Providing information for research statistics

Service Description

The statistics on research and development are intended to provide a comprehensive picture of the finances and personnel of research institutions. The data from the financial and personnel statistics form the basis

  • for financial and economic policy decisions,
  • for analyses and comparisons
  • and in the calculation of government sector data for national accounts.

For this purpose, the Federal Statistical Office surveys public and publicly funded institutions for science, research and development.

These include

  • Federal research institutions,
  • State and municipal research institutions,
  • scientific libraries and museums (including scientific archives and specialist information centers)
  • as well as other publicly funded non-profit organizations for science and research and institutes at universities (so-called AnInstitutes).

The survey provides information on the scope, structure and development of the financial and human resources used to carry out science, research and development.

Every year, the Federal Statistical Office asks R&D institutions for data on

  • Income and expenditure by type and scientific discipline,
  • the type of institution
  • their tasks,
  • the proportion of research and development in the total activity of scientific staff.

The survey also includes data on employees by

  • gender,
  • age,
  • scope, duration and type of service or employment contract, salary or pay grade,
  • educational qualifications,
  • nationality,
  • type of employment and scientific fields.

Every 4 years, the Federal Statistical Office also collects data

  • on expenditure according to socio-economic research objectives and technology areas,
  • by type of research activity
  • and on income by funding bodies.

The GENESIS-Online database offers all the results of the R&D statistics in various data formats (xls, xlsx, html and csv).

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

Competent Authority

Statistisches Bundesamt (StBA)

Address
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
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+49 611 75-2405
Fax
+49 611 75-4000
DE-Mail
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