Leibniz Association – signature, culture and structure

1. Leibniz Association – signature, culture and structure Bonn, January 9, 2010

2. Leibniz Association • 201088 +2* Non-university Institutions, > 16,000 employees • Research institutes • Research-based service institutions • Research Museums (* 2 institutes are associated) Total budget of 1.3 billion Euro • State (Federal Gov. + „Länder“): 930 Mio. Euro • 380 Mio. Euro third party funding and patents

3. The spectrum of sciences at Leibniz A B C D E Crucial Issues Important to society LEIBNIZ

4. Main topics within the sections Section A(15) The Humanities and Educational Research Section B (18) Economics, Social Sciences, Regional Infrastructure Research Section C (25) Life Sciences Section D(22) Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering Section E(10) Environmental Research

5. Leibniz Gemeinschaft International Partners • 1,000 cooperations with 75 countries • 5,000 guest students • 35 million € EU funding • 270 EU projects, 50 of which are coordinated by Leibniz • 90 projects in 6th European Framework-Programme • 130 projects in 5th European Framework-Programme

6. Leibniz in comparison to other research organisations Focus on basic research centered on individuals Focus on applied research centered on products Max Planck Society Fraunhofer Society Focus on strategic research centered on topics Focus on large-scale research centered on programs Leibniz Association Helmholtz Association

7. Why Leibniz? Growing demand of society for solutions to urgent questions, for example of education, economy, health and environment Research, service and transfer of knowledge orientated towards issues relevant to society In the focus - Science ! Expert knowledge, impartial and obliged to the truth

8. Leibniz Association: essential attributes • Signature (profile) • Culture (thematic diversity) • Structure (decentralized organization)

9. Signature Signature (profile) • Each institution works on a special topic in full depth and breadth on the highest level of excellence • Strategic research: simultaneous use of basic and applied research • Individual combination of research with scientific service (imparting knowledge, consulting, transfer - theoria cum praxi)

10. Culture • Culture (thematic multiplicity) • Use topics that are worked on in the Leibniz Association to develop important thematic foci of multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary nature • Generate knowledge and impart knowledge

11. Culture • Strategic development • Assume thematic leadership Topics that are supraregional and in the overall interest of the state: e.g. agricultural, historical, educational, geospatial, health, climate, space, ocean, earth, biodiversity, material, optoelectronic, and economic research; Knowledge and information centres

12. Culture • Thematic networks and fields of competence triggered by the scientific diversity (short-listed) • Agricultural sciences classical but prevailing fields • Education research • Socio-economic research • Health sciences • Climate and environment large new fields • Production of energy • Geospatial sciences • Material sciences specific future-oriented fields • Biodiversity • Diabetes, arteriosklerosis, • Allergy, rheumatism

13. Culture • Thematic leadership: Leibniz Center for Biodiversity • Goals: • Presentation of competence and excellence of the Leibniz association • Shape the national research strategy • Close gaps and strengthen international excellence • Acquisition of research grants • Ensure adequate scientific policy advice • Use of multi-disciplinarity for an integrating scientific approach

14. Culture • Leibniz in the excellence initiative • Final selection • 52 Leibniz institutes involved in • 39 proposals • Successful • 22 Leibniz institutes and • 2 „associated members“ in • 22 proposals: • 8 „Exzellenzcluster“ • 8 Graduate schools • 2 „Zukunftskonzepte“ („visionary concepts“)

15. Culture Universities: Partners of the Leibniz Association • 2,230 doctoral students (women 47%), 350 apprentices and 1,200 students • 243 joint appointments • 515 teaching obligations at universities • 702 contractual agreements with German universities • 809 contractual agreements with international universities • 2,400 guest stays of Leibniz scientists with German universities

16. Structure Structure (Decentralized organization) • Organisation of independent institutes with high flexibility and power • Decentralized organization represents (scientific) strength but (political) weakness

17. Leibniz Association: essential attributes • The claim • According to the number of institutes (86 from 01.01.09 on) largest research organization in Germany • Only German research organization with institutional evaluation („institutes until recalled“) • Original partner of the universities • Primary contact for society and politics to answer pivotal questions

