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The success of German HEIs in attracting third-party funding

Approved third-party funding is an indicator of successful research. The Funding Atlas 2021 shows which HEIs and research institutions excel in which subjects.

Funding Atlas 2021

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Third-party funding, especially from the DFG, is a popular indicator for assessing the quality of research. The projects concerned go through a rigorous, multi-stage review process before being approved, so they reflect the quality of both the idea and the environment. While the amount of funds raised also correlates with the size of the higher education institution (HEI), the differentiated breakdown in the Funding Atlas shows which HEIs were successful in establishing priority areas in individual subjects.

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Figure 4-1: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 by higher education institution and research area (png)

Figure 4-2: Ratio of DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 to statistically expected values, adjusted for subject structure, of the 40 higher education institutions most active in terms of funding awards (png)

Table 4-5: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 – overall and by scientific discipline (xls)

Table 5-5: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the humanities and social sciences (xls)

Table 5-8: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the life sciences (xls)

Table 5-11: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the natural sciences (xls)

Table 5-14: The higher education institutions with the highest DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 in absolute figures and relative to staff size in the engineering sciences (xls)

Table Web-19: DFG awards for 2017 to 2019 per non-university research institution by research area (in € million) (xls)

Table Web-23 R&D project funding from the federal government 2017 to 2019 per higher education institution by funding area (in € million) (xls)

Table Web-24: R&D project funding from the federal government 2017 to 2019 per non-university research institution by funding area (in € million) (xls))

Table Web-26: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2019 per higher education institution by programme section (in € million) (xls)

Table Web-28: Funding in Horizon 2020 – EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2019 per non-university research institution by programme section (in € million) (xls)

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