Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental MedicineHeaded by the institute director, Fraunhofer ITEM is organized in four divisions, Central Services and four Staff offices. The Fraunhofer ITEM headquarters are in Hannover (Germany) and the Division of Personalized Tumor Therapy is based in Regensburg's BioPark.
Organizational structure of Fraunhofer ITEM
Facts and figures
Staff
[as of March 31, 2026]
Development of the number of employees.
*Note: [as of March 31, 2026] The sale of the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology division at the Braunschweig site of Fraunhofer ITEM and the transfer of employees to Avethera GmbH took place on March 16, 2026.
Employment groups
[as of March 31, 2026]
Our employees were active in these employment groups and came from a total of 12 different countries.
64 percent were women.
Total budget
[as of March 31, 2026]
The institute budget for 2025 had a volume of approximately 42.7 million euros.
Investments by Fraunhofer ITEM amounted to 1.3 million euros.
Total budget 2025:
44 million euros
Sponsors and external income
[as of March 31, 2026]
Financing by acquired funding amounted to 60 percent in 2025.
The share of industry income in the institute’s budget was 41 percent.