Department-independent Research Groups

Research groups at the MPI-IE are either department-associated or department-independent. Department-independent groups can be established in different ways.

The Max Planck Society provides financial resources for so-called Max Planck Research Groups (MPRG). These "free-floating" positions are centrally advertised by the Max Planck Society.

The establishment of new research groups can also be enabled by central resources of the institute or by third-party funds.

Department-associated and department-independent research groups are considered equivalent and have comparable budget. They pursue – within the framework of the MPI-IE – their research fully independently. Currently, four department-independent research group are established at the MPI-IE headed by Dominic Grün, Valérie Hilgers, Tim Lämmermann and Ritwick Sawarkar.