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At the TUM Department of Mechanical
Engineering, research addresses the whole
value chain from scientific foundations up
to application scenarios. The competitive-
ness of research is hard to quantify. Typical
indicators are third-party funds and the
number of publications.
Third-party Funds
Third-party funds indicate that public
bodies, such as the European Com-
mission, ministries and the DFG, and
private entities such as industry and
foundations trust in the competence and
competitiveness of research performed at
the department. During the last decade,
third-party funds at the department almost
tripled. This compares to a 52% increase
of all research funding at German univer-
sities from 9.2 bil. (Mrd) Euros to 14.0 bil.
(Mrd) Euros between 2005 and 2012 (most
recent data available).
In recent years since 2012, direct project
funding from public bodies such as state
and federal ministries, the European
Commission and the German Research
Foundation increased, while industry
funding leveled out after extraordinary
growth in the years before.
Research
Research
Third-party funding of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Blue: public funds; red: private funds; orange: other funds, usually not regarded as third party-funds
€ 60m
€ 50m
€ 40m
€ 30m
€ 20m
€ 10m
€ 0m
2016
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Third-party funding
n
State Ministries
n
Donations
n
Test Authority
n
Revenue
n
Priv. (other)
n
Industry
n
Found. Prof.
n
Foundations
n
DFG ExIni
n
DFG SFB
n
DFG Others
n
EU
n
Fed. Gov.
n
State