Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e.V. or idw (The Science Information Service) operates an Internet platform, which bundles the press reports and dates of important events from about 700 scientific institutions, including universities, technical colleges, governmental and non-governmental research institutes and institutes to support research or scientific administration. idw (a registered charitable society) also operates an expert broker, the idw expert finder, which is exclusively for journalists. This makes idw one of the most comprehensive sources of science news in the German speaking area. Foreign journalists and institutions (mostly European) now use idw as well.

The two main objectives of idw are:

• To provide the public with a comprehensive picture of science in the German speaking area.
• To create a close network between the linked (research) institutions.