Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF ) is a Supreme Authority of the Federal Republic of Germany. The headquarters of the Federal Ministry is located in the so-called Kreuzbauten in Bonn, a second service based in Berlin.
History
The origins of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research dating back to October 20, 1955, when under the then Atomic Energy Minister Franz Josef Strauss, the Federal Ministry was established for nuclear issues. It had mission is to advance the peaceful use of nuclear energy and was converted to the office building, the former Hotel Godesberger Hof in Bad Godesberg resident. In 1957 it was renamed Federal Ministry for Nuclear Energy and Water and 1961 in the Federal Ministry for Nuclear Energy. With the name change in 1962 in the Federal Ministry for scientific research, it has now also responsible for the general promotion of science and for the promotion of space research. With a constitutional amendment in 1969 the powers of the federal government in educational planning and research funding were extended, therefore the Ministry was renamed Federal Ministry of Education and Science ( BMBW ) which it kept until 1994.
In 1972, the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology (BMFT ) was established to promote basic research, applied research and technological development. More than two decades it remained in the separation of the two ministries. After the parliamentary election in 1994 both ministries were merged, the new institution was established as the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF). After the change of government in 1998, the BMBF had the Department of Technology Policy at the Ministry of Economy leave and was therefore renamed the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the label that bears it to this day.
In the period 1974-1990 the building of today's Berlin service office acted in the Hanover Street as Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the GDR.
In August 2014, the new Berlin office at Chapel banks to be opened.
Construction
The BMBF is currently ( October 2012 ) of eight departments. These are in addition to the Central Department, which is responsible for administrative tasks:
- Division 1: Strategies and Policy Issues
- Division 2: European and International Cooperation in Education and Research
- Division 3: Vocational training; Lifelong Learning
- Division 4: Science System
- Division 5: Key Technologies - Research for Innovation
- Division 6: Life Sciences - Research for Health
- Division 7: pension plans - Research for Basic and Sustainability.
Each department consists of one or two sub-divisions and 10 to 15 units. The greater part of the sub-divisions located at the Bonn Office, the smaller part at the Berlin office. Overall, the BMBF employs approximately 1,000 people. The Minister of Education and Research is Johanna Wanka. In addition, include two parliamentary secretaries and two civil servants to line staff.
Tasks
The tasks of the BMBF diverse. On the one hand, the BMBF is largely responsible for legislation in different areas. This includes, primarily, the range of extra-curricular training and training and training support. On the other hand, the BMBF through funding research in all fields of science. In addition, young scientists and international exchange in education or training or studying to be promoted. Last but not least, the BMBF funded student loans. The budget of the BMBF (Section 30 ) is about 10 billion euros in 2009. The budget is the fourth largest of all federal ministries, about twice as large as the Ministry of Development and about 1/3 as large as the defense. Of these, 14% of student loans are provided, the administrative share is about 1 %.
Education initiatives
- Formation of chains
- Jobstarter
Funding of research projects
The BMBF will start with the basic funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Helmholtz Association, and part of the core funding of the Max Planck Society and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft safe. In addition, it promotes in the context of funding research projects to which applicants must apply. Examples of such programs are the " IKT2020 ", the top cluster competition or the " Research for Sustainable Development ". To accompany such funding public relations activities to be financed. An example of this is the nanoTRUCK which aims to inform the general public about nanotechnology. Together with the Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for the BMBF, among other things, the health research program of the Federal Government of Germany.
German Centres of Health Research
Since 2007, it has launched a series of " centers of health research ' to life that will achieve progress on major common diseases by collaborations between several research institutions. These are:
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research
- German Centre for Infection Research
- German Centre for Lung Research
- German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research
- German Center for Diabetes Research
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases