The U Bremen Research Alliance, a collaboration of the University and all federal and state funded non-university research institutions in Bremen and Bremerhaven, makes the research strength of the University and its non-university partners visible across the globe. The cooperation will now be further consolidated: The U Bremen Research Alliance will become a non-profit association.

The tasks of the alliance are manifold: It strengthens research cooperations, strategically aligns them and makes them visible to the outside world. The heart of the alliance is not only the joint use of infrastructures for joint research projects. The U Bremen Research Alliance also offers a wide range of services and consultancy. One example is the U Bremen Research Alliance Welcome Center. It makes it easier for visiting scientists and international guests to arrive and get started.

Fraunhofer MEVIS has joined the U Bremen Research Alliance in 2016 as a founding member. Further members are besides the University of Bremen:

• Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
• Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
• Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte (DSM)
• Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. – Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme
• Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung IFAM
• Fraunhofer-Institut für Windenergiesysteme IWES
• Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie – BIPS
• Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien – IWT
• Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT)
• Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie (MPI MM)