1. Freie Universität Berlin We offer a workpackage for the following calls: ENV Strategies, costs and impacts of adaption to climate change – FP7 –
11 June 2012

2. Overview, High Rankings and Outstanding Prizes
Size: around 380 professors, 2,000 academic staff, 2,200 additional staff
Funding: State subsidy: 290 million € p.a., Third-party funding: ca. 90 million € p.a.
1 of 9 German Universities of Excellence (of over 260 German universities)
Among the top five universities in the DFG (German Research Foundation) funding ranking
QS World University Ranking: among the top 70 universities of the world
Freie Universität ranked in first place by Prognos AG, Basel, and the magazine Karriere as an entrepreneurial university
Nobel prize winners since 1948:
Max von Laue (physics), Ernst Ruska (physics), Bert Sakmann (medicine), Reinhard Selten (economics), Gerhard Ertl (chemistry), Ulrich Cubasch (IPCC, geosciences), Herta Müller (literature)
15 Leibniz prize winners in the following subjects:
Biology/Chemistry, Japanese Studies, Greek Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Computer Science, Geosciences, Romance Language Studies, Mathematics, Theater Studies
Department of Earth Sciences,

3. Institute of Geological Sciences Hydrogeology Group Prof. Dr
Institute of Geological Sciences Hydrogeology Group Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider, Prof. Dr. Asaf Pekdeger 
Representative: Dr. Andreas Winkler
Main Research Topics:
Sustainable Watermanagement in Urban Areas (selected proj.)
River Bank Filtration (RBF), Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)
NASRI – Berlin RBF (KWB)
Techneau Neu Delhi, India (EU)
Saph Pani, India (EU)
Zrenjanin, Serbia (KfW)
Climate change adaption, INKA-BB (BMBF)
ELAN sustainable Land management (BMBF)
Saltwater Bank Filtration, Spain (IGME)
Industry Partners: Berlin Water Works, Veolia, BMW,
Department of Earth Sciences,

4. Institute of Geological Sciences Hydrogeology Group Prof. Dr
Institute of Geological Sciences Hydrogeology Group Prof. Dr. Michael Schneider, Prof. Dr. Asaf Pekdeger 
We are interested in:
ENV : Strategies, cost and impact of adaption to climate change - FP7 -
Our contribution >30 years experience in:
environmental investigation and research e.g. in River Bank Filtration
monitoring and sampling of surface water, groundwater and soil samples
analytical experience in (in)organic and isotopic analysis and interpretation
research lab for batch, column and diffusion experiments
(thermohaline) numerical modeling, geochemical modeling (reactive transport)
Urban water management, hydrogeology of arid areas
we are amongst the top ten third party fund raisers of the FU-Berlin since years
Department of Earth Sciences,