The Fulda Regional Innovation Centre for Health and Quality of Life (RIGL-Fulda) networks the Fulda University of Applied Sciences with regional partners from practice, business, administration and civil society. Together, they develop innovative solutions for social challenges relating to health and quality of life.

In recent years, RIGL-Fulda has built up a strong regional innovation network with over 130 partners, strengthened transfer structures at the university on a sustainable basis and implemented numerous social, technical and organisational innovations. Research and practice are systematically combined.

RIGL-Fulda is developing into a permanent transfer and innovation platform that bundles regional innovation processes, facilitates new cooperation - including at European level - and promotes sustainable solutions for the future of the region.

What RIGL has achieved so far

Strong regional innovation network

Over 130 practical placement partners from health, business, administration and civil society

• Permanent working groups & transfer formats

Transfer structures established at the university

Central University Administration platform for knowledge transfer

• Significant contribution to the transfer strategy of Fulda University of Applied Sciences

• Professional coordination, evaluation and project development

Concrete innovations realised

Social innovations (e.g. in areas such as nursing, integration, participation)

• Technical solutions (e.g. smart health assistance, energy systems)

• organisational innovations in enterprises and institutions (collaboration with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce)

Research combined with practice

Numerous publications & research projects

• Transfer as an academic process