Funding Atlas 2021
Key Figures Relating to Publicly Funded Research in Germany
Tables
- Table 4-1: Participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for research by type of institutio(Download)
- Table 4-2: Number of AvH and ERC funding recipients by type of institutio(Download)
- Table 4-3: ERC funding recipients 2014 to 2019 by type of institution and scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table 4-4: The most frequently selected host universities by ERC-funded researchers 2014 to 201(Download)
- Table 4-5: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 – overall and by scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table 4-6: Participations in funding proposals by type of institution in the years 1921 to 194(Download)
- Table 5-1: DFG system of review boards, research areas and scientific disciplines 2016 to 201(Download)
- Table 5-2: Participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for research by scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table 5-3: Number of AvH, DAAD and ERC funding recipients by scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table 5-4: Participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for research by type of institution in the humanities and social science(Download)
- Table 5-5: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the humanities and social science(Download)
- Table 5-6: The most frequently selected host universities by AvH, DAAD and ERC funding recipients in the humanities and social science(Download)
- Table 5-7: Participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for research by type of institution in the life science(Download)
- Table 5-8: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the life science(Download)
- Table 5-9: The most frequently selected host universities by AvH, DAAD and ERC funding recipients in the life science(Download)
- Table 5-10: Participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for research by type of institution in the natural science(Download)
- Table 5-11: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the natural science(Download)
- Table 5-12: The most frequently selected host universities by AvH, DAAD and ERC funding recipients in the natural science(Download)
- Table 5-13: Participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for research by type of institution in the engineering science(Download)
- Table 5-14: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the engineering science(Download)
- Table 5-15: The most frequently selected host universities by AvH, DAAD and ERC funding recipients in the engineering science(Download)
- Table Web-1: Income from third-party funding in 2018 per higher education institution by research area (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-2: Income from third-party funding in 2018 per higher education institution by funding source (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-3: Basic funding, administrative revenues and third-party funding in 2018 per higher education institutio(Download)
- Table Web-4: Full-time scientific and artistic personnel and professors at higher education institutions in 2018 by research are(Download)
- Table Web-5: Full-time professorial personnel in 2018 per higher education institution by scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table Web-6: Full-time scientific and artistic personnel in 2018 per higher education institution by scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table Web-7: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 per higher education institution by research area (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-8: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the humanities and social sciences per higher education institution by research field (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-9: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the life sciences per higher education institution by research field (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-10: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the natural sciences per higher education institution by research field (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-11: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the engineering sciences per higher education institution by research field (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-12: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 per higher education institution by funding instrument (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-13: Current DFG-funded groups and DFG project leaders in 2019 by funding instrument and gende(Download)
- Table Web-14: Current DFG-funded groups and DFG project leaders in 2019 by research area and gende(Download)
- Table Web-15: DFG project leaders in 2019 in the humanities and social sciences per higher education institution by research area and gende(Download)
- Table Web-16: DFG project leaders in 2019 in the life sciences per higher education institution by research area and gende(Download)
- Table Web-17: DFG project leaders in 2019 in the natural sciences per higher education institution by research area and gende(Download)
- Table Web-18: DFG project leaders in 2019 in the engineering sciences per higher education institution by research area and gende(Download)
- Table Web-19: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 per non-university research institution by research area (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-20: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 per university medical institution by funding instrument (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-21: Ranking analysis of non-university research institutions in the new federal states: ranking changes in DFG awards compared over the last 20 year(Download)
- Table Web-22: Reporting logic derived from the federal government's planning system for R&D project fundin(Download)
- Table Web-23: R&D project funding from the federal government 2017 to 2019 per higher education institution by funding area (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-24: R&D project funding from the federal government 2017 to 2019 per non-university research institution by funding area (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-25: R&D funding under the AiF's IGF programme from 2017 to 2019 per higher education institutio(Download)
- Table Web-26: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2019 per higher education institution by programme section (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-27: ERC-funded researchers 2014 to 2019 per higher education institution by scientific disciplin(Download)
- Table Web-28: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2019 per non-university research institution by programme section (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-29: Research visits by AvH guest researchers 2015 to 2019 per higher education institution by research are(Download)
- Table Web-30: Research visits by DAAD-funded researchers 2015 to 2019 per higher education institution by research are(Download)
