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Programme-oriented funding

POF Overview

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.