Why Germany? Warum Deutschland?

Dr Nicole HilbrandtDAAD

DAAD Fachtage 2007 Osaka - October 6 2007

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Structure of the German Research Landscape

Fraunhofer Society

Leibniz Association

Max Planck Society

Universities

Applied sciencesBasic research

AiF

IndustryHelmholtz Association

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High-tech strategy

Excellence initiative Graduate schools Excellence clusters Institutional strategies

Internationalization International Research Training Groups/Schools, IMPRS Emmy Noether Programme etc. Working permits

Improved career path Tenure track option, Junior professorship etc. Age limit of fellowships GAIN

Current developments in Germany

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Europe (current: 1.84% of GDP)

Increase of the annual budget by €100 billion

700,000 additional scientists

Germany (current: 2.51% of GDP)

Increase of the annual budget by €10 billion

70,000 additional scientists

bright perspective for bright people

Implications of the Lisbon Process

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Investment in research and development

third-highest investments worldwide highest investments in Europe

Source: Eurostat, PM 12.Januar 2007

251 117 56 20130360

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Source: Federal Government Report on Research 2004; calculated purchasing power

US $ per capita

Investment in research and development

Per capita investment in R&D

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Investment in research and development

3,86 3,48 3,18 2,68 2,51 2,13 1,84 1,730

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Proportion of R&D expenditure relative to GDP (2005)

Source: Federal Government Report on Research 2006

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in 2003

Worldwide research capacity

Land Researchers (total)

USA 1,261,227

Japan 675,330

Germany 264,721

France 186,420

UK 157,662

EU 1,178,237 0

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Researchers per 1000 inhabitants

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266 227 212 199 182 180 171 1450

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Source: Key Figures 2003-2004

In €1000 per researcher

Research funding per researcher

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Scientific qualifications

32 19 16 16 90,0

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Newly acquired doctoral degrees per 100,000 inhabitants in 2000

Source: PSA target metrics for the UK Research Base

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38,31 31,1 9,55 8,49 8,4 6,080

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EU 25 USA Japan GB Germany France

Source: Key Figures 2005

Scientific quality

Publications in %

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Research in physics and mechanical engineering

Citations in international publications in the field of mechanical engineering in % in 2002 (not incl. USA)

10,0 10,0 6,7 6,00

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Germany Japan GB France

Citations in international publications in the field of physics in % in 2002 (not incl. USA)

10,6 8,9 7,8 6,20

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Germany Japan GB France

Source: PSA target metrics for the UK Research Base

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Research in biology and the environment

Source: PSA target metrics for the UK Research Base

Citations in international publications in the field of biologyin % in 2002 (not incl. USA)

10,8 8,8 6,6 5,60

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Citations in international publications in the field of environment in % in 2002 (not incl. USA)

11,6 8,7 5,8 3,00,0

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Research in medicine and mathematics

Citations in international publications in the field of medicine in % in 2002 (not incl. USA)

10,2 7,4 4,8 4,80

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6

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GB Germany France Japan

Source: PSA target metrics for the UK Research Base

Citations in international publications in the field of mathematics in % in 2002 (not incl. USA)

10,0 8,6 6,6 4,10

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Source: www.nofestibel.com

Nobel Prizes 1901 - 2005

783 Nobel Prizes in total 77 Nobel Prizes to German scientists

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The most active research companies in the EU 

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DaimlerChrysler

Siemens

GlaxoSmithKline

Volkswagen

Sanofi-Aventis

Nokia

BMW

Robert Bosch

AstraZeneca

Ericsson

€ billion

Source: Scoreboard 2006

blue: German companies

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European patents by country of origin

15.088 13.429 10.291 4.805 2.6790

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USA Germany Japan France GB

European patents 2003 ( ) = share of the total amount of patents

Source: EPO

(25,15%)(22,38%)

(17,15%)

(8,01%) (4,47%)

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Triade patents by country of origin

34 32 27 13,2 5 40

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worldwide patents (triade) 2000

Source: EPO

In %

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Worldwide patents - country of origin

 

Source: EPO, 2005

Germany is world No. 2 and No. 1 in Europe!

Leading research areas:• Automobile research• Nanotechnology, Biotechnology• Environment and energy research

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Germany

Japan

Rest of theworld

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Other countries < 7%

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Summary

High quality science (publications) and a high number of patent applications,

a unique infrastructure of high-output research institutions and strong research companies (highly differentiated research system),

highly-qualified personnel,

high-level of research investment and companies that invest substantially in research and development,

  make Germany theNo. 1 research and innovation location in Europe.

 

 

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High-tech strategy

Intern. Initiative

Promoting Research in GermanyDAAD

Integration into research policy

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Many thanks.

For more informationwww.research-in-germany.de

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German Nobel Prize winners

1991

Erwin Neher

MPI Göttingen

Medicine

1991

Bert Sakmann

MPI Heidelberg

Medicine

1994

Reinhard Selten

University of Bonn

Business

1995 Christiane Nüsslein-VollhardMPI Tübingen

Medicine

1997Horst L. Störmer Columbia University

Physics

1999

Günther Grass

Literature

2001

Wolfgang Ketterle

MIT Cambridge

Physics

2000 Herbert Kroemer University ofCalifornia

Physics

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Theodor W. Hänsch

MPI München

Physics

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