Hochbegabungspresse
The 2013 Leibniz Association Yearbook offers a comprehensive
overview of all 86 member institutes. The Institutes are organized into
the following five areas: A – Humanities and Educational Research; B –
Economics, Social Sciences, and Spatial Research; C – Life Sciences; D –
Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Engineering; E – Environmental Research.
The yearbook is introduced via a letter to the readers
from European Commissioner for Research Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and by a foreword
from the President of the Leibniz Association, Karl Ulrich Mayer.
Introductions to the international activities of the Leibniz Institutes, a
short portrait of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (for whom the Association is named,
and “Leibniz in Figures” follow.
A digital copy of the yearbook can be found online at:
The language of the yearbook rotates between English and German on a
yearly basis, and this year’s copy is in English.
The English version can be ordered free of charge via E-Mail:
Yearbooks from prior years are only available online at:
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The Leibniz Association
The Leibniz Association represents 86 autonomous research institutes.
Their areas of focus range from life and biomedical sciences, natural
sciences and technology, and environmental sciences to economics, social
sciences and humanities. The Institutes address topics of social,
economic, and ecological relevance. They employ both basic and applied
research, as well as infrastructures. The Leibniz Institutes also engage
in knowledge and technology transfer as well as policy advice. They collaborate
intensively with universities as well as with industry and other partners at
home and abroad. The institutes are funded jointly by the Federal Government
and the Länder and are evaluated every seven years. Leibniz institutes
employ about 17,000 persons, including close to 8000 researchers. The total
budget for the Leibniz Association is approximately € 1.5 billion.