Neben der Mitwirkung der Wissenschaftlichen Partner in der Umsetzung des Forschungsprogrammes wird zur Abdeckung projekt- und fachspezifisch erforderlicher Kompetenzen und Ressourcen auch mit weiteren wissenschaftlichen Institutionenim Sinne einer abgestimmten Kooperationsstrategie zusammen gearbeitet:
- Academy of Science of the Czech Republic; Institute of Physics of Materials
- Austrian Academy of Science; Erich-Schmid-Institute (ESI) of Material Science
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Department of Polymer Engineering
- Federal Institute for Materials Research (BAM)
- Graz University of Technology; Institute of Theoretical & Computational Physics
- Graz University of Technology; Institute of Solid State Physics
- JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
- Montanuniversität Leoben; Institute for Physics
- RWTH Aachen University; Institute of Plastics Processing
- University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland; Institute of Polymer Nanoscience
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg; Chair of Polymer Technology
- University of Ljubljana; Chair of Polymer Engineering
- University of Sheffield; Department of Chemistry
- University of Stuttgart; Institute of Aircraft Design
- University of Szeged; Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics
- University of Ulm; Institute for Solid State Physics
- University of Wisconsin-Madison; Polymer Engineering Centre
- Vienna University of Technology; Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry