The Senate of the Leibniz Association, at its meeting 18 July 2007 in Berlin to further promote the following Leibniz institutions recommended German Mining Museum (DBM), Institute for Contemporary History (ICH), Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (Neurobiology) Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), German Diabetes Center (DDZ) and the Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH). All seven Leibniz-certified facilities it provides more broadly and found that federal lands and national science-policy interest in the work of the Institutions have. For DBM, ICH, IPB, IfN IZW and recommends that the federal and state Senate continued support for the next seven years. The IWH is to be re-evaluated after three years, the DDZ the Senate after two years on the basis of a report of the Scientific Advisory Board to decide on the further promotion.
The German Mining Museum (DBM) in Bochum, after the Senate vote a world-renowned institution of mining history, which is very good, in the fields of archeology and mining Archaeometallurgy excellent, research activities take place. The recommendations of the recent evaluation by the Science, the DBM predominantly implemented well. The publication performance of the DBM estimates the Senate as very high, but should be more articles in refereed journals are published. The journal published by the DBM, "The gate" could increase their visibility even further if they could open up the story to a wider international audience. Its external funding has increased in recent years, the DBM, the Senate in attracting external funding from DFG, BMBF and EU still sees growth opportunities. Whether this is currently a focus of very extensive research program would be helpful should be examined. To the donors are called upon for a contemporary to provide equipment or facilities for chemical and structural analysis of materials and materials. The Senate is pleased that the DBM was able to conduct in 2006 a joint appointment with the Ruhr-University Bochum , the two institutions opened new possibilities for cooperation and to strengthen its promotion of young talent at the DBM crucial. According to the
evaluation report of the Senate is the Institute of Contemporary History (ICH) in Munich and Berlin, both nationally and internationally leading to the facilities that are dedicated to the scientific study of contemporary history. The quality of research as very good as well in parts assessed. Also Library and Archives are of very good quality. The number of visitors to the permanent exhibition at Obersalzberg that is scientifically supported by the ICH are impressive and demonstrate the success of the concept of the ICH. Since the last evaluation in 2003, the institution has developed very positively. The measures recommended by the Senate to improve the performance were taken and implemented most successfully. So at the Institute was not only a considerable increase in performance, but also a marked sharpening of the research profile can be achieved. According to the ICH, Senate is not least due to its wide range of scientific Relationships with international partners, an important center of historical research in Europe dar. To this position to further expand and solidify, it is recommended the IfZ to search even more strongly than before linking with the German institutes abroad and other foreign higher education institutions as well as its cooperation with to intensify the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich .
addition to the adoption of the funding recommendations of the Senate has also approved a revision of the principles of the tasks and methods of evaluation of the Leibniz Association . Thus, the procedural rules were brought up to date and summarized in a document. These include a revision of the evaluation criteria and the questionnaire for evaluation. Here in particular were in service and policy advice more attention than before, making for many institutions of the Leibniz Association is an important part of the work. The Senate of the Leibniz Association evaluated over a period of up to seven years, the institutions of the Leibniz Association. Check for the basis of the opinions federal and state Senate in the Bund-Länder Commission for Educational Planning and Research Promotion (BLK), whether the conditions exist for Community support for the Leibniz institutions continue. The Senate is filled externally, the evaluation procedure strictly independent. To carry out the assessments of the Leibniz-Senate Senate Committee Evaluation (SAE) has set up. For evaluation of individual institutions is the SAE rating groups, composed of internationally renowned independent scientists. The assessment groups to visit the institutes and then form the basis of text materials, financial control as well as interviews and discussions with the Institute scientists an opinion about the scientific quality and relevance of the institution.
to scientific organization comprised of 83 non-university research institutes and service facilities for science. Leibniz Institutes work for society relevant strategic issues and themes. They use different types of research as basic, upper-and application-oriented research. You create the next great importance to scientific research services and knowledge transfer in the direction of politics, science, business and the public. The institutes employ about 13,500 people, their total budget is about 1.1 billion euros. They are funded jointly by federal and state governments. The opinions the Senate can be found on the web.
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Source: Uni protocols Leibniz , 19/07/2007
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