From small beginnings to steep ascent: The Fraunhofer Society Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft: Von kleinen Anfängen zum steilen Aufstieg

Evers J, Herzog C, Möckl L (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Chemie in Unserer Zeit Wiley-VCH Verlag: No OnlineOpen

Book Volume: 55

Pages Range: 101-111

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1002/ciuz.201900034

Abstract

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (FhG) was founded by the Secretary of the Baverian Ministry of Economics, Hugo Geiger. He intended to create a research organisation that should unite science and economics to foster applied research. The new institution was named after Joseph von Fraunhofer, a hint to its intended orientation as Fraunhofer was both an ingenious scientist and a successful businessman. His inventions were developed into products which were sold all over the word. The FhG as new organisation would become the third pillar of German Research next to the Max-Planck-Society (MPG) and the German Research Foundation (DFG), but initially, the MPG and the DFG caused some problems for the newly founded FhG. However, when the German Ministry for Research guaranteed funding, the FhG quickly rose to international recognition.

Involved external institutions

Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. / Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Evers, J., Herzog, C., & Möckl, L. (2021). From small beginnings to steep ascent: The Fraunhofer Society Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft: Von kleinen Anfängen zum steilen Aufstieg. Chemie in Unserer Zeit, 55(2), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1002/ciuz.201900034

MLA:

Evers, Jürgen, Christiane Herzog, and Leonhard Möckl. "From small beginnings to steep ascent: The Fraunhofer Society Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft: Von kleinen Anfängen zum steilen Aufstieg." Chemie in Unserer Zeit 55.2 (2021): 101-111.

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