The federal states participate actively in research and development. They maintain state and community research institutions that are financed institutionally with state funds as well as third party funds. Of the 167 state institutions, the following are particularly involved in researching health-related questions:
Baden Württemberg
Academy for Assessing Technological Consequences in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
German Centre for Age Research, Heidelberg
Research Centre for Psychotherapy, Stuttgart
NMI Natural Sciences and Medical Institute at the University of Tübingen
Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim
Bavaria
Diabetes Research Group, Munich
Berlin
German Rheumatism Research Group, Berlin
Bremen
Bremer Institute for Preventive Research and Social Medicine
Centre for Medical Diagnosis Systems and Visualisation at the University of Bremen
Hesse
Sigmund Freud Institute, Frankfurt a.M.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Institute for Diabetes "Gerhardt Katsch" GmbH, Karlsburg
Lower Saxony
Hanse College of Science, Delmenhorst
German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig
North Rhine Westphalia
Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research at the University of Münster
Institute for Science and Ethics, Bonn
Rhineland-Palatinate
Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research, Kaiserslautern
European Academy for Researching the Consequences of Scientific and Technological Developments
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler GmbH
Institute for Microtechnology Mainz GmbH
Schleswig-Holstein
Medical Laser Centre Lübeck GmbH
Thuringia
Hans Knöll Institute for Natural Substance Research, Jena