Since the beginning of the decade, the ISS has established itself as an international scientific centre of competence for health and physical activity with a strong focus on ageing.
Since 2001, the institute has been able to sharpen its profile by appointing two new professors (main focus: sport science and public health, kinesiology and rehabilitation), increasing the overall grant volume by more than 5000%, and by quadrupling the annual output of publications.
In a competitive call for funding by the Bavarian Innovation Fund for the Advancement of Elite Research that included a multi-stage reviewing process, the ISS was awarded an additional professorship for sport and kinesiological medicine in 2006.

The ISS has four main divisions:

• Physical Activity and Public Health,

• Prevention and Rehabilitation,

• Sport Pedagogy, and

• Sport Medicine.

CATI-Lab (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing)
Lab for motion analysis and physical performance