The mission of BaCaTeC is to increase and promote cooperations between researchers, including academic and commercial efforts, located in Bavaria and California. It provides a data basis for the identification of potential partners and assists initial contacts. BaCaTeC will also sponsor projects with seed money to start up new collaborations. The advosory board is assigned to assist the Bavaria California Technology Center in its future strategic orientation, in the predefinition and determination of its mission and in the composition and maintenance of useful contacts to qualified Partners in the area of universities and economy. A strong emphasis of BaCaTeC´s activities is on targeting expanding research projects with the potential to attract external funding in the future. Research proposals for collaborative projects by academic and/or commercial Bavarian and Californian institutions will be considered.