The Leibniz Association unites 96 institutions throughout Germany which are legally, scientifically and economically independent entities. They include both research institutes and facilities that mainly provide infrastructure for research and society. One special feature of the Leibniz Association is its eight research museums.
Alphabet
- A
- B
- D
- F
- G
- German Diabetes Center - Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE)
- German Institute for Economic Research Berlin (DIW)
- German Institute for Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien (GIGA)
- German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE)
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM)
- German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM)
- German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ)
- German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
- GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)
- H
- I
- K
- L
- Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL)
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS)
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
- Leibniz-Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ)
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. (ISAS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ)
- Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW)
- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA)
- Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
- Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
- Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)
- Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V. (LIKAT)
- Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ)
- Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi)
- Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (SAFE)
- Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB)
- Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT)
- Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI)
- Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering — IWT (IWT)
- Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)
- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)
- Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)
- Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)
- Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
- Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB)
- Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS)
- Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
- Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)
- Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock (IAP)
- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR)
- Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz (IEG)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
- Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)
- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo)
- M
- P
- R
- S
- T
- W
- Z
Abbreviation
- A
- B
- D
- DBMDeutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen
- DDZGerman Diabetes Center - Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- DILeibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow
- DIEGerman Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning
- DIfEGerman Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke
- DIPFDIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
- DIWGerman Institute for Economic Research Berlin
- DMDeutsches Museum
- DPZGerman Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research
- DRFZGerman Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin
- DSMGerman Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History
- DSMZLeibniz-Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
- DWIDWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials
- F
- FBHFerdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
- FIZ KAFIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure
- FLILeibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute
- FMPLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie
- FZBResearch Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center
- G
- GEILeibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute
- GESISGESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
- GIGAGerman Institute for Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
- GNMGermanisches Nationalmuseum
- GWZOLeibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe
- H
- HBILeibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut
- HIHerder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association
- HKILeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute
- HSFKPRIF - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
- I
- IAMOLeibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
- IAPLeibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock
- IDSLeibniz Institute for the German Language
- IEGLeibniz Institute of European History Mainz
- IfADoLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors
- IfLLeibniz Institute for Regional Geography
- ifoifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
- IFWLeibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
- IfWKiel Institute for the World Economy
- IfZLeibniz Institute for Contemporary History
- IGBLeibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
- IGZLeibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
- IHPLeibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics
- IKZLeibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung
- INMINM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
- INPLeibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology
- IOMLeibniz Institute of Surface Engineering
- IOSLeibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
- IOWLeibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
- IPBLeibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
- IPFLeibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
- IPHTLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
- IPKLeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
- IPNLeibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
- IRSLeibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space
- ISASLeibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V.
- IUFIUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine
- IVWLeibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe
- IWHHalle Institute for Economic Research – Member of the Leibniz Association
- IWMLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien
- IWTLeibniz Institute for Materials Engineering — IWT
- IZWLeibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
- IÖRLeibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development
- L
- LEIZALeibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie
- LIBLeibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
- LIfBiLeibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
- LIKATLeibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V.
- LINLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology
- LIRLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research
- LITLeibniz Institute for Immunotherapy
- LIVLeibniz Institute of Virology
- LSBLeibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich
- LZISchloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics
- M
- P
- R
- S
- T
- W
- Z
- ZALFLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
- ZASLeibniz-Centre General Linguistics
- ZBWZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
- ZEWZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
- ZfLLeibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research
- ZMOLeibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
- ZMTLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
- ZPIDLeibniz Institute for Psychology
- ZZFLeibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
Section
- Section A - Humanities and Educational Research
- Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen (DBM)
- Deutsches Museum (DM)
- DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF)
- German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE)
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM)
- German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM)
- Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association (HI)
- Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL)
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA)
- Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
- Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
- Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ)
- Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi)
- Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI)
- Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
- Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN)
- Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS)
- Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
- Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz (IEG)
- Section B - Economics, Social Sciences, Spatial Research
- ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL)
- German Institute for Economic Research Berlin (DIW)
- German Institute for Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien (GIGA)
- GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)
- Halle Institute for Economic Research – Member of the Leibniz Association (IWH)
- ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich (ifo)
- Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
- Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (SAFE)
- Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)
- Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)
- Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)
- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR)
- PRIF - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (HSFK)
- RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (RWI)
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
- ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW)
- ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
- Section C - Life Sciences
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM)
- German Diabetes Center - Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE)
- German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ)
- German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
- IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF)
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
- Leibniz-Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ)
- Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB)
- Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT)
- Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS)
- Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB)
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
- Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV)
- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo)
- Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN)
- Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)
- Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN)
- Section D - Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering
- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials (DWI)
- Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
- FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (FIZ KA)
- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM)
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. (ISAS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ)
- Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW)
- Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
- Leibniz Institute for Catalysis e.V. (LIKAT)
- Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP)
- Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering — IWT (IWT)
- Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
- Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock (IAP)
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT)
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
- Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO)
- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI)
- Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics (PDI)
- Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics (LZI)
- TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology (TIB)
- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS)
- Section E - Environmental Sciences
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Region
- Baden-Württemberg
- FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure (FIZ KA)
- GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)
- Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM)
- Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS)
- Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO)
- ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)
- Bavaria
- Deutsches Museum (DM)
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNM)
- ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich (ifo)
- Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ)
- Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi)
- Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB)
- Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT)
- Berlin
- Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
- German Institute for Economic Research Berlin (DIW)
- German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ)
- Leibniz-Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL)
- Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS)
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
- Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ)
- Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI)
- Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science (MfN)
- Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics (PDI)
- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS)
- WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
- Brandenburg
- German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE)
- Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
- Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
- Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
- Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP)
- Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS)
- Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education (DIPF)
- Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association (HI)
- Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (SAFE)
- PRIF - Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (HSFK)
- Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN)
- Lower Saxony
- ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL)
- German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ)
- Leibniz-Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ)
- Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI)
- TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology (TIB)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- North Rhine- Westphalia
- Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen (DBM)
- DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials (DWI)
- German Diabetes Center - Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning (DIE)
- IUF – Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF)
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. (ISAS)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB)
- Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo)
- RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (RWI)
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow (DI)
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW)
- Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO)
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)
- Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR)
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
- Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM)
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Halle Institute for Economic Research – Member of the Leibniz Association (IWH)
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)
- Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia