Fraunhofer IFF in Numbers
Budget and Revenue*
Fraunhofer IFF’s total budgeted expenditures in the year 2023 amounted to €20.1 million. Total outside revenues amounted to €11.4 million. Business revenue accounted for € 4.2 million of that.
€7.3 million came from public sector, EU and other funding. Institutional funding comprised €8.7 million. Budgeted capital expenditures for the year 2023 totaled €0.5 million.
*All amounts are rounded
Human Resource Development
Fraunhofer IFF employed 202 full-time employees as of December 31, 2023. The majority of our research scientists have a degree in an engineering discipline. Staff with degrees in human sciences, economics, mathematics, physics and business work at the institute as well. They all work together in interdisciplinary research teams and administrative services.
Education and Training
Fifty-seven student assistants and seven interns additionally supported our research work. We are also pleased to have supervised three professional trainees.
Thirty-seven employees of Fraunhofer IFF worked as faculty and adjunct faculty at universities and universities of applied science. Altogether, we advised thirty-six master’s and Diplom theses and four successfully completed dissertations. Furthermore, the institute’s research scientists published seventy-six scientific articles and papers in 2023.
Last modified: December 31, 2023
The Fraunhofer IFF Advisory Board
The Fraunhofer IFF Advisory Board supports institute management in an advisory capacity and facilities contacts between the institute and organizations, institutions and industry. Its members are representatives of the academic and research community, the private sector and government. Advisory Board Chair is Johannes Krafczyk.
Dirk Bartens
CEO, SBSK GmbH & Co.KG, Daten- und Informationssysteme
Dr. Tilo Bobel
Senior Director (Global Head), Continuous Improvement, Lean & Automation, Maersk
Dr. Kerstin Höfte
VP R&D and Product Management, Körber Supply Chain Software GmbH
Abdirahman Ikar
Vice President Global Supply Chain Management,
Pepperl + Fuchs SE
Annett Juhnke
Manager, HR Management, Avacon AG
Dr. Jochen Köckler
Chairman of the Managing Board, Deutsche Messe AG, Hannover
Johannes Krafczyk
Senior Engagement Manager, T-Systems International GmbH
Dr. Bernd Liepert
CEO, more_about_robots GmbH
Dr. Georg Mecke
Dr. Ute Redecker
Dr. Nicole Schnittfeld
Manager, Processing of Tomorrow Center of Excellence, Post CH AG
Tobias Schlichtmann
Senior Vice President, Centers of Technical Expertise, Global Engineering Services BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
Prof. Manuela Schwartz
President, Magdeburg–Stendal University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Jens Strackeljan
President, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Dr. Jürgen Ude
State Secretary for Structural Change and Major Industrial Projects, State Chancellery and Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Culture
Juliane Wolf
Manager, Industry and Infrastructure, Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Thomas Wünsch
State Secretary, Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment
Tom Wünsche
Referent, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Clemens Zielonka
Manager, acatech Brussels Office, National Academy of Science and Engineering acatech Brussels Office
Last modified: December 31, 2023
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft based in Germany is a leading applied research organization. it plays a major role in the innovation process—prioritizing key technologies with future relevance and transferring its research findings to industry to strengthen our industrial base and benefit society.
Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany. Its nearly 32,000 employees, predominantly scientists and engineers, work with an annual research budget of €3.4 billion. Three billion euros of this stems from contract research, which is divided into three funding pillars: Fraunhofer generates around a third of its contract research from industry and licensing revenue, totaling €836 million. Another third comes from publicly funded research projects. The last third is base funding supplied by the German federal and state governments, which enables our institutes to develop solutions now, which will become vital to the private sector and society in a few years.
Last modified: April 2024
