Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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1 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Vahid Sandoghdar Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Erlangen

2 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in the German Landscape Universities basic research research & education theoria cum praxi applied research Universities of Applied Science applied research & education large research infrastructures

3 Mission and Guiding Principles Basic research at cutting-edge, strictly curiosity-driven Long-term high-trust system with significant institutional core funding for high-risk projects Max Planck, Founder of quantum theory Nobel Prize 1918 Insight must precede application Scientific autonomy: scientists decide on science Harnack principle promoting people, not programs Flexible, dynamic, interdisciplinary research units: Max Planck Institutes

4 Max Planck Society at a Glance approx. As per June 2017; Numbers rounded

5 Three Scientific Sections Biology and Medicine Section Chemistry, Physics, and Technology Section Humanities and Social Sciences Section 40 %* 50 %* 10 %* *estimated proportion of total budget

6 Decentralised Management Each Max Planck Institute manages its own budget recruits its personnel acquires additional third-party funds (research grants) selects research topics identifies co-operation partners in Germany and worldwide shapes its research structure (projects/departments)

7 International Scientific Staff International share of staff Directors 1 From outside Germany % Max Planck Research Group Leaders From outside Germany % Postdocs From outside Germany Visiting scientists From outside Germany PhD students From outside Germany 2,693 1, % 1, % 3,339 1, %

8 Internationalisation of MPG: Exchange and Cooperation Junior & visiting scientists in 2017 in total: 15,400 (ca from abroad) 138 3,

9 International Doctoral Program (IMPRS) PhD student training in cooperation with universities 66 IMPRS (> 3,100 PhD students) 78 Max Planck Institutes / 38 universities involved About 55% of PhD students come from outside Germany (As per 01/2017) Franz Luthe

10 Measures of Internationalization MAX PLANCK PARTNER GROUPS Outstanding junior scientists from outside Germany establish a Partner Group in their home country after a research residency at a Max Planck Institute Best practice for successful brain-circulation and joint projects More than 150 Partner Groups around the world since 1999

11 Max Planck Partner Groups SOUTH AMERICA 12 Partner Groups Brazil 3 Argentina 4 Chile 4 Peru 1 Overall Collaborations/projects <600 <400 <200 <100 <50 <20 Lima Serena Valparaíso Santiago EUROPE 9 Partner Groups Turkey 2 Croatia 1 Hungary 1 Spain 3 Poland 1 Czech Republic 1 Chile & Columbia Tandem Groups Santa Fe Campinas Buenos Aires Viҫosa Rio de Janeiro Warsaw Prague Zagreb Budapest Barcelona Valencia Istanbul Ankara Pretoria AFRICA 1 Partner Group RSA 1 Beijing Dalian Lanzhou Seoul Daegu Chandigarh Hubei Hefei Roorkee Mohali Shanghai New Delhi Guwahati Kunming Kharagpur Varanasi Jingnan Mumbai Kolkata Pune Hyderabad Bangalore Bhubaneswar/Odisha Chennai Trivandrum ASIA 50 Partner Groups India 33 China 16 Korea 1 Brain circulation : a total of 72 Max Planck Partner Groups are currently creating career paths for international scientists in their home countries (total of 156 Partner Groups around the world since 1999). As per January 2018

12 Measures of Internationalization MAX PLANCK CENTERS Flexible platform for scientific collaboration with international institutions 22 Max Planck Centers + Partner Institutes in Buenos Aires and Shanghai

13 Max Planck Centers Worldwide (20) France: Switzerland: (2) UK (2): Denmark: India: Israel: (2) Japan: (2) Canada: (2) Korea : USA: (4) China: Netherlands: Max Planck-Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instabilities in Market Societies, Paris Max Planck-EPFL Center for Molecular Nanoscience and Technology, Lausanne Max Planck-ETH Center for Learning Systems, Zurich Max Planck-UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research, London Max-Planck-Cambridge Centre for the Studies of Ethics Human Economy an Social Change, Cambridge Max Planck-Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, Odense Indo-German Max Planck-NCBS Center on Lipid Research, Bangalore Max Planck-Weizmann Center for Integrative Anthropology & Archaeology, Rehovot Max Planck-Hebrew University Center for Sensory Processing of the Brain in Action, Jerusalem Max Planck-RIKEN/ASI Center for Systems Chemical Biology, Tokyo Max Planck-University of Tokyo Center for Integrative Inflammology, Tokyo Max Planck-UBC Centre for Quantum Materials, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver Max Planck-University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics, Ottawa Max Planck-POSTECH Center for Complex Phase Materials, Pohang Max Planck-Princeton Research Center for Plasma Physics, Princeton Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for Human History in the Ancient Mediterranean, Boston Max Planck-Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics, Boston Max Planck-Yale Center for Biodiversity Movement and Global Change, New Heaven Max Planck-GIBH Joint Center for Regenerative Biomedicine, Guangzhou Twente-Max Planck Center for Complex Fluid Dynamics, Enschede As per September 2017

14 Technology Transfer in the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (although we do basic research) Public-Private- Partnerships Co-operation with FhG TechTransfercredit limit Co-operation with enterprises Incubators Spin-offs Lead Discovery Center Licenses

15 Examples of MPG Products Standard STED Polyethylene & polypropylene (Ziegler catalysis) Decaffeinated coffee (Zosel CO 2 destraction Magnetic resonance imaging (Frahm, Hase fast image capture) Paternity test, forensics (Jäckle, Tautz STR analysis) Plant transformation (Leemans, Schell Ti plasmid) Cancer drug Sutent (Ullrich kinase inhibitor) Super-resolution microscopy (Hell STED)

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