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The Academy in figures

Diversity data: Community of scholars

The Academy currently has 200 ordinary members and 106 corresponding members, 21 extraordinary members and two honorary members: Franz, Duke of Bavaria and Prof. Dr. Ing. habil. Ulrich L. Rohde. The proportion of women in the community of scholars currently stands at approximately 20%. Among the extraordinary members (including the Young Academy), the share of women is 50%. The Academy places a high value on diversity, both among staff members and in the community of scholars. This commitment is reflected by the results of  recent elections: In 2018, 45% of new members were female; in 2020, half of those elected were female scholars; in 2022, the number of newly elected female members had risen to 77.7%, and in 2025 the figure was 28%.

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Diversity data: Staff members

The Academy’s staff is drawn from around 30 countries around the world. Over one quarter of academic staff members are female (34%); among the administrative personnel, the figure is almost half (48%).

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Staff statistics

 Anzahl
Female academic staff115
Male academic staff 214
Female non-academic staff83
Male non-academic staff88
Total500

Funding

The Free State of Bavaria is the Academy’s main source of funding. A large proportion of the Academy’s annual budget comes from external sources. Funds are raised from the European Union, the German Research Foundation (DFG) and various other foundations. 

Academies Programme

The majority of external funding comes from the Academies Programme, which focuses on long-term research projects spanning 12 to 25 years. Jointly financed by the German federal and state governments since 1979/80, the programme has a current annual budget of over 82 million euros and is one of the most important humanities research programmes in Germany.

Further information on the Academies Programme

Academy funds

Most of the Academy’s wealth from foundations and bequests, which was formerly quite considerable, was largely eroded as a result of inflation during the 20th century. The remaining capital was used to set up two funds, with the proceeds going to support the Academy’s research endeavours.

Locations

The main offices of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) are located in the north-east wing of the Residenz royal palace in Munich. There are also satellite offices on the campuses of various Bavarian universities, including Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (LMU) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg (JMU). The Leibniz Supercomputing Centre and the Walther-Meißner-Institute are located on the research campus in Garching, near Munich. The Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) at Gabelsbergerstraße 4 is within walking distance of the Academy’s main building.

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