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Virologisches Institut, Klinikum der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, 91054, Erlangen, Deutschland.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2009 Sep;52(9):940-8. doi: 10.1007/s00103-009-0921-6.
The Excellence Initiative of the German Federal Government in 2006 and 2007 was motivated by the political wish to have a limited number of excellent universities in Germany that could reach top positions in the international research ranking, comparable to the top universities of Great Britain and the United States. In two rounds, the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the National Research Council (Wissenschaftsrat) evaluated more than 300 project proposals. Out of those, 39 Graduate Schools, 37 Centers of Excellence and 9 proposals for University Strategies were selected for support with 1.9 EUR billion. University medicine made a substantial contribution to the successful strategy concepts, on average more than other university faculties. Seven medical schools were successful in obtaining a Cluster of Excellence as well as one or two Graduate Schools, providing the basis for a successful University Strategy Concept. With the example of the Georg August University Göttingen, it will be shown how success was reached by the cooperation with non-university research institutions and by recruiting original ideas for research support. All successful universities have proven excellent research networks; however, elite universities according to international standards will not be created by the German Excellence Initiative.
2006年和2007年德国联邦政府的卓越计划，是出于这样一种政治愿望：即在德国建立少数几所能在国际研究排名中位居前列的卓越大学，与英国和美国的顶尖大学相媲美。德国研究基金会（Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft）和国家研究委员会（Wissenschaftsrat）分两轮对300多个项目提案进行了评估。其中，39个研究生院、37个卓越中心和9个大学战略提案获得了19亿欧元的支持。大学医学对成功的战略理念做出了重大贡献，平均而言比其他大学院系贡献更大。七所医学院成功获得了卓越集群以及一两个研究生院，为成功的大学战略理念奠定了基础。以哥廷根乔治·奥古斯特大学为例，将展示如何通过与非大学研究机构的合作以及为研究支持引入原创理念来取得成功。所有成功的大学都拥有经证实的优秀研究网络；然而，德国卓越计划不会创建出符合国际标准的精英大学。
