The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald e.V.) is the largest non-university institute in the area of low temperature plasmas in Europe, including their basic research and technical applications. On the one hand side, INP aims to carry out application-oriented basic research while on the other hand it aims to optimize and further develop established plasma-assisted procedures and plasma products. INP is capable of adapting plasmas to specific customer needs including services and consultations, completed by preliminary and feasibility studies. INP launches research projects starting with the concept right through to building prototypes with market needs. Current top priorities are environmental and energy engineering, surfaces and materials as well as interdisciplinary topics in biology and medicine, specially-designed plasma sources, plasma modelling and diagnostics.

INP has not only 3,700 m² of main floor space, but also 37 laboratories (2010 a new building with additional 600 m² and 8 new laboratories will be available for interdisciplinary research) , a classified clean room and a microbiological laboratory for interdisciplinary research. INP is organized as a non-profit organization employing 150 co-workers. Its total annual budget is approximately 10.2 million €. About 4.9 million € of total annual budget are competitively acquired third-party funds from the industry, German Research Foundation (DFG), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) or European Union.

INP Greifswald is one out of over 86 non-university institutes of the Leibniz Association. While working strategically and oriented towards the subject, the Leibniz Association carries out research of interregional relevance which is important for the whole society. All institutes of the Leibniz Association employ about 14,200 co-workers (6,500 scientists) and have a total budget of approximately 1.1 billion €. They are jointly financed by the federal government and the German Länder.