Research and development

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8 March 2023 Research and development expenditure at new record high in 2021

Research and development expenditure reached a new all-time high in Germany in 2021. They rose by 5.6% to 112.6 billion euros compared with the previous year, as is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results. The trend of rising research and development expenditure observed for many years is thus continuing. It was interrupted only in the Covid year 2020, when expenditure fell by 3.4 billion euros (-3.1%) to 106.6 billion euros. These figures include total expenditure for research and development at public and publicly supported institutions, higher education institutions and business.

24 November 2022 Podcast on skilled labour shortage: what is the situation of vocational training in Germany?

18 November 2022 Federal Statistical Office awards research prizes 2022

1 July 2022 Federal Statistical Office offering Covid-19 special prize in 2022

8 April 2022 Federal Statistical Office offering prize in 2022

3 March 2022 600 million euros spent on non-university research related to Covid-19 in 2020

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