At present the IPF employs about 480 people. Scientists (chemists, physicists, biologists) and engineers work closely together.  About 100 guest scientists from all over the world come every year for some weeks or months to work at the IPF. The institute supports young researchers, e.g. in establishing independent research groups.
The annual budget of about 26 Million Euro is supplied in equal parts by the Federal Republic of Germany and the German federal states. In addition to institutional funding the IPF Dresden raises project resources of about 10 Million Euro per year.