Fraunhofer – Gesellschaft
a brief overview
Eckart Bierdümpel
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The German Research Landscape
*overall budget in billion euros
Characteristics of Research
Applied
Research
Fundamental
Research
Fraunhofer*
1,63
Federal/
German
Länder
Institutes
0,9
MPG*
1,662
WGL*
1,3
HGF*
2,63
Industry (internal
and external
expenditures)
55,41
AiF
~ 0,25
Universities
9,2
Funding
predominently institutional
predominantly private
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HGF
WGL
AiF
MPG
Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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estimation Wissenschaftsstatistik 2008,
Stifterverband
2 2008
3 2009
Source:
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Destatis
Financing of research institutions in Germany
(2009 in percent)
% of total budget
  Project income,
business
  Project income,
public sector
  Basic financing
FraunhoferGesellschaft
HelmholtzGemeinschaft
LeibnizGemeinschaft
Max-PlanckGesellschaft
1.62 billion €
2.94 billion €
1.31 billion €
1.69 billion € *)
*) Incl. MPI für Plasmaphysik (Haushalt B)
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft undertakes
applied research in an international context,
of direct utility to private and public enterprise
and of wide benefit to society.
Our Customers:
  Industry
  Service sector
  Public administration
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Research and development
  Application-oriented research of direct use to businesses and for the benefit
to society
  Application-oriented basic research
  Departmental research for the German Federal Ministry of Defense
Business community
  Institutes work as profit centers
  One-third of the budget consists of income from industrial projects
  Spinoffs by Fraunhofer researchers are encouraged
Contracting partners/clients
  Industrial and service companies
  Public sector
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
in Germany
Rostock
Itzehoe
Lübeck
Bremerhaven
Oldenburg
  60 Institutes and 30 branch labs in
45 locations
  17,000 employees
  1.6 bio. € research budget 2010
  Fraunhofer Groups
  Information and
Communication Technology
  Life Sciences
  Light & Surfaces
  Materials and Components
  Microelectronics
  Production
  Defense and Security
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Bremen
Hannover
Potsdam
Braunschweig
Berlin
Teltow
Magdeburg
Cottbus
Paderborn
Oberhausen
Halle
Dortmund
Schkopau
Leipzig
Duisburg
Kassel
Schmallenberg
Dresden
Jena
St. Augustin
Erfurt
Freiberg
Aachen
Gießen
Euskirchen
Chemnitz
Wachtberg
Ilmenau
Darmstadt
Würzburg
Bronnbach
St. Ingbert
Kaiserslautern
Saarbrücken Karlsruhe
Pfinztal
Ettlingen
Stuttgart
Freiburg
Kandern
EfringenKirchen
Bayreuth
Erlangen
Fürth
Nürnberg
Straubing
Freising
Garching
Augsburg
München
Oberpfaffenhofen
Prien
Holzkirchen
From a small association to the leading organization for
applied research in Europe
Number of institutes
Budget
in € (millions)
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Staff
Fraunhofer Research Units & Rep. Offices Worldwide
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Representatives of Fraunhofer Institutes in Brazil
  Manaus
Hernan Valenzuela
Representative of Fraunhofer ENAS
hernan@fraunhofer.com.br
  Rio de Janeiro
Hannes Winkler
Representative of Fraunhofer IML
Hannes.winkler@iml.fraunhofer.de
  Sao Paulo
Cornelia Huelsz-Mueller
Representative of Fraunhofer IGB/IZFP/EMFT
cornelia@fraunhofer.com.br
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Further Information
German-Brazilian Year of Science, Technology and
Innovation 2010/11:
www.dbwti.de/br/
Fraunhofer in Brazil:
www.fraunhofer.com.br
Fraunhofer in general:
www.fraunhofer.de/en
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