Eclipse Foundation Research | Open Source and Innovation & Collaboration

The world's leading open source foundation for
publicly funded research projects.

Since 2013, we have participated in 30 research projects in collaboration with over 730 partners, with 15 active projects currently underway across key technology domains including AI, security, cloud, data spaces, software-defined vehicles, embedded, IoT, and open hardware.

We welcome the opportunity to collaborate on new industry research projects.

Transform your research into open source
with global impact

Partner with the Eclipse Foundation to create sustainable open source platforms that amplify your project's global reach and ensure lasting value.

A circular diagram illustrating the relationship between open-source software (OSS) and its stakeholders. The center contains "Open Source Software (OSS)" in an orange circle. Surrounding this are three sections labeled: "Prototypes" (top), "Requirements" (right), and "Industrialisation" (left). The outermost ring connects three groups to these sections: "Researchers" (top) linked to Prototypes, "Large Organisations" (right) linked to Requirements, and "Software Vendors" (left) linked to Industrialisation.

OSS bridges the gap
between researchers,
industry, and SMEs

Large industrial organisations contribute concrete requirements through real-world use cases.
Researchers develop innovative prototypes to address these requirements.
Small and medium-sized software vendors industrialise these innovations, building sustainable business models around products and services adopted by industry.

Research translation made simple

By adhering to the open collaboration best practices, development processes, and intellectual property management practices, researchers gain confidence that their innovations are secure, open, and ready for commercial use.

All contributions are licensed under a business-friendly open source license.

The Eclipse Foundation empowers research teams to:

Develop, evolve, and sustain open source projects that encapsulate research outcomes.
Use proven governance and IP management frameworks to ensure code is always ready for research or commercial translation.
Disseminate research findings effectively through open source, fostering adoption and impact.

Meet the team

Cairo Caplan, PhD

Research Project Manager

André Gomes, PhD

Research Project Manager

Marco Jahn, PhD

Senior Research Project Manager

Philippe Krief, PhD

Director, Research Relations

Babasile Daniel Oladele-Emmanuel, PhD

Research Project Manager

David Remon

Senior Research Project Manager

Rosaria Rossini, PhD

Senior Research Project Manager

Supported by 70+
Eclipse Foundation
staff globally

Explore our impact

Discover our ongoing and completed partnerships, showcasing the transformative power of open source in research:

Funding organisations

The Eclipse Foundation collaborates with leading national and international research funding organisations. We specialise in transforming research outcomes into sustainable open source software platforms, ensuring they are accessible for both commercial and public benefit.

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Research Meets Open Source

Research Meets Open Source is a webinar series by Eclipse Research, featuring one Research Project and one related Eclipse Open Source Project to encourage collaboration between researchers and well established open source projects.