projects


Benefits for academia
  • Unlock exclusive funding opportunities (e.g. FFG-FemTech, FFG-Dissertantinnen für Zukunftsthemen der Wirtschaft, FFG-COMET)
  • Easy project start (handling contracts and IP rules, streamlined administrative procedures, seamless project administration and management)
  • Support services in dissemination, communication, business development (advice for potential start-up founders) and also techno-economic assessment or life cycle analysis



Let acib be your gateway for collaborative research! Find our Research projects here.