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Germany's Federal Ministries fund 38 Federal R&D institutions. This departmental research is always directly related to each ministry's field of activity. The main objective of the research is to support the respective ministry's activities and provide the necessary scientific basis for the execution of sovereign tasks.

One example of a departmental research institute is the Robert Koch Institute which is responsible for disease control and prevention. It is the central Federal reference institution for both applied and response-oriented research, as well as for the public health sector. Another example is the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). BAM is responsible for the development of safety and reliability in chemistry and materials technologies, including legal regulations on safety standards and threshold values.

Facts and Figures

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38 research
organisations

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19,000 staff;
8,700 scientists (2007)

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planned budget for R&D in 2010:
approx. 856 million euro

Research Activities

German Federal research institutions perform research in nearly all areas: society, security and defence, science, infrastructure, animal protection, strategic issues, nature conservation, environmental protection, consumer protection, healthcare, development policy and economic policy.

Research Budget

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The departmental research institutes are 100% publicly funded. The total budget planned in 2010 is approx. 1.7 billion euros, with 856 million allocated for research.