The Leibniz Association
The Leibniz Association is a network of 86 scientifically, legally and economically independent research institutes and scientific service facilities. Leibniz Institutes perform strategic and thematically oriented research and offer scientific service of national significance and strive for scientific solutions for major social challenges.
Leibniz Institutes employ more than 16.100 employees, thereof 7.100 are academics, including 2.800 junior scientists. Leibniz Institutes maintain 2.200 major national and 1.300 international scientific cooperations. About 2.300 foreign scientists come for temporary work at Leibniz Institutes each year. Third party funds of 280 million Euro per year indicate high competitiveness and excellence.
Leibniz Institutes contribute to clusters of excellence on fields as Mathematics, Optic Technologies, Materials Research, Medicine, Climate and Environmental Research, Bio- and Nanotechnology as well as humanities, economics and social sciences. Leibniz Institutes foster close cooperations with universities, industry, and other research institutes, both in Germany and abroad. The Leibniz Association has developed a comprehensive system of quality management. In the unique peer review evaluation process, independent experts assess every institute at regular intervals.