The Institute in figures

Our total budget for 2024 amounted to €30.9 million, which represents a significant increase over the previous year. This increase can be attributed to unusually high investments of just under €3.2 million (previous year: €1.5 million), which were largely related to outfitting the annex building at the Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Center PAZ in Schkopau.

The Institute was financed by internal Fraunhofer funds (€9.8 million, of which just under €5 million came from internal funding programs), external income from public project funding (state, federal, EU, other) amounting to €12.7 million, and income from industry amounting to €7.5 million.

Internal Fraunhofer funding decreased over the previous year (-10.9 percent), while income from industry (+2.7 percent) and public income (+28.3 percent) increased.

At the end of 2024, Fraunhofer IAP employed a total of 275 people. These included 109 scientific staff, 85 technical staff, 21 administrative/scientific-technical service staff, 12 strategy and communications/high-performance center/assistant to the Institute director, 12 PhD students, and 1 apprentice.

Throughout 2024, Fraunhofer IAP employed a total of 87 bachelor’s and master’s students, student and scientific assistants, interns, and guest scientists from Germany and abroad.