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Transcript of The Max Planck Society ASPERA National Day Hamburg, Germany
M A X - P L A N C K - G E S E L L S C H A F T1
The Max Planck Society
ASPERA National Day
Hamburg, Germany
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The Max Planck Society
Advancing innovative and interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of knowledge
Providing competitive research conditions for excellent researchers
Promoting young researchers and international cooperation
Devoted to basic research/open to application
Mission
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Basic research at the Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society’s scientists work in selected areas, whenever these areas
can open up new directions for research
are not (yet) represented at universities
require special funding
must be set up for the especially long term
enable the training of specialised junior scientists
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Facts and Figures of theMax-Planck-Society
12,434 staff members
plus 10,900 junior and guest scientists
annual budget > € 1.3 billion
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Locations of the 78 MPIs
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Autonomy of Max Planck Institutes
Each Max Planck Institute / Scientific Director:
determines its own
research topics
chooses its research structure (depart-ments/
projects)
chooses its collaboration partners, both foreign and domestic
(other MPIs, universities, public research institutions, or industry) as well as the form of collaboration
acquires third-party
funds
manages its budget
recruits its own personnel (incl. junior scientists)
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Structure of a Max-Planck-InstituteStructure of a Max-Planck-Institute
I n t e r – I n s t i t u t i o n a l P r o j e c t s
evaluates scientific performance and advises the institute.
Scientific Advisory
Board
Board of Trustees
supports institute in its local and public relations.
Director Dept. D
Director Dept. C
Director Dept. B
Director Dept. A
Scientific Management
Rotating management duties
Head of junior
research group
Head of junior
research group
AdministrationLibrary, Laboratories, IT
Service facilities
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Continual Scientific Renewal
Institutes undergo continual evaluation and adjustment of research areas and goals to meet international standards.
Institutes take up new research topics as a result of appointments or newly founded institutes.
Institutes or institute departments are closed
if research goal achieved, if research suitably established at universities, and if no suitable scientist available.
New programs or forms of organization are developed (e.g., research groups at universities).
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• Regular Evaluation Performed every 2 yrs. by the scientific advisory boards of the institutes
• Extended evaluation every 6 yrs.
• IMPRS
Ex Post Evaluation
• Establishing institutes
• Appointments
• Program concepts
• Concepts for individual scientific proposals
Ex Ante Evaluation
• System Evaluations commissioned by donors and granting agencies
• Structure oriented presidential committee
• Internal analysis of the activities and the performance
Others
Peer Review
Types of EvaluationTypes of Evaluation
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•projects•appointments•new institutes•shifts in focus
•closures
Presid
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Institu
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ectio
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enateSenate Planning Committee
Presidential Committee
Perspective CommissionAppointment Committee
Scientific Advisory BoardBoard of Directors
Levels of Research Planning in the MPS
Research Planning & EvaluationResearch Planning & Evaluation
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International Staff
262 institute directors (October 2006), including 72 foreigners (= 27.5 %) coming from 24 countries
Almost 50% of doctoral students and 80% of postdocs are from countries other than Germany.
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Research Partners Worldwide (2005)
2,068 international projects including 5,139 partners in 108 countries
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Sections of the Max Planck Society
Chemistry, Physics, and Technology Section
Biology and Medicine Section
Human Sciences Section
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Structures and legalities of human thought and actions –from the individual to the state system,
in historical perspective and as a future outlook
Cultural Sciences
HumanitiesJurisprudence
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences Section
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Structure and function of the animate world from virus to man, from molecule to ecological system
Plant Research Neuro-Science
Structural & Cell Biology
Developmental Biology/Genome Research
Immuno-/Infection Biology/Molecular Medicine
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Biology and Medicine Section
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Structure of the world and the universeatoms, molecules, materials and technologies
complex proceedings and systems
Astronomy Chemistry
Physics Geological Sciences
Mathematics Materials Sciences
Chemistry, Physics and Technology Section
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Locations of Astronomical Max Planck Institutes
Gravitational Physics (AEI)
Extraterrestrial Physics
Astrophysics
Physics
Nuclear PhysicsAstronomy
Chemistry
Radio Astronomy
Solar System Research
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Research Topics at the Institutes
MPI for Physics, Munich
neutrino astrophysics
physics and astrophysics of weakly interacting dark-matter candidates
phenomenology of high energy physics
MPI for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
neutrino astrophysics
particle astrophysics
gamma ray astrophysics
Astroparticle Physics in the MPG
H.E.S.S.
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CRESST Detector Module
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Projects, Collaborations in Astroparticle Physics
Astroparticle Physics
H.E.S.S. (MPI for Nuclear Physics/ Windhoek, Namibia)
MAGIC (MPI for Physics/ Roque de los Muchachos, Canary Islands)
CRESST (MPI for Physics/ Gran Sasso, Italy)
CAST (MPI for Physics/ CERN, France)
Neutrino Astrophysics
GERDA (MPI for Physics, Nuclear Physics/ Gran Sasso, Italy)
Borexino (MPI for Nuclear Physics/ Gran Sasso, Italy)
IceCube (MPI for Nuclear Physics, Emmy Noether Res. Group/ South Pole)
Gallex/GNO, completed (MPI for Nuclear Physics/ Gran Sasso, Italy)
LENS, completed (MPI for Nuclear Physics/ Gran Sasso, Italy)
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Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Stefan EchingerHead of the Departmentfor Institutes’ Liaison Max Planck Society80084 MünchenTel.: ++49-89-2108-1284Email: [email protected]