Research

Below you will find information on the research landscape of Germany. The links will lead you to the most important research institutions (1), projects and research groups (2), general research information (3) and lead to patent procedures and patent rights (4).

1. Research centres
	Hermann von Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences e. V. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Science community Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz e.V. Research Institutes in Germany
2. Research projects

	German Research Council - Research units - Grants and Fellowships - Funded Projects Scientific Information Centre Karlsruhe The Technology Information Centre The Chemistry Information Centre The Economics Information Centre GESIS - German Social Science Infrastructure Services e.V. General link list sorted according to sections (offer of the University of Karlsruhe) Researchers in Germany by disciplines
3. Research information
	German Ministry of Education and Research Funding - database of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology www.research-in-germany.de competence-networks.de Deutschland-Portal Technology-Database Hessen/Germany The European Portal on Research Infrastructures Database Opportunity to search through 17.000 German research institutions (subject or city) www.kooperation-international.de The Research Directory of the DFG and the DAAD KompetenzCluster www.nano-map.de PhDGermany Alumni portal Germany German-Russian Science Portal
4. Patent procedure and patent rights
	Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) Europe (patents) - English Espacenet.com- European Network of Patenting Databases Europe (marks and design patents) - English World-wide (patents, marks) Interactive Online-guide for individual patent information serche in the internet

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