Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 – 1716) The Leibniz Mission Research and Cooperation Philosopher, mathematician, universal academic, political advisor, scientific The connects 89 independent re- - manager, librarian. Leibniz’ fundamen- tal notion of a close combination of Leibniz Institutes conduct problem-oriented research and one associate member. The research and science-based provide scientific infrastructures of national and interna theory and practice (theoria cum praxi) search and scientific infrastructure institutes, and has is evident in the work carried out by the tional importance. They foster close collaborations with - Leibniz Association today. In fact, Leib- universities, other research institutes, and industry in- niz Institutes engage in the entire spec- services they carry out are of national importance and and abroad. Leibniz researchers uphold the hig trum of activities that Leibniz himself account for a major slice of Germany’s publicly-funded hest standards of excellence in their efforts to provide rese A. Scheits (1703) of painting by Copy ©GWLB pursued at the end of the 17th century. research potential. Leibniz Institutes are involved in more- arch-based solutions to the challenges facing society today.- than 3,400 contractual collaborations with international- - History partners in academia and industry, and some 5,600 for The Leibniz Association is a network of scientifically, legal The Leibniz Association eign scientists spend time researching at Leibniz Institu ly, and financially independent research institutes and ser- tes every year, contributing their expertise to output, too.- vice facilities which all adopt an interdisciplinary approach. Research topics range from the humanities, spatial rese Germany’s federal tradition has made its mark on the way Third-party funds of approx. € 338 million per year are in arch, and economics to the social and natural sciences, life research is funded. Article 91b of the German Constitution dicative of the competitive strength and excellence within sciences, engineering, and environmental research. lays out a framework for cooperation between the Federal- the association. Leibniz Institutes currently coordinate 80 Government and the Länder to promote research of national projects funded by the European Union. In 2012, they were The Leibniz Association has developed a comprehensive- importance. At the beginning of the 1990s, German unifi also awarded grants by the European Union (€ 49 million) system of quality management. In this unique peer review cation brought about an increase in the number of jointly- and the German Research Foundation (DFG, € 58 million), process, independent experts assess each institute at regu financed Leibniz Institutes with the incorporation of the 34 while € 33 million were raised through cooperation with lar intervals. most effective institutions in the Academy of Sciences of the- industry partners. Facts and Figures GDR. In 1997, the organisation adopted the name Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz as a symbol of its commitment to interdis Leibniz Institutes are involved in clusters of excellence in ƒƒ ciplinarity and universality in science. Launched in 2006, the- fields such as mathematics, optical technologies, materials ƒƒ liaison office in Brussels represents the Leibniz Association research, bio-medical research, environmental research, ƒƒ 89 member institutions and one associate member and promotes the interests of Leibniz Institutes at Europe- bio- and nanotechnology, as well as biodiversity, economic ƒƒ a total budget of € 1.5 billion an level. The Brussels office contributes to the development policy, and educational research. The Leibniz Association is ƒƒ 17,200 employees of European research policy and cooperates with other sta structured into five scientific sections. ƒƒ 8,200 researchers in total keholders. It is the Leibniz Association’s premier point of ƒƒ strategic research foci contact for all internal and external partners on matters of ƒƒ research and scientific infrastructures European research policy. knowledge transfer and policy advice Contact exemplary system of regular evaluation (January 2014) Leibniz Association “Global problems demand answers from │ │ top-level research which combine the tena- city of independent science with a passion Chausseestraße 111 10115 Germany for creating practical solutions. This is what T +49 (0)30 20 60 49 - 0 the Leibniz Association stands for.” F +49 (0)30 20 60 49 - 55 [email protected] Office Karl Ulrich Mayer, President │ │ www.leibniz-association.eu Ausserhofer ©David Foto: Rue du Trône 98, 4° 1050 Brussels Belgium T +32 (2) 274 20 - 60 F +32 (2) 274 20 - 69 Section A: Humanities and Section C: Life Sciences ZBW IPN IOW Educational Research IfW FBN BIPS LIKAT INP IKZ Schleswig- IAP DBM Holstein INM BNITM Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and HPI FZB INP Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Berlin DIE BNITM DDZ Epidemiology, Mecklenburg- Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken Deutsches Bergbau-Museum DSM DFA Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, GIGA West Pomerania Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and DIPF German Institute for Adult Education – IOM German Diabetes-Center, Düsseldorf Technology, Greifswald Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning, DIfE BIPS Hamburg IPF German Research Centre for Food Chemistry, Freising Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification, DM German Institute for International Educational Bremen ZMT IPHT DPZ German Institute of Human Nutrition, Brandenburg Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research DSM Research, am Main ISAS -Rehbrücke DRFZ MfN Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology