| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | |
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| Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 20 October 1955 |
| Preceding agency | Federal Ministry of Nuclear Power
Bundesministerium für Atomfragen |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Heinemannstr. 2, |
| Annual budget | € 9.187 billion (2008) |
| Minister responsible | Annette Schavan, Federal Minister of Education and Research |
| Agency executives | Thomas Rachel, Parliamentary State Secreterary Andreas Storm, Parliamentary State Secreterary Michael Thielen, Permanent State Secretary Frieder Meyer-Krahmer, Permanent State Secretary |
| Website | |
| http://www.bmbf.de | |
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (German: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) is a ministry in the German cabinet. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin.
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The Ministry of Education and Research provides funding for research projects and institutions and regulates general educational policy. However, a large part of educational policy in Germany is decided at the state level, strongly limiting the influence of the ministry.
The ministry was founded in 1955 as Federal Ministry for Atomic Issues, concentrating on research in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The ministry was renamed in 1962 to Federal Ministry of Scientific Research, with a broader scope. It was renamed again, to Federal Ministry of Education and Science, in 1969, a name that it kept until its merger with the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology in 1994.