The Institute for Research and Transfer Activities (IFT) was founded in 2010 to support and relieve colleagues with an affinity for research. The main tasks of the IFT include supporting teachers in initiating, applying for and carrying out research and transfer projects financed by EvH itself and by third parties, as well as quality assurance of research and transfer.
The IFT is regarded as the central coordination point for research and transfer activities. Its purpose is the continuous transfer of information about funding programmes and calls for proposals, which are in the range of topics of the EvH teaching staff, the provision of information about third-party funding and internal funding opportunities and the support of project development and the formulation of research proposals. All activities take place in the context of administrative questions in cooperation with the administration. The IFT also coordinates research and transfer activities, visualizes them inside and outside the university and works on improving the research and transfer structures at EvH. Finally, it advises the teaching staff on cooperative doctorates and on applications for research professorships and research leave. This innovation management provides impulses for the regional, national and international networking of EvH.