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German researchers are amongst the best in the world.
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Indeed, in nanotechnology Germany is in first place.
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As a research location Germany is particularly attractive
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for international scientists: guests from many countries
carry out research at German universities and research
establishments. More than 21,000 foreign researchers are TLIGHT ON GERMANY
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sponsored by German funding organisations. The leading
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funding organisations are the German Research Foundation
(DFG), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Germany has excellent employment opportunities for
highly qualified academics from abroad. In some sectors highly qualified foreigners are sought after and
may be issued with a residence permit immediately. Highly qualified persons include academics with
specialist knowledge as well as teachers in higher education and academic personnel in senior positi ons.
Especially in research and development the proportion of foreign employees is already very high, rea ching
eight to ten percent. Foreign students are allowed to spend a further year in Germany after completi ng their
degrees while searching for employment. And abroad, too, there are a large number of opportunities f or
job-seekers with experience in Germany: many German companies have branches and subsidiaries all ove r
the world.
The science system in Germany is currently undergoing change to guarantee greater flexibility. This should
introduce more scope in the area of employment and salary law, improve the provisions of the residen ce
law for cutting-edge foreign researchers and make research establishments more autonomous. Overarchi ng
structures of excellence have been created and integrated in funding:
these include Competence Networks (Federal Ministry of Education
and Research, BMBF), Centres of Excellence and Collaborative
Research Centres (DFG), Innovative Regional Growth Cores (BMBF),
as well as other major research and development projects based on
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cooperation between industry and research institutes. For the first time
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ever, there is a “High-Tech Strategy for Germany”, a cross-
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departmental, national strate gy to put Germany at the forefront of
tomorrow’s most important markets. All political sectors involved in
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research and development are included. The High-Tech Strategy for
Germany marks the launch of the Federal Government’s new
innovation policy. From 2006 to 2009, altogether roughly
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are being earmarked for cutting-edge technology and transversal
actions in interdisciplinary technologies. The Federal Government is
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thus making a significant contribution to achieving its aim of
increasing the proportion of the gross domestic product utilised for
research and development to three percent by 2010 – in line with the r
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EU’s Lisbon objectives.
These new structures hold enormous appeal for innovative researchers,
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as demonstrated by EADS (Airbus), German Aerospace Centre projects,
Galileo, the “digital hospital” and many others. With the “Research in
Germany – Land of Ideas” campaign the Federal Ministry of Education
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and Research is working systematically to make Germany well-known as a
research location internationally and thus to promote bilateral
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