October 2005

Joint press release by the DFG and the MPG: Strengthening potential, creating independence

The scientific community's expectations of a German Federal Government programme

To foster innovation, it has to become easier to conduct research and gain new insights and to turn the findings into new jobs. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) and the Max Planck Society therefore submit the following suggestions to the new German Federal Government:

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