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01 · Entity

About Fraunhofer Society

Fraunhofer Society fraunhofer.de

Startseite Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft mit Sitz in Deutschland ist eine der führenden Organisationen für anwendungsorientierte Forschung mit Forschungsschwerpunkten in zukunftsrelevanten Schlüsseltechnologien und dem Transfer von Forschungsergebnissen in die Industrie.

Wikidata: German research organization

Top 10K · #3,396 German 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Website of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, a German nonprofit applied research organization with about 74 institutes that carries out contract research and transfers technology to industry in fields such as energy, robotics, AI, batteries, production and medicine.

Who it’s for
Industry partners, policymakers, researchers
Business model
Contract research and public funding

02 · Embedding space

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NLnet LabsTelefónica DeutschlandDOI.org query endpointinria.frWorld Economic ForumOSFGoethe-InstitutNSFCNRSmpg.de

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Fraunhofer Society

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    mpg.de Top 10K English

    Homepage | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

    The Max Planck Society is Germany's premier, non-university research organization dedicated to fundamental research at 85 Max Planck Institutes.

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    CNRS cnrs.fr Top 10K English

    Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

    Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans

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    uni-frankfurt.de Top 10K English

    Home | Goethe University Frankfurt

    Discover everything about Goethe University Frankfurt: course offerings, research, campus life, and services for students and researchers.

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    DFN dfn.de Top 10K English

    Home - DFN

    German association for academic research

  5. 05
    NSF nsf.gov Top 10K English

    NSF - U.S. National Science Foundation

    NSF is an independent federal agency that supports science and engineering in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

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    Goethe-Institut goethe.de Top 10K

    Forbidden

    non-profit association of the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of the German language abroad and for global cultural exchange

  7. 07
    KIT kit.edu Top 10K English

    KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – technical university and national research center with unique research infrastructures

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    OSF osf.io Top 10K English

    OSF

    tools that make open science practice easier

  9. 09
    World Economic Forum weforum.org Top 10K

    Swiss nonprofit foundation

  10. 10
    Japan Science and Technology Agency jst.go.jp Top 10K Japanese

    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構

    国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構(略称JST)は、知の創出から研究成果の社会還元とその基盤整備を担うわが国の中核的機関です。世界トップレベルの研究開発を行うネットワーク型研究所として、未来共創イノベーションを先導します。

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    inria.fr Top 10K English

    Making sure you're not a bot!

    French research institution in computer science

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    DOI.org query endpoint doi.org Top 1K English

    Home Page

    API endpoint

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    University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

    consortium dedicated to scientific research

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    Telefónica Deutschland telefonica.de Top 1K English

    Home Corporate EN

    German telecommunications company

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    NLnet Labs nlnetlabs.nl Top 10K English

    NLnet Labs - Home

    Research & Development, Internet architecture, DNS, Routing, Stability and Security.

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    arbeitsagentur.de Top 10K English

    Info and support for international workers | Federal Employment Agency

    Official information and advice for workers who wish to live and work in Germany. Start your career in Germany now!

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    uni-erlangen.de Top 10K German

    Wissen bewegen | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität

    Mit über 275 Studiengängen, exzellenter Forschung und internationalen Kooperationen prägt die FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft.

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    rnd.de

    German news organization

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    Zenodo zenodo.org Top 10K English

    Zenodo

    research data repository

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    Archive of Our Own archiveofourown.org Top 10K English

    Request temporarily denied. | Archive of Our Own

    nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works

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