- Table Web-31: Research visits by DAAD-funded graduates 2015 to 2019 per higher education institution by research are(Download)
- Table Web-32: Alignment of the classification system of teaching and research fields and subject areas used by the Federal Statistical Office and the DFG subject classification system of research areas and scientific discipline(Download)
- Table Web-33: Income from third-party funding in 2018 relative to numbers of full-time scientific personnel employed at universities by research are(Download)
- Table Web-34: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 relative to numbers of full-time scientific personnel employed at universities by research are(Download)
- Table Web-35: Incomes of higher education institutions in 201(Download)
- Table Web-36: Basic funding and third-party funding of selected non-university research institutions in 201(Download)
- Table Web-37: Emmy Noether funding recipients from 2010 to 2019 by institutional allocatio(Download)
- Table Web-38: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2019 by programme sectio(Download)
- Table Web-39: R&D project funding from the federal government 2017 to 2019 by funding are(Download)
- Table Web-40: Personnel employed at higher education institutions and non-university research institutions in 201(Download)
- Table Web-41: The universities of applied sciences with the highest level of participation in DFG, federal government and EU funding programmes for researc(Download)
- Table Web-42: Ranking analysis of higher education institutions in the new federal states: ranking changes in DFG awards compared over the last 24 year(Download)
- Table Web-43: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by federal state and scientific discipline (in € million(Download)
- Table Web-44: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the humanities and social sciences by research are(Download)
- Table Web-45: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the life sciences by research are(Download)
- Table Web-46: DFG awards to university medical institutions for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff siz(Download)
- Table Web-47: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the natural sciences by research are(Download)
- Table Web-48: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in the engineering sciences by research are(Download)
- Table Web-49: The higher education institutions with the highest funding under the AiF’s IGF programme 2017 to 201(Download)
- Table Web-50: DFG system of subject areas, review boards and scientific disciplines (as of 2019(Download)
Figures
- Figure 2-1: Expenditure on R&D in Germany and abroad in 201(interner Link)
- Figure 2-2: Trend in basic and third-party funding of higher education institutions 2010 to 201(interner Link)
- Figure 2-3: Trend in higher education institutions‘ income from third-party funding 2010 to 2019 by funding sourc(interner Link)
- Figure 2-4: Third-party funding income of non-university research institutions in 2018 and 2019 by funding sourc(interner Link)
- Figure 2-5: DFG information services on research fundin(interner Link)
- Figure 2-6: Participations of research institutions in the consortia of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) and resulting cooperative relationship(interner Link)
- Figure 3-1: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2019 by country and type of funding recipien(interner Link)
- Figure 3-2: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2017 to 2019 by country and programme sectio(interner Link)
- Figure 3-3: ERC-funded researchers 2014 to 2019 by country of destination and scientific disciplin(interner Link)
- Figure 3-4: Countries of origin of researchers participating in Graduate Schools, Research Training Groups, Clusters of Excellence and Collaborative Research Centres 201(interner Link)
- Figure 3-5: AvH- and DAAD-funded researchers 2015 to 2019 by country of origin and scientific disciplin(interner Link)
- Figure 3-6: International participations of research institutions in DFG-funded projects from 2017 to 2019 by countr(interner Link)
- Figure 3-7: International cooperation intensity among DFG-funded projects and research expenditure on the part of the countrie(interner Link)
- Figure 4-1: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by higher education institution and research are(interner Link)
- Figure 4-2: Ratio of DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 to statistically expected values, adjusted for subject structure, of the 40 higher education institutions most active in terms of funding award(interner Link)
- Figure 4-3: Regional distribution of DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by funding instrumen(interner Link)
- Figure 4-4: Regional distribution of DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by research are(interner Link)
- Figure 4-5: The main locations of DFG-funded research from 1921 to 1945 by type of institutio(interner Link)
- Figure 5-1: DFG awards by research area and funding in Horizon 2020 by programme sectio(interner Link)
- Figure 5-2: R&D project funding from the federal government 2017 to 2019 by funding are(interner Link)
- Figure 5-3: AvH and DAAD funding recipients from 2017 to 2019 by research are(interner Link)
- Figure 5-4: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by research field in the humanities and social science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-5: Participations by research institutions in DFG-funded Coordinated Programmes and resulting collaborative relationships 2017 to 2019 in the humanities and social science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-6: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by research field in the life science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-7: Participations by research institutions in DFG-funded coordinated programmes and resulting cooperative relationships 2017 to 2019 in the life science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-8: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by research field in the natural science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-9: Participations by research institutions in DFG-funded coordinated programmes and resulting cooperative relationships 2017 to 2019 in the life science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-10: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by research field in the engineering science(interner Link)
- Figure 5-11: Participations by research institutions in DFG-funded Coordinated Programmes and resulting cooperative relationships 2017 to 2019 in the engineering science(interner Link)
- Figure Web-1: Trend in R&D expenditure in Germany 2010 to 2019 by type of institutio(interner Link)
- Figure Web-2: Shares of third-party funding sources per higher education institution in 201(interner Link)
- Figure Web-3: Participations by research institutions in DFG-funded coordinated programmes and resulting cooperative relationships 2017 to 2019 by federal stat(interner Link)
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