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Max Planck (1858-1947)
Physicist, inventor of quantum theory, Nobel Prize for Physics 1918
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| The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
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The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is an independent, non-profit organization. Max Planck Institutes conduct basic research in service to the general public. Its institutes are predominately built around exceptional personalities in research. Max Planck Institutes are considered "Centers of Excellence" in basic research and command respect both in Germany and abroad. Established in 1948, it has produced 15 Nobel laureates. The Max Planck Society promotes research in its own institutes.
The Max Planck Society consists of some 80 institutes, research establishments, laboratories and working groups, that work in a wide spectrum of research fields. The institutes are free and independent in their choice and execution of research projects.
Scientific collaboration with domestic and international partners takes place on the basis of projects with a limited timeframe.
The Max Planck Society conducts research in many fields:
- Biology and Medicine
- Chemistry, Physics and Technology
- Humanities (law, psychology, history and social studies for example)
The Max Planck Society encompasses research facilities that have not yet been incorporated, have not attained space and funding or which don't fit into the interdisciplinary organization of universities. The institutes often serve a supplementary function to university research. Leading researchers employed from outside the organization often come from abroad.
Fifteen Max Planck institutes are currently in the planning stages. Alongside universities, they will be entrusted with establishing nine Max Planck Research Schools. The schools will be geared toward international collaboration and promoting doctorate work of predominately foreign researchers. At least half the funding has been earmarked for foreign applicants.
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Prof. Hubert Markl, former President of the Max Planck Society:
"A lot of English is spoken at our institutes." (German)
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