1. HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION
Dr. Sebastian Schmidt
ASPERA German National Day, Hamburg, 2007, June 22

2. Who are we? Waht are we doing? Hier Verweis auf Mission:
Like it is anchored in our mission:
Cutting edge research to solve grand challenges
Think big, act big …. Complex and large infrastructures
Wealth creation
Who are we?

3. GERMAN RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS
Budget/
billion
Staff
Centres/ Institutes
Helmholtz Association
Use-inspired basic research by strategic programmes
€ 2.3
25,700 15
Max Planck Society
Science-led basic research
€ 1.4
12,000 80
Fraunhofer Society
Industry-oriented research and development
€ 1.1
12,500 58
Leibniz Association
Long-term research topics
€ 1.1
13,000 84

4. HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION FINANCES
Total budget: 2.3 billion euros
Institutional funding: approx. 1.6 billion euros,
90% from federal government
10% from federal states
Third-party funding: approx. 0.7 billion euros,
15% funding from industry

5. FACTS AND FIGURES 15 research centres with 250 institutes 25,700 staff
List
Helgoland
Greifswald
Bremerhaven
Hamburg
Geesthacht
15 research centres with 250 institutes
25,700 staff
8,000 scientists/engineers
3,400 doctoral students
Budget: 2.3 billion euros
Berlin
Braunschweig
Potsdam
Zeuthen
Wolfenbüttel-Remlingen
Magdeburg
Teltow
Niemegk
Göttingen
Halle
Bad Lauchstädt
Jülich
Leipzig
Köln
Bonn
Darmstadt
Heidelberg
Lampoldshausen
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
Neuherberg
Garching
München
Oberpfaffenhofen
Helmholtz Centre
Branch of a Helmholtz Centre
Helmholtz Head Office

6. 15 RESEARCH CENTRES
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
German Cancer Research Centre
German Aerospace Centre
Research Centre Jülich
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht
GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
Hahn-Meitner Institute
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (formerly GBF)
Institut für Plasmaphysik (associated)
Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine
Markierung! Zentren in denen in Astroteilchenphysik geforscht wird
The Helmholtz Association was founded in 1995 as an umbrella organisation of 15 national research centres all established after 1950.

7. Board of Funding Organisations
STRUCTURE
Senate
Senate Commission
Board of Funding Organisations
President
Administrative
Vice-Presidents
Energy
Earth & Environment
Health
Structure of Matter
Transport & Space
Key Technologies
Assembly of Members
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)
German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
Research Centre Jülich
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht (GKSS)
GSF National Research Centre for Environment and Health (GSF)
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI)
Hahn-Meitner Institute (HMI)
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP, associated member)
Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle (UFZ)

8. TOTAL COSTS OF RESEARCH FIELDS
327
365
371
150
485
357
210
includes non-programme-bound research

9. PROGRAMME-ORIENTED FUNDING
Core element of Helmholtz Reform
Strategic programmes in line with research policy guidelines
Six research fields with 30 programmes
Funding of centres through programmes
International evaluation every five years by top level experts
Successful programmes stand out through their scientific excellence and strategic relevance

10. STRUCTURE OF MATTER
485 million euros from institutional and third-party fundings

11. ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS
KASKADE Grande and LOPES
KATRIN
AUGER south, start 2008
AUGER north, in planning
EDELWEISS
AMANDA/IceCube
NT200+
CTA
2 Virtual Institutes
2 Young Investigator Groups
The list of projects, which run under financial contribution of the Helmholtz-Association
Hier ist Gelegenheit noch kurz auf den Impuls und Vernetzungsfond einzugehen!
Extra fundings for strategically important projects
Despite APP such a small programm – very successful in fundraising
VI – 720 T€ for 3 years
YIG – 625 T€ for 5 years
Alliance – 25Me for 5 years (APP participates in the next round with an application)

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