Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental MedicineHeaded by the institute directors, Fraunhofer ITEM is organized in five divisions, Central Services and four Staff offices. Special expertise that is relevant for all business areas comes from two "Attract Groups". The Fraunhofer ITEM headquarters are in Hannover (Germany). The institute’s Division of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology has its facilities in Braunschweig on the “Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd”, and the Division of Personalized Tumor Therapy is based in Regensburg's BioPark.
Organizational structure of Fraunhofer ITEM
Facts and figures
as of April 2025
Staff
Development of the number of employees
Employment groups
In 2024, our employees were active in these employment groups and came from a total of 19 different countries.
67 percent were women.
Total budget
The institute budget for 2024 had a volume of approximately 44.2 million euros.
Investments by Fraunhofer ITEM amounted to 1.9 million euros.
Total budget 2024:
46.1 million euros
Sponsors and external income
Financing by acquired funding amounted to 53 percent in 2024.
The share of industry income in the institute’s budget was 37 percent.
About the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is a recognized non-profit organization that takes its name from Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), the illustrious Munich researcher, inventor and entrepreneur.
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, headquartered in Germany, is the world’s leading applied research organization. With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial exploitation of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps shape society now and in the future. Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft currently operates 75 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany. The majority of the organization’s 29,000 employees are qualified scientists and engineers, who work with an annual research budget of 2.8 billion euros. Of this sum, 2.4 billion euros are generated through contract research.
