The German Research Landscape

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1 The German Research Landscape

2 Sigrid Gombert/DAAD Facts I Structures I Financing 2

3 Facts and figures 2014 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 3

4 General expenditure on R&D Percentage of GDP 2012 Source: Bundesbericht Forschung und Innovation

5 Research expenditures % for R&D in Germany Total research expenditures in Germany (in bn euros) Source: Federal Statistical Office

6 EU 27 Innovation performance 2015 Source: Innovation Union Scoreboard

7 Research expenditures by sector Non-profit public and private institutions: 14% Universities: 18% Industry: 68% Research expenditures by sector in 2014 (%) Source: Federal Statistical Office 7

8 Sigrid Gombert/DAAD Presseamt Münster/Angelika Klauser Volker Lannert/DAAD Pillars of the German research sector Universities (HEIs) Non-university research institutes Industrial research 8

9 Sigrid Gombert/DAAD Diversity I Excellence I Investments Research institutions 9

10 VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH 2010/Layout Adaptation: Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH Participants 10

11 Hüttermann/DAAD 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 euros for cutting-edge research 11

12 VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH 2010/Layout Adaptation: Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH Non-university research (I) 12

13 Presseamt Münster/Angelika Klauser Max Planck Society 83 institutes 2.2 bn euros 13,300 researchers 47% of the researchers are of international origin 13

14 Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, OVGU Magdeburg, Foto: D. Mahler Leibniz Association 89 institutes 1.73 bn euros 9,300 researchers 20% of the researchers are of international origin 14

15 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Helmholtz Association 18 research centres 4.24 bn euros 38,200 staff in total 7,500 of the researchers are of international origin (2014) 15

16 Sigrid Gombert/DAAD Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 67 institutes 2.1 bn euros 24,000 staff (in total) 16

17 VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH 2010/Layout adaptation: Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH Non-university research (II) 17

18 Non-university research (II) Federal research institutions / departmental research (46) Länder research institutions (40) Academies of Sciences and Humanities 18

19 Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung Departmental research Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing 19

20 VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH 2010/Layout Adaptation: Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH Research infrastructures 20

21 Folke Mehrtens/Alfred-Wegener-Institut Research infrastructures Research ice-breaker Polarstern 21

22 VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH 2010/Layout Adaptation: Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH Industrial research 22

23 Volker Lannert/DAAD 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 23

24 Innovation drivers Electrical engineering Automotive-related industry Automotive engineering Electronics/Metrology/Optics Pharmaceuticals Expenditures for innovations in % of turnover 2014 Source: Federal Statistical Office

25 Transnational patents Germany, EU-27, Japan, USA Transnational patents, Source: Federal Report on Research and Innovation

26 Publications Germany, EU-27, Japan, USA Scientific Publications Source: Federal Report on Research and Innovation

27 Volker Lannert/DAAD Ideas I Innovation I Growth Joining forces 27

28 Strategies I Measures National focus High-Tech Strategy Leading-Edge Cluster Competition Research infrastructures Research agreements Internationalisation Internationalisation Strategy Science Offensive Internationalisation Action Plan European Research Area Excellence Initiative Excellence Strategy Higher Education Pact Pact for Research and Innovation 28

29 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 29

30 Marius Schwarz/DAAD Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Hagenguth/DAAD Volker Lannert/DAAD UFZ/André Künzelmann Karlsruher Institut für Technologie High-Tech Strategy Fields of the future Healthy living Sustainable economy and energy Intelligent mobility Innovative world of work Civil security Digital economy and society 30

31 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Civil security Crisis management 31

32 Knowledge and technology transfer From the laboratory to the market Creation of networks and clusters Support for start-ups Industry Science Validation Patent utilisation Staff exchange / promotion of junior researchers 32

33 Knowledge and technology transfer From the laboratory to the market Research Campus, Leading Edge Cluster Competition EXIST, GO-Bio Industry Science VIP+ ForMat InnoProfile, Research Campus 33

34 Ci3 Lise Gagne/istockphoto.com Leading-edge clusters Targeted immunotherapies for serious illnesses 34

35 Lichtenscheidt/DAAD Ideen Cooperation I Talent I Internationalisation Innovation Tapping potentials Wachstum 35 35

36 id-work/istockphoto.com 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 together 36

37 International researchers Number of international researchers in Germany Source: Wissenschaft Weltoffen 37

38 Volker Lannert/DAAD Sources of information 38

39 Need more information? 39

40 DAAD/Sven Affeld Need more information? Brochures 40

41 Websites and databases

42 Thank you! Dr. Katja Lasch 42