Contact
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung
der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastraße 27c
D - 80686 München
Fon: +49 (0)89 1205 0
Fax: +49 (0)89 1205 7531
Internet: www.fraunhofer.de
E-mail: info@fraunhofer.de
Fraunhofer-Association for Applicational Research
Purpose/Activities
As the leading agency for practice-oriented research in Germany, the Fraunhofer Association carries out research projects on commission from industrial and service corporations as well as from federal and regional authorities.
Federal ministries and other federal and regional authorities not only commission, but also fund seminal research in the fields of communications, energy, micro-electronics, industrial production, traffic/transport and the environment-the findings of which contribute to innovations in the public domain and in key technologies.
Activities abroad or relevant for foreign countries:
research projects carried out abroad
practice-oriented research projects individually commissioned according to governmental and ministerial agreements
establishment of Research Centres and Representations abroad
scientist exchanges with foreign research institutions
working with industrial syndicates, in the framework of EU technical programmes, on the solution to technical problems geared to improving the competitive power of the European Union.
Periodical Publications
Fraunhofer magazine (biannual),
Books (in German),
