1. 1 Dubna, 07/07/2015 HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION Aleksei Shipilov

2. HELMHOLTZ MISSION  Strategic research for grand challenges with cutting-edge research  Think big, act big: Developing and operating complex infrastructure and large-scale facilities for the national and international scientific community  Creating wealth for society and industry through transfer of knowledge and technology PAGE 2

3. HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ His research is our mission  Commitment to interdisciplinary research  A sense for the practical: Contribution to creating wealth  Founding President of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt: Effective management of large-scale research PAGE 3 Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 – 1894)

4. GERMAN RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS (actual costs 2013) PAGE 4 8613,7031.43 Leibniz Association Long-term research topics 6617,0242.00 Fraunhofer Society Industry-oriented research and development 8213,3831.80 Max Planck Society Pure basic research 1837,9393.99** Helmholtz Association Use-inspired basic research with strategic programmes Centres/ Institutes Staff in FTE* Budget/ Billion€ Source: GWK Monitoring Report 2015 Joint Initiative for Innovation and Research *Staff in working hours (full-time equivalent) **excluding project sponsorships, project management agencies and other revenues

5. Helmholtz Association – 20 Years  18 research centres  37,939 Staff  Budget 2015: €3.99 billion  6 research fields PAGE 5

6. FACTS AND FIGURES  37,939 Staff (status as of 2014)  14,734 scientists  6,171 PhD students  1,657 vocational trainees  Budget 2015: €3.99 billion  €2.68 bn (budget approach*): Institutional funding (90% federal, 10% state)  €1.07 bn: Third-party funding* (based on actual costs 2013)  €0.24 bn: Special Financing PAGE 6 *including contracts of project management agencies and other revenues, excluding project sponsorships totalling about €187 M

7. SEITE 7 CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE IN NETWORKS The Six Research Fields KEY TECHNOLOGIES HEALTH MATTER AERONAUTICS, SPACE AND TRANSPORT ENERGY EARTH & ENVIRONMENT

8. RESEARCH FIELD ENERGY For Example: Reducing CO 2 Emissions PAGE 8  Solar-thermal power stations  Bioliq pilot plant  Geothermal pilot plant  CO 2 separation with membranes and CO 2 sequestration  Nuclear fusion (ITER) SOLHYCO/DLR ASDEX UPGRADE/IPP

9. RESEARCH FIELD EARTH & ENVIRONMENT For Example: Understanding Climate Change PAGE 9  Polar research with the ice- breaker Polarstern and the Neumayer Station  Earth observation with satellites  Understanding atmospheric changes with the HALO aircraft  The climate initiative REKLIM and Regional Climate Offices Polarstern/AWI HALO/DLR

10. RESEARCH FIELD HEALTH For Example: Combating Major Common Diseases PAGE 10  Disease prevention and personal risk assessment  Translational research  Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg  Experimental and Clinical Research Centre (ECRC), Berlin  TWINCORE, Braunschweig  German Centres of Health Research  Helmholtz Cohort Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier/HZI Helmholtz Cohort/ MDC

11. RESEARCH FIELD AERONAUTICS, SPACE AND TRANSPORT For Example: Exploring the Earth and Space PAGE 11  ESA mission Rosetta is about to explore the history of origin of our solar system  Earth observation with satellites (optic, radar, thermal) of different resolution (e.g. Terra-SAR and TanDEM-X)  Communication networks for air and road traffic Rosetta/DLR Satellite TanDEM-X/DLR

12. KEY TECHNOLOGIES For Example:Laying the Foundation for Future Innovation PAGE 12  Information Technology  Supercomputer (JUQUEEN/JUROPA)  Nanotechnology  Materials Science  Nanoelectronics  Lightweight Materials  Life Science  Bioeconomy  Neuroscience  Research on Alzheimer’s disease  Regenerative Medicine Forschungszentrum Jülich JUQUEEN/Forschungszentrum Jülich

13. RESEARCH FIELD MATTER For Example: Operating Large-scale Facilities PAGE 13  European XFEL: Films from the nanocosmos  Pilot plant FLASH  FAIR: Understanding the secrets of matter  Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN  New Element 112 Copernicium  Magnetic monopoles HADES-Detektor/GSI DESY

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15. DEVELOPING THE ORGANIZATION PAGE 15 Top-Down Approach Bottom-Up Approach Strategic Guidelines Portfolio and Foresight Process Goal-Oriented Programmes Evaluation

16. HELMHOLTZ CENTRES  Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research  Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY  German Cancer Research Center  German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases  German Aerospace Center  Forschungszentrum Jülich  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology  GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research  Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie  Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ  Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research  GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht - Centre for Materials and Coastal Research  Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health  Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ, German Research Centre for Geosciences  Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association  Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (associated) PAGE 16

17. BROAD VARIETY OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS  499 joint professorships with universities  Promoting joint initiatives through:  15 Helmholtz Alliances + 5 Energy Alliances  7 Helmholtz Institutes  110 Virtual Institutes  180 Helmholtz Young Investigators Groups  German Centres of Health Research  Excellence initiative  Merger of university and non-university research centres creates the KIT  JARA: Jülich Aachen Research Alliance  Berlin Institute of Health PAGE 17 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Helmholtz Zentrum München

18. HELMHOLTZ INTERNATIONAL  Base for new large-scale facilities with international participation, e.g. European XFEL, FAIR  Participation in international projects, e.g. ITER  Liaison offices in Brussels, Moscow, Beijing  Bilateral partnerships around the world  7,476 foreign scientists (including visiting scientists) at Helmholtz Centres PAGE 18

19. Helmholtz-Russia Joint Research Groups PAGE 19  Since 2006: 5 joint calls “Helmholtz- Russia Joint Research Groups”, a joint program of Helmholtz Association and Russian Foundation for Basic Research  Funding per year: 130,000 euros (Helmholtz), 1,200,000 RUB (RFBR)  Total funding by Helmholtz: more than 12 million euro Principal Investigator of HRJRG-116 Helmholtz-Russia Joint Research Group-006

20. WE PROMOTE TALENT PAGE 20  Little Scientists’ House  30 Helmholtz School Labs  1,657 vocational trainees  Training of 7,356 PhD students  34 Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Helmholtz Research Schools  180 Helmholtz Young Investigators Groups (with tenure option)  Helmholtz Management Academy  Mentoring Department Solare Energetik/HZB Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München

21. HELMHOLTZ CENTRES PAGE 21 Helmholtz Centre Branch of a Helmholtz Centre Helmholtz Head Office Helmholtz Institute Ulm Dresden Ulm Freiberg Kiel Erlangen Münster

22. Thank you! Dr. Elena Eremenko Helmholtz Office Moscow www.helmholtz.ru Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya 5, off. 24 Tel. +7 495 9811763 moscow@helmholtz.de PAGE 22