The Frankfurt/Rhine-Main science region is characterized by a high density of research institutions that are already interconnected in many ways. This cooperation is now to be intensified even further: 16 institutions, including the ESI, have joined forces to form the Frankfurt Alliance. The initiative includes 5 Max Planck Institutes, 3 Leibniz Institutes, 2 Fraunhofer Institutes and one Helmholtz Institute as well as the Paul Ehrlich Institute and Goethe University Frankfurt.

The aim of the alliance is to further develop the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region as a leading research location in Europe. The international recognition and attractiveness of the region for top-level research is to be further increased. In addition, joint activities are expected to promote closer links between the institutions. The first joint public event of the Frankfurt Alliance will be a science festival in downtown Frankfurt on September 28.

Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Federal Minister of Education and Research, and Timon Gremmels, Hessian Minister of Science and Research, Art and Culture, congratulated the alliance at the launch event in the Römer. Frankfurt’s Lord Mayor Mike Josef and Dr. Bastian Bergerhoff, Frankfurt City Treasurer, also support the new alliance and are convinced of the benefits for the region. Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff, President of Goethe University, is delighted: “Together, we have unique potential to address the important issues of the future and enter into a productive exchange with the public. I’m already looking forward to the science festival in September!” The Ernst Strüngmann Institute couldn’t agree more - we look forward to further, closer cooperation.

Further information: Goethe University

All members of the alliance:
DIPF – Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Senckenberg Society for Nature Research (SGN), Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI), Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (ITMP), Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT), Max Planck Institute for Biophysics (MPIBP), Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIAe), Max Planck Institute for Heart & Lung Research (MPIHL), Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (MPIBR), Max Planck Institute for Legal History & Legal Theory (MPILHLT), Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience (ESI), Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), the Frankfurt site of the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Goethe University Frankfurt.