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Leibniz Association (Leibniz-Gemeinschaft)

At the Leibniz Association, 84 scientific, legal and economically independent research institutes and service establishments in Germany have combined. Six institutes are located in Baden-Württemberg. The Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz e.V. is a scientific organisation comprised of 84 non-university research institutes and service facilities. The research work carried out and services provided are of national significance. For this reason the institutes’ work is funded by both the Federal Government and the federal states (German “Länder“ ). 

In November 2000 the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat) confirmed that all Leibniz Institutes contribute considerably to Germany’s research potential. The tasks perfomed by our institutes range from regional infrastructure research and economics through research projects in the area of social sciences to natural sciences, engineering and environmental research.

The Leibniz Institutes are demand-oriented and interdisciplinary centers of competence. They consider themselves as co-operation partners for industry, public administration and politics; scientific collaboration with universities is particularly close and intensive. Leibniz Institutes are grouped into five sections. They cover humanities and education, economic and social sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, and environmental research. 

82 Leibniz Institutes were evaluated by the German Science Council between 1995 and 2000. As a result 3 institutes were excluded from the association and others had to reorganise themselves. On 1st January 2003 two institutes joined the Leibniz Association whilst one research facility left to join a different non-university organisation. Four more institutes joined the Leibniz Association in 2004.

   

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Date: 22.11.2008 07:11