18. International Projects and Representatives Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan Cooperation with INRA (France) concerning agricultural science International positions of representatives of the Leibniz Association Prof. Elsässer, MBI: Director at large Optical Society of America Prof. Herzig, IFM-GEOMAR: Head of POGO (Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans) Prof. Leinfelder, MfN: Chairman and Speaker Consortium of German Natural History Research Collections (DNFS) Prof. Rietschel, President of Leibniz Association: Head of the Committee that evaluates the EU‘s Sixth Framework Programme, Council Member STS Forum(Kyoto) Prof. Sandner, MBI: Coordinator of LASERLAB EUROPE Prof. Schellnhuber, PIK: Scientific Advisor on Climate Change of Chancellor Merkel Prof. Sprekels, WIAS: Coordinator of the International Mathematical Sciences Institutes (IMSI)

19. Cooperationswithuniversitiesorresearchfacilities in USA/Canada In 2009, morethan 50 institutesofthe Leibniz Associationhadmorethan 200 commonprojectswithfacilities in the U.S. and Canada. - 6 institutesnamed 8 ormorecooperations - 8 instituteshad 4 to 7 commonprojectsorcooperations - The instituteswiththehighestnumbersofprojectsare ● Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), ● Max Born Institute (MBI), ● Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knoell Institute, ● Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences – GESIS, ● Institute for Innovations and High Performance microelectronics (IHP), ● Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure – FIZ KA - One prominent example: Large Binocular Telescope LBT in Arizona, a joint project of Astrophysical Institute Potsdam with the University of Arizona, Ohio State University and several other partners

20. Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) • The Leibniz Institute for Catalysis is the largest publicly funded research institute in Europe performing application-oriented research in the field of catalysis. Their expertise in catalysis research is orientated on methods and on chemical compounds. • Among the main research areas are: • CO chemistry and chemistry of  metal organic complexes • Selective oxidation reactions • Preparation of catalytically active materials  and nanoporous inorganic membranes • Reaction engineering and high-throughput technologies • Asymmetric catalysis • Analysis of optically active compounds

21. Contact: Executive Director: Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller Phone +49 (0) 381/ 1281 0e-mail: Matthias.Beller@catalysis.de Administration: Dipl. Chem. Susanne Feist Phone +49 (0) 381/ 1281 222 e-mail: Susanne.Feist@catalysis.de Public relations: Dr. Barbara Heller Phone +49 (0) 381/ 1281 146 e-mail: Barbara.Heller@catalysis.de Further Information can be found at www.catalysis.de

22. Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) • The INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, situated in Saarbrücken (Germany), engages in fundamental and applied materials research – from molecules to pilot production. The main research fields are • Chemical nanotechnology • Interface Materials • Materials in Biology • The INM develops nanostructured materials from a chemical, physical and biological perspective, investigates material properties and promote their potential applications in industrial collaborations, develops for companies worldwide and cooperates with national and international institutions. In particular, the INM has 6 projects with companies in USA. The institute employs some 180 collaborators and has an annual budget of about 17,9 million Euros. (Status: 2009).

23. Research activitesatthe INM Chemical Nanotechnology Nanomers Nanoprotect Optical Materials Interface Materials Functional Sevices Nanotribology Structure Formation Cross Linking Activities Modelling NMO/ Chemical Engineering Materials in Biology Biomineralization CVD/ Bioservices Nano Cell Interactions

24. Contact: Tel.: +49 (0)681-9300-100Fax: +49 (0)681-9300-242E-mail:contact@inm-gmbh.de Executive Director: Prof. Dr. Eduard Arzt Phone +49 (0) 681/ 9300 500e-mail: Eduard.Arzt@inm-gmbh.de Further Information can be found at www.inm-gmbh.de

25. Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research (IPF) • The Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF) is one of the largest polymer research facilities in Germany. • The focus of activities at the IPF are directed toward the advancement of basic scientific knowledge • for the development of functional polymer materials • on combining material development with innovative and sustainable production and processing technologies • The researchers at the IPF work towards understanding the effects of interfaces and the utilization of interface design in material development, in which nanotechnological aspects as well as interfaces to biosystems are of great importance.

26. Contact: Executive Director: Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit Phone +49 (0) 351/ 4658 590e-mail: voit@ipfdd.de Public Relations: Kerstin Wuwrack Phone +49 (0) 351/ 4658 282e-mail: wuwrack@ipfdd.de Further Information can be found at www.ipfdd.de