The Institute in figures

The total budget for 2024 amounted to 30.9 million euros, representing a significant increase over the previous year. This increase can be attributed to unusually high investments of just under 3.2 million euros (previous year: 1.5 million euros), which were largely linked to the equipping of the extension building at the Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Center PAZ in Schkopau.

The institute's funding came from internal Fraunhofer funds (9.8 million euros, of which just under 5 million euros came from internal funding programs), external income consisting of public project funding (state, federal, EU, other) amounting to 12.7 million euros, and economic income amounting to 7.5 million euros.

Compared to the previous year, internal Fraunhofer funding decreased (-10.9 percent). Economic income (+2.7 percent) and, in particular, 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 services staff, 12 Strategy and communication/High-performance center/Assistant Institute Director staff, 12 PhD students and 1 apprentice.

Within the year 2024, Fraunhofer IAP employed a total of 87 Bachelor's and Master's students, student and research assistants, interns, and guest scientists from Germany and abroad.