Max Planck was told that there was nothing new to be discovered in physics. He was about to embark on a career in physics that would set that idea on its ear. Planck was an extremely successful ...

In 2023, this was slightly more than 2.1 billion euros. In addition, the Max Planck Society and its Institutes receive third party project funding from public and private contributions and from the ...

There is no such thing as "the" Max Planck Institute. In fact, the Max Planck Society operates a number of research institutions in Germany as well as abroad. These Max Planck Institutes are ...

The next call for proposals is expected to take place from 9. September 2025 to 14. October 2025. There are two types of Max Planck Research Groups: Institute-specific and open-topic Groups. If Max ...

Max Planck Graduate Centers bring together leading faculty at several Max Planck Institutes and their partner institutions to provide outstanding doctoral research programs in a set of topical ...

Max Planck Partner Groups are led by outstanding early career researchers who, after a research stay at a Max Planck Institute (MPI), move to a respective research institution or university, ...

The Max Planck Society is currently looking for new Max Planck Research Group Leaders. The current call for proposals is closed. The next call for proposals is expected to take place from 9. September ...

What led me to hard science was a course of mathematical lectures which I attended at the university and which gave me an inner satisfaction and animation," wrote the world-famous physicist Max Planck ...