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The "Research in Germany" portal offers information on research institutes, key research areas as well as funding and career opportunities. It also delivers daily research news from Germany and upcoming German events at home and abroad. The web guide contains more than 300 annotated links to important research and science websites in Germany.

Science and research in Germany are characterised by a distinguished infrastructure, a wide variety of disciplines, well-equipped research facilities and competent staff. Germany offers various forms of research locations: universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university institutes, companies and Federal as well as Länder Institutions.

In selected fields or regions, these industrial and academic institutions pool their research and development activities in networks and clusters.

On the portal "Research in Germany" please find an overview of Germany's research organisations:

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG) conducts applied research for private as well as public enterprises and for the general benefit of the public. It has more than 80 research units and is the largest organisation for applied research in Europe. The Fraunhofer institutes conduct research under contract for industry, the service sector and public administration and also offer information and service features. 
On "Research in Germany"  you can find more detailed information on the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. 

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres provides top scientific achievements to society, science and industry to tackle major challenges they are confronted with. The Helmholtz Association integrates 16 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centres and is the largest scientific organisation in Germany. On "Research in Germany"  you can find more detailed informationen on the Helmholz-Association. 

Leibniz-Association

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community (WGL), known as the Leibniz Association, is the umbrella organisation for 86 research institutions which address scientific issues of importance to society as a whole. It stands out for its enormous diversity of themes addressed by the institutes. The Leibniz research institutes provide infrastructure for science and research and perform research-based services – liaison, consultation, transfer – for the public, policy-makers, academia and business. On "Research in Germany" you can finde more detailed information on the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft.

Max-Planck-Society

The Max Planck Society (MPG) is an independent, non-profit research organisation named after the world-famous physicist Max Planck (1858 - 1947). Primarily, the MPG performs basic research in natural science as well as in humanities, thus complementing research projects at universities. On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on the Max-Planck-Society.

Universities

Germany is home to almost 400 universities providing a variety of disciplines. Academic formation is characterised by a close link between education and research. The Federal Government and the Länder have set up the Initiative for Excellence that is intended to support research activities in various disciplines at German universities. 
On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on universities. 

Academies of Science

The key mission of the German academies of science is the co-ordination and support of long-term basic research projects and the development and cultivation of interdisciplinary dialogues. In addition, the academies give advice to society related to general and specific issues of science, including emerging issues. On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on the German academies of science, the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities.

Federal Research Institutes

The Federal Government funds 58 research institutes that the Federal Ministries are in charge of. This departmental research is always directly related to the activity fields of a ministry. Its main task is to support the respective Federal Ministry’s activities and to provide the necessary scientific basis for the execution of sovereign tasks.
On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on Federal Research Institutes.

Länder Research Institues

The Federal States of Germany ("Länder”) act as research funding bodies, but they also run several research institutions which contribute to supporting the research activities of the Länder. There are more than 100 institutes covering a broad range of research areas.
On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on Länder Research Institutes.

Companies / Industrial Research

German companies are among the most innovative in Europe. At 69%, the proportion of industry-based and financed investments in research and development is particularly high. Companies co-operate especially closely in the field of applied research, working together with globally operating Fraunhofer Institutes and the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations "Otto von Guericke" (AiF).
On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on Companies / Industrial Research.

German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF)

The "German Federation of Industrial Research Associations” (AiF) was founded in 1954. As a registered non-profit association, the AiF promotes research and development (R&D) in all industry sectors in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. The association acts at Federal as well as European level.
On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on AiF.

Networks and Clusters

Over the last few years, the Federal Government has initiated a series of projects aiming at the creation of networks and clusters that promote new technologies. They pool both industry and academic institutions in their research and development activities. One key aim of these aggregations is to accelerate the process of making new technology products marketable.
On "Research in Germany" you can find more detailed information on  Networks and Clusters. 

Research Infrastructures

Germany is home to several research infrastructures with global significance in physics, earth science, climate research or the humanities. Examples of research infrastructures such as DESY - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron and the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) can be found here: "Research in Germany" .

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