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  New edition of the BMBF's magazine Focus on Innovation for Growth

  The magazine published by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides information about the latest developments in education and research policy in an easy-to-understand and entertaining format. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/4167.php)
   
  
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  Budget

  Vital investments in education and research are a top priority as we urgently need investments in the present economic crisis. They can help us overcome the crisis and emerge from it stronger and with new ideas. The Federal Government makes an important contribution towards this goal: With a total volume of €10.9 billion, the BMBF's budget for 2010 shows an increase over the budget for 2009 of €750 million, or more than 9%. Education and research have thus become firmly established in the federal budget despite today's difficult financial situation.  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/96.php)
   
  
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  The BMBF's Foresight Process

  The BMBF launched a Foresight Process in September 2007 in order to safeguard Germany's long-term innovative capacity as a centre for research and education. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/12673.php)
   
  
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  Strategy Processes: Ideas for the Future in Education and Research

  Education forms the basis for one's whole life; research opens up previously unknown opportunities in all fields of life. Education and research need perspectives which extend far into the future. These are the foundations on which our future evolves. The BMBF's promotion of education and research must take this long-term aspect into account. The BMBF is expanding its policy with the support of stakeholders in the field of science and society by providing scientific advice and organizing strategy processes with representatives of very varied societal groups. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/6490.php)
   
  
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  Objectives and Tasks

  Education and research are the foundations for our future. The promotion of education, science and research by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research represents an important contribution to securing our country's prosperity.  more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/90.php)
   
  
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  New Impetus for Innovation and Growth - The Six Billion Euro Programme for Research and Development

  The Federal Government is investing an additional six billion euro in research and development projects (R&D) in this legislative period. These funds are intended for measures which promise to have a great mobilization effect on innovation and the markets of tomorrow. The Federal Government is setting the tone for Germany's future viability as a location for research and production. At the same time, it is providing an important contribution to increasing the share of expenditure on research and development to three percent of GDP by 2010. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/6075.php)
   
  
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  Research Funding

  Who provides funding and how, where do applications have to be submitted - these are the important questions on research funding. Answers are given on this web-page. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/1398.php)
   
  
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  The Federal Ministry of Education and Research

  The BMBF is headed by Federal Minister Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan. She will be supported in fulfilling her duties by the Parliamentary State Secreteraries Thomas Rachel and Dr. med. Helge Braun and the Permanent State Secretaries Cornelia Quennet-Thielen and Dr. Georg Schütte. more (URL: http://www.bmbf.de/en/88.php)