Achieve your goals with the right know-how!
With a free membership in the FSIWS-Community you have access to our open knowledge offer for different user groups. Through these online offerings and MOOC's you have free access to all relevant topics in the field of food production, marketing and distribution as well as entrepreneurship.
The Knowledge Hub with the webinars are located on a separate Moodle platform. By registering for free on our Moodle platform, you automatically become a member of our open FSIWS community and enjoy all the benefits of it.
Courses and the next steps to start up!
External people interested in starting a business can participate in the certificate program Food Startup Foundation develop their start-up idea and take it through to market launch or to the application for an Exist startup grant advance it.
Or would you like a little more?
At Bachelor of Science in Food Technology there is the opportunity to make your own food idea a reality when you start your studies.
Also within the framework of the Masters Food Quality program, you can further develop your own food ideas in all areas.
Consulting and coaching services
Makerspace & FSIWS Club
Develop innovative ideas on a laboratory scale and start your first small series productions with us at the incubator. There are no limits to your creativity! On more than 1,000 square meters of laboratory and pilot plant space, you will find pilot plants for the development, production and packaging of liquid, solid or powdered foods.
As a food startup with a newly founded company, you have the opportunity with this offer to gain access to the diverse pilot facilities and production space, as well as to long rooms, and to achieve your first "proof of concept".
In addition, this package includes access to our startup community, contacts to service providers in the food sector and exclusive events, webinars & workshops.
Quickstart product and process development
You would like to get support in food technology beyond the mere use of our infrastructure? Then the "Quickstart Product and Process Development" is just right for you! Here you will get individual support in a 3-hour intensive coaching by food technologists to advance your development and/or production process. You also have the option of booking additional expert coaching hours.
Expert coaching
No matter if you are a founded startup or a prospective founder, the expert coaching can be booked by everyone. In this one-hour coaching (online or offline), an expert deals with your questions according to your needs in the areas of food development or founding, marketing or financing. The coaching dates can be booked individually and flexibly.
All-inclusive club: Makerspace, expert coaching, FSIWS club.
This three-month program is for external startups that need production opportunities and more intensive support in building their business. Here, startups receive two hours of expert coaching every month as well as the opportunity to use the infrastructure eight days a month. Both the coaching and the days of use can be increased individually.
Free webinar offers
Auf unserem Wissens-Hub (moodle.fsiws.com) bekommt ihr kostenfrei Zugang zu Präsentationen, Video Streams und zusätzlichen Informationen und Links zu den wichtigsten Themen rund um die Food Startup Gründung wie z.B.
- Food product development
- Preservation
- Creation of a label
- Health effect of food
- Digital Online Media
- Distribution of own food
- Online store and crowdfunding
and other topics, which are continuously being expanded.
Zugang erhaltet ihr hier nach kurzer Registrierung (moodle.fsiws.com).
Information for restaurateurs
Information for restaurateurs
Dear restaurateurs, dear chefs,
herzlich willkommen zu unserer Gastro Initiative. Wir wollen Euch unterstützen, Eure einmaligen Spezialitäten nicht nur an eure Gäste, sondern an alle zu verkaufen und Euch damit ein zusätzliches Standbein für die Zukunft zu schaffen. Dazu müsst Ihr diese nur haltbar verpacken, etikettieren und alle darüber informieren. Dabei unterstützen wir Euch mit kurzen Schulungen und persönlicher Beratung.
Mehr Informationen sowie Fachinformationen zu Lebensmittelherstellung, -verpackung, Marketing und Vertrieb findet Ihr auf unserer Wissensplattform nach kostenfreier Registrierung.
Zugang erhaltet Ihr hier nach kurzer Registrierung (moodle.fsiws.com).
Information for direct marketers
Information for direct marketers
In der Gesellschaft findet aktuell ein Umdenken im Konsum von Lebensmitteln statt, welcher durch den Wunsch nach Regionalität als auch qualitativ ernährungsphysiologisch hochwertigen Produkten gekennzeichnet ist.
The trust in regionally grown and produced food with a known origin has become increasingly stronger, which has also increased the willingness to invest more in precisely these food products.
Our goal is to support farmers in developing their own food products directly on the farm in order to expand their own added value as well as the range of regionally produced food. Above all, locally produced foodstuffs are to be given a new status and a place in the trade and thus the potential of a new source of income is to be brought closer to agriculture.
Besonders gut ist unser Zertifikat geeignet, um mit unseren Coaches in einem Jahr Eure Lebensmittel Startup-fertig zu machen. Erstes lebensmitteltechnologisches Know-how, wie z.B. die Produktentwicklung, Haltbarmachung oder Deklarationen wird auf unserer offenen Plattform vermittelt. Unsere weiteren Kooperationspartner des Cluster-Ernährung vom KErn (Kompetenzzentrum für Ernährung) und der Öko-Modellregion Kulturraum Ampertal werden zusätzlich ihre Unterstützung in den Bereichen des Networkings, Vermarktung, Vertrieb etc. anbieten, um so das Angebot für nachhaltig und regional produzierte Lebensmittel zu erweitern.
Series of lectures on health and nutrition by AOK Bayern and HSWT
Together with AOK Bayern (AOK), Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT) launched a knowledge series with lectures on health and nutrition in the Digital Lecture Lab of the Food Startup Incubator Weihenstephan.
A variety of exciting topics, from the impact of nutrition on health to background on mental health, were presented during the first lectures through the end of 2022.
The free lectures could be attended on site, but could also be followed live online via the Internet. Due to limited space, pre-registration was required for on-site participation (see below for the link to register for the respective lecture).
Everyone interested in the topics of nutrition and health was invited. We were pleased to welcome numerous participants online or on site.
NEXT are the videos of the recorded lectures!
Nutrition - Food for a Good Mood
How can we improve our mental and physical health through nutrition? That's the focus of this talk. On top there are food hacks that fit into any lifestyle.
Lecturer: Maria Picheltsrieder
Nutrition - Nutrition Facts 2022
The ultimate nutrition update. We put an end to stubborn myths.
Lecturer: Maria Picheltsrieder
Exercise - Active vs. Passive Regeneration
THE key to increased performance and energy. In this talk, we share our evidence-based approaches to regeneration.
It's a cycle. Recover. Sleep. Exercise. Repeat.
Lecturer: Kathrin Messer
Your daily D.O.S.E. of Happiness
In this lecture we will take an in-depth look at our happiness hormones, what happens in the body when our hormone balance is out of whack, and what we can do to influence our happiness and well-being.
Lecturer: Viola Rechenauer
Work-Life-SLEEP Balance
This talk focuses on one of the most important pillars of health: sleep. You'll learn why we sleep in the first place, the effects of sleep deprivation, and tips and tricks to improve your sleep and thus your physical and mental health.
Lecturer: Viola Rechenauer
