Why Germany?

Good reasons to do research in Germany

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Good reasons to do research in Germany

R&D policy framework

The Federal Government is implementing various strategies and initiatives to create a policy framework that will ensure Germany is scientifically, technologically and economically equipped for the challenges of the future. Here you will find information about programmes that support higher education institutions, non-university research institutions and cooperation between research and industry or business founders from the world of science and research.

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Two researchers are standing in front of a power youth model.
© DAAD/Focke Strangmann

Research infrastructure

Germany is home to several research infrastructures of global significance. These large-scale facilities include accelerator systems, telescopes, research vessels and supercomputers.

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One of the five parts of the outer shell of Wendelstein 7-X. The nuclear fusion plant is run by the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP).
© IPP/Wolfgang Filser

Research funding system

The Research funding section on our website offers access to the most important information about different funding programmes and grants.

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Two researchers are looking at a colleague who is writing on a whiteboard.
© DAAD/Focke Strangmann