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Federal cabinet adopts report on high-tech strategy 2025 German research and innovation system has proven itself in the pandemicThe Federal Cabinet adopted the report on the High-Tech Strategy 2025 and thus also commented on the 2021 annual report of the Expert Commission on Research and Innovation.Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek explainsThe report on the High-Tech Strategy 2025 focuses on the role of research and innovation in dealing with the corona pandemic. Conclusion The German research and innovation system has proven itself in the pandemic and has produced new insights into the corona virus and the effects of the crisis at an impressive pace.The Federal Government laid the foundations for this performance under the umbrella of the High-Tech Strategy 2025 - in many years of reliable prioritization and continuous increase in research and development expenditure.We are the innovation country Germany. This strong position is no accident. It is the result of a policy that consistently focuses on research and innovation. In 2019 3.18 percent of gross domestic product GDP went into research and development. Even in times of the pandemic it remains the declared goal of the federal government to spend a total of 3.5 percent of GDP on research and development by 2025. In its annual report the Expert Commission for Research and Innovation confirmed that we are on the right track. But we have to find the strength to consistently pursue it. To do this we must also use the lessons from the current crisis to cope with other challenges such as digital change and climate change. We want to cope with the consequences of the pandemic.backgroundWith the high-tech strategy the federal government defines the strategic umbrella for its research and innovation funding at the beginning of a legislative period. The HTS 2025 launched in September 2018 formulates cross-departmental goals priorities and milestones of research and innovation policy for the 19th legislative period. It strategically underpins the goal of increasing investment in research and development from currently around 3 percent to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product annually by 2025.With the report on the High-Tech Strategy 2025 the Federal Government is addressing the annual report 2021 of the Expert Commission for Research and Innovation EFI and placing it in the context of the High-Tech Strategy 2025 as the central research and innovation strategy of the Federal Government.The report approved by the Federal Cabinet draws an overall positive balance and carries out numerous research and innovation policy measures that were initiated with the High-Tech Strategy 2025The newly introduced tax research subsidy implements a central requirement of the EFI and creates low-threshold access to research funds especially for small and medium-sized companies. With the agency for jump innovations SprinD the distance between the results of basic research and practical application is shortened. With the High-Tech Strategy 2025 the Federal Government has set the course for a culture of innovation that is characterized by openness agility foresight and trust. In doing so it relies on central future technologies such as green hydrogen microelectronics artificial intelligence software and communication technologies new materials or quantum technologies.