GEI , München Lower Saxony FMP – Leibniz Institute for Saxony- WIAS IZW ZALF Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS, Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, DRFZ DIW KIS LIAG Anhalt IGB DSMZ Primate Research, Göttingen ATB LIKAT and Berlin GNM Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook GEI PIK IRS IHP ARL German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin TIB DSMZ LIN AIP LZI Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg HI Research, PDI FBN Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of ZZF DIfE IGZ MBI Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg WZB Berlin Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig FBH MBI Schloss - Leibniz Center for Informatics, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central FLI IPK IKZ IDS Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, Dummerstorf North Rhine- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse IWH MFO IEG Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association, DPZ IPB FMP Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Westphalia PDI Spectroscopy, Berlin IfZ Institute for the German Language, DBM ISAS FZB Institute, RWI TROPOS TIB Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach IPN Leibniz Institute of European History IAMO Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin ILS IfL Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics, Berlin Institute of Contemporary History - Berlin IUF IfADo IFW Hannover DDZ IOM HKI - Leibniz-Center for Medicine and IPF German National Library of Science and Technology, KMRC Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Hesse WIAS Biosciences, Borstel IPHT FLI IÖR LIfBi at the University of ZFMK HI HPI Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and ZB MED HKI for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, RGZM Knowledge Media Research Center, Tübingen Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena DIE Thuringia Saxony Leibniz Institute in Forschungsverbund Berlin ZPID Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, DWI IfADo – Leibniz Institute for ZZF Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz Experimental , Hamburg DIPF Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Section E: Environmental Research Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment SGN Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam IPB Rhineland- IPK and Human Factors, Dortmund Palatinate PRIF LIfBi ATB RGZM Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, ZPID Section B: Economics, Social Sciences, IEG IGB IUF Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant LZI Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Potsdam ZEW Spatial Research Research, GNM IGZ Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and INM Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental FÖV GESIS Inland Fisheries, Berlin IZW Saarland ARL LIN Medicine, Düsseldorf IDS IOW Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Großbeeren & Erfurt MfN Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin FIZ KA LIAG Academy for Spatial Research and Planning – Bavaria DIW Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, KMRC PIK Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde Leibniz Forum for Spatial Sciences, Hannover GESIS SGN Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for TROPOS Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, Hannover GIGA German Institute for Economic Research Berlin Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin Baden- ZALF Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim FÖV ZB MED Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Württemberg Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig MFO German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg DFA IAMO ZFMK Frankfurt a. Main KIS ZMT Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, German Research Institute for Public Administration, Speyer Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne, Bonn IfZ Müncheberg Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition IfL Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn DM ifo Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Bremen ifo Economies, Halle Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig Section D: Mathematics, Natural IfW Ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic ILS Research at the University of Munich Sciences, Engineering Kiel Institute for the World Economy AIP IOER ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, Dortmund (associated) DWI Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional FBH Section A: IRS DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Development, Dresden Humanities and Educational Research Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and FIZ KA IWH Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin PRIF Structural Planning, Erkner FIZ – Leibniz Institute for Information Section B: Halle Institute for Economic Research IAP RWI Infrastructure Economics, Social Sciences, Spatial Research Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics at Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für IFW WZB the University Rostock, Kühlungsborn Wirtschaftsforschung, Section C: ZBW Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Social Science Research Center Berlin IHP Life Sciences Materials Research Dresden German National Library of Economics – Leibniz ZEW Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics/ Information Centre for Economics, Kiel Section D: Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik, Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim Frankfurt (Oder) Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering

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