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The German Research Landscape
13.11.2017
2Research in Germany
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Facts I Structures I Financing
Research in Germany
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Almost 1,000 publicly funded research institutions
Research expenditures: 84 bn euros = 2.89% GDP
604,000 people in the R&D sector
Bilateral, European and multilateral cooperation with
more than 155 countries
Facts and figures 2014
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Percentage of GDP 2012
General expenditure on R&D
Source: Bundesbericht Forschung und Innovation 2014
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Research expenditures
+ 50% for R&D
in Germany
Total research expenditures in Germany (in bn euros)Source: Federal Statistical Office
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2015
EU 27 Innovation performance
Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard 2015
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Research expenditures by sector
Research expenditures by sector in 2014 (%)Source: Federal Statistical Office
Industry:68%
Universities:18%
Non-profit public and private institutions:
14%
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Universities (HEIs)
Pillars of the German research sector
Industrial researchNon-university
research institutes
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Diversity I Excellence I Investments
Research institutions
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Universities
▪ Approx. 400 HEIs – 148
authorised to confer doctorates
▪ Almost 29,000 international
doctoral candidates
▪ Principle of uniting learning,
instruction and research
▪ Excellence Initiative = 4.6 bn
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Non-university research (I)
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Max Planck Society
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83 institutes
2.2 bn euros
13,300 researchers
47% of the researchers are
of international origin
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Leibniz Association
89 institutes
1.73 bn euros
9,300 researchers
20% of the researchers are of
international origin
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Helmholtz Association
18 research centres
4.24 bn euros
38,200 staff in total
7,500 of the researchers are of
international origin (2014)
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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
67 institutes
2.1 bn euros
24,000 staff (in total)
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Non-university research (II)
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▪ Federal research institutions /
departmental research (46)
▪ “Länder” research
institutions (40)
▪ Academies of Sciences
and Humanities
Non-university research (II)
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Departmental research
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Research infrastructures
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Research infrastructures
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Research ice-breaker “Polarstern”
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Industrial research
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Industrial research
▪ 68% of all research funding in Germany comes from business and industry
▪ Innovation-driving sectors: pharmaceuticals, electronics, automotive engineering, mechanical engineering
▪ Technology transfer – Cluster formation, networks
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Innovation drivers
Expenditures for innovations in % of turnover 2014Source: Federal Statistical Office
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Pharmaceuticals
Electronics/Metrology/Optics
Automotive engineering
Automotive-related industry
Electrical engineering
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Transnational patents
Germany, EU-27, Japan, USA
Transnational patents, 2000-2011Source: Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2014
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Publications
Germany, EU-27, Japan, USA
Scientific Publications 2000-2011Source: Federal Report on Research and Innovation 2014
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Ideas I Innovation I Growth
Joining forces
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Strategies I Measures
▪ High-Tech Strategy
▪ Leading-Edge Cluster
Competition
▪ Research infrastructures
▪ Research agreements
Excellence Initiative
Excellence Strategy
Higher Education Pact
Pact for Research and
Innovation
▪ Internationalisation Strategy
▪ Science Offensive
▪ Internationalisation Action
Plan
▪ European Research Area
National focus Internationalisation
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High-Tech Strategy
▪ National cross-departmental
strategy
▪ Thematic priorities – future tasks
▪ Interconnecting science and
industry
▪ Creating fertile ground for
innovation
▪ Cementing Germany’s position
as a leading innovator in the
world
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High-Tech Strategy
Fields of the future
Healthy living Sustainable
economy and
energy
Digital economy
and society
Innovative world
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Intelligent mobility
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Civil security
Crisis management
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Knowledge and technology transfer
From the laboratory to the market
Validation
Staff exchange /
promotion of junior
researchers
Creation of
networks and
clusters
Industry
Science
Patent utilisation
Support for
start-ups
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Knowledge and technology transfer
From the laboratory to the market
VIP+
InnoProfile,
Research Campus
Research Campus,
Leading Edge
Cluster Competition
Industry
Science
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EXIST, GO-Bio
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Targeted
immunotherapies
for serious
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Leading-edge clusters©
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Internationalisation strategy
International cooperation – Networked and innovative
▪ Strengthening excellence through
global cooperation
▪ Developing Germany’s strength in
innovation on the international stage
▪ Internationalising vocational
training and qualification
▪ Working with emerging and
developing countries to shape the
global knowledge-based society
▪ Overcoming global challenges
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International researchers
Number of international researchers in GermanySource: Wissenschaft Weltoffen
15.000
25.000
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55.000
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Sources of information
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Brochures
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▪ http://www.research-in-germany.org
▪ http://www.funding-guide.de
▪ http://www.euraxess.de
▪ http://www.research-explorer.de
▪ http://www.higher-education-compass.de
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