Max Planck Society
The
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (; abbreviated
MPG) is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German
research institutes. Founded in 1911 as the
Kaiser Wilhelm Society, it was renamed to the Max Planck Society in 1948 in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist
Max Planck. The society is funded by the federal and state governments of Germany.
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