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The Funding Atlas 2018 is the latest in a series of detailed reports on key figures relating to publicly funded research in Germany published by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). In this year's Funding Atlas, data from public providers of third-party funding have been consulted and evaluated to obtain the key indicators. This English version of the Funding Atlas presents selected findings from the more comprehensive German edition. The DFG Funding Atlas furnishes reliable indicators of the effectiveness and competitiveness of publicly funded research in Germany. It documents how research locations are developing their profiles and their attractiveness for international scientists.