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HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION
Berit Dannenberg
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HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ
Universal scholar with a sense for the practical
Achievements: - Ophthalmoscope for examining the retina- Three-component theory of colour vision - Principