The Max Planck Society Research and Training Opportunities AAU Chief Academic Officers Meeting Newport Beach, September 8, 2003.

The Max Planck Society

Research and Training OpportunitiesResearch and Training Opportunities

AAU Chief Academic Officers MeetingNewport Beach, September 8, 2003

Knowledge must precede application. (Max Planck)

Advancing Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research at the Frontiers of Knowledge

Providing Highly Competitive Research Conditions for Excellent Researchers

Promoting Young Researchers and International Cooperation

The Max Planck Society

Research at the Frontier of Knowledge

Role of the Max Planck Society in the German Research System

cutting-edge research at the frontier of knowledgeconcentration on innovative areascomplementing University research International collaborationtechnology transfer

organized into 80 research instituteseach organized around 2 to 10 directors (4 on average)

Physics-Chemistry-Technology-Section

Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Material Sciences, Geosciences, Mathematics, Computer Science Biology - Medicine -Section:

Developmental Biology, Ecology and Environment, Neurosciences, Structural Biology, Genome Research Humanities-Section

Comparative Law, Social and Cultural Sciences

Research Fields

Nobel Prizes since 1980

Sackmann and Neher Nüsslein-Vollhardt Klitzing, Material Science

Locations and Figures

Figures: 80 Institutes 220 directors 12,000 employees

3500 scientists

380 US-citizens

8500 support 9,100 junior scientists Annual budget: 1.26 billion

Expenditure 2002 acc.to Research Fields

5

65

84

103

355

418

39

47

46

91

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

Economics

Law

Medical Research

Mathematics, Informatics,Engineering

Atmosph. & Geosciences

Chemistry

Astronomy, Astrophsics

History, Social Sciences

Physics

Biosciences

in Mio. EUR

Total 1,252.6 mio

Ph.D. students

Post-docs

Guest scientists

Student assistants

1,864

3,272

3,575

398

Student Assistants, Ph.D.Students, Post-docs, and Guest Scientists (2002)

Total number: 9,109 Foreigners: 4,705

59

59

56

92

308

342

531

164

200

364

458

845 1209

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Australia

Canada

Israel

Africa

Japan

Central and South America

India

Other Asian countries

USA

China

Russia

Other European countries

EU member states

Number of persons

Student Assistants, Ph.D.Students, Post-docs, Research Scholars and Guest Scientists (2002)

by Citizenship

16 US citizens among Institute Directors

52 Institute Directors appointed from US research institutions and Universities  

364 visiting researchers (Post Docs) from USA in MPIs

360 US project partners

Max-Planck-GesellschaftMPG USA Co-operation Fact Sheet (2002)

special Ph.D.-Programs in collaboration with German Universities

29 schools involving 34 institutes

use MPG-expertise for graduate education

improve cooperation with universities

use MPG brand name to attract foreign talent

(60 % foreign students)___________________________________________http://www.mpg.de/english/institutesProjectsFacilities/schoolChoice/index.html

International Max Planck Research Schools

Max-Planck-GesellschaftInternational Max Planck Research Schools

IMPRS for Astrophysics , GarchingIMPRS for Computer Science , SaarbrückenIMPRS for Geometric Analysis and String Theory , GolmIMPRS for Advanced Materials, Stuttgart

IMPRS for Demography , RostockIMPRS for Comparative Legal History , Frankfurt am Main

IMPRS for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, MarburgIMPRS for Molecular Biology , GöttingenIMPRS for Neural and Behavioural Sciences , TübingenIMPRS for Neurosciences , Göttingen

January 2003

In total 785 PhD Students

60 % foreigners coming from 72 countries:

India 63 Italy 46 China 37 Russia 23 USA 15 Canada 6

- MEEC (Poland, Romania et al.) 86- other EU countries (excl. Italy) 62 

Max-Planck-GesellschaftInternational Max Planck Research Schools

US students and International Max Planck Research Schools

Number is still small (15 out of XXX) Attractive research environment

MPG institute University

Exposure to foreign culture and language

Further Information:Divison of International RelationsHofgartenstrasse 8, 80539 Munich, GermanyTel +49 89 2108 1270Fax +49 89 2108 1451Email: [email protected]