Programme-oriented funding
List of abbreviations
POF = Programme-oriented funding
Since the Helmholtz Association's foundation in Autumn 2001, all the research has been strategically restructured. Programme-oriented funding is the centrepiece of these reforms. We no longer invest our resources in individual institutions, but rather fund centre-embracing Research Programmes that compete with each other for funding. In accordance with the core objectives of the Pact for Research and Innovation, activities now concentrate primarily on achieving top-flight results through cooperation and competition.
LK I + LK II = Perfomance Categories
Within the different programmes, the Helmholtz centres are pooling their research and development activities and are working on finding answers to their own scientific questions. Research activities make up part of the Helmholtz In-house research and are assigned to performance category I (LK I). By contrast, operation of large-scale scientific facilities falls in its own category, LK II. BESSY II is part of performance category II.
Partners in the Helmholtz community
| DESY | German Electron Synchrotron |
| DLR | German Aerospace Centre |
| FZJ | Jülich Research Centre |
| GFZ | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences |
| HI ERN | Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy |
| HNSEI | Helmholtz-NREL Solar Energy Initiative |
| Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht for Materials and Coastal Research | |
| HZDR | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf |
| HZI | Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research |
| KIT | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| UFZ | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ |
External partners
| PTB | National Metrology Institute providing Scientific and Technical Services |
| MPG | Max Planck Society |
| BAM | Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing |
Research facilities at HZB
| BESSY II | Electron Storage Ring |
| BeJEL | Berlin Joint Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Laboratory |
| EMIL | Energy Materials In-situ Laboratory Berlin: Preparation and analysis laboratory with lab complexes SISSY and CAT |
| Corelabs | Core HZB laboratories for international users and industry |
| PT | Cyclotron - The facility for proton therapy and radhard |
| Laserlab |
Ultrafast Laser Laboratory for Applied Sciences |