Fraunhofer Chile Research
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the world’s leading applied research organization. With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial exploitation of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process.
Based in Germany, Fraunhofer is an innovator and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and a model of scientific excellence. By generating inspirational ideas and spearheading sustainable scientific and technological solutions, Fraunhofer provides science and industry with a vital base and helps shape society now and in the future.
At the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, interdisciplinary research teams work together with partners from industry and government in order to transform novel ideas into innovative technologies, to coordinate and realize key research projects with a systematic relevance, and to strengthen the German and the European economy with a commitment to creating value that is based on human values. International collaboration with outstanding research partners and companies from around the world brings Fraunhofer into direct contact with the key regions that drive scientific progress and economic development.
Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany. Over 30,000 employees, predominantly scientists and engineers, work with an annual research budget of €2.9 billion. Fraunhofer generates €2.5 billion of this from contract research.
Applied research also has a knock-on effect that is felt way beyond the direct benefits experienced by the customer: the Fraunhofer institutes boost industry’s performance and efficiency, promote the acceptance of new technologies within society and help train the future generation of scientists and engineers that the economy so urgently requires.
A highly motivated staff working at the cutting edge of research is the key factor in Fraunhofer's success as a scientific organization. Fraunhofer offers researchers the opportunity for independent, creative and, at the same time, targeted work, providing its employees with the chance to develop the professional and personal skills that will enable them to take up positions of responsibility at Fraunhofer, at universities, in industry and within society. Students who work on projects at Fraunhofer Institutes have excellent career prospects in the industry by virtue of the practical training they enjoy and the early experience they acquire of dealing with contract partners.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is a recognized non-profit organization that takes its name from Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), the illustrious Munich researcher, inventor and entrepreneur.
Fraunhofer international affiliates
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft cooperates with legally independent Fraunhofer affiliates in Europe, North and South America and Singapore. Representative Offices and Senior Advisors worldwide form a bridge between the local markets and the Fraunhofer Institutes. Their activities are focused on marketing and business expansion. The Fraunhofer Brussels office serves as a platform for dialog with European policy makers, with the additional functions of issuing public/official statements and providing information services.
Last updated: April 2022
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