Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
Ahrstraße 45,
D-53175 Bonn,
www.helmholtz.de
 
Year of Foundation:
Originally founded in 1970, renamed Helmholtz in 1995, restructuring as registered association in 2001.

Organizational Structure:
Registered association with 15 legally independent member centers throughout Germany. Program-oriented funding: Scientists develop research programs for each of the research fields. The review of these programs by international experts forms the basis for funding. The budget of € 2.2 billion comes from the federal government (90%) and the Länder (10%). 30% of the budget takes the form of third party funding.
President: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Mlynek

Functions and Objectives:
Helmholtz contributes to solving great challenges which face society, science and industry by performing top-rate research in strategic programs. Helmholtz researches systems of great complexity with its large-scale facilities and scientific infrastructure, cooperating closely with national and international partners. Helmholtz contributes to shaping our future by combining research and technology development with innovative applied and forward-planning perspectives.

Priorities:
Research fields: energy, earth and environment, health, key technologies, structure of matter, transport and space.
 
Number of Persons or Projects Supported:
24,000 staff working on 30 research programs in 6 research fields.

Highlights:
Research with super-microscopes e.g. the electron-proton collider HERA, the new x-ray laser X-FEL, the planned International Accelerator Facility.
Research network “Integrated Earth Observing System”
Virtual institute “Key Materials for Lightweight Construction”

• Invitation to first Alumniportal Deutschland Webinar "Renewable Energies" (Start: October 2010)

• Opening Doors for foreign Academics

• Second call for applications in the International Climate Protection Fellowships for prospective leaders from threshold and developing countries

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