Fraunhofer.de is a German applied research organization founded in 1949
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Description
Who are we and what do we have to offer? Here you can find out more about the work and aims of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the largest organization for applied research in Europe.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft undertakes applied research of direct utility to private and public enterprise and of wide benefit to society. Its services are solicited by customers and contractual partners in industry, the service sector and public administration. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft maintains roughly 80 research units, including 58 Fraunhofer Institutes, at over 40 different locations throughout Germany. A staff of some 12,500, predominantly qualified scientists and engineers, works with an annual research budget of over one billion euros. Of this sum, more than € 900 million is generated through contract research. Roughly two thirds of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s contract research revenue is derived from contracts with industry and from publicly financed research projects. The remaining one third is contributed by the German federal and Länder governments, partly as a means of enabling the institutes to pursue more fundamental research in areas that are likely to become relevant to industry and society in five or ten years’ time.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is also active on an international level: Affiliated research centers and representative offices in Europe, the USA and Asia provide contact with the regions of greatest importance to present and future scientific progress and economic development.
Languages
Deutsch (German)
Address
- Hansastrasse 27 c
- DE-80636 Muenchen GERMANY
Contact
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung E.V.
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- +49 721 6091 666, Fax: +49 721 6091 570
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External Links
- Alexa: Fraunhofer.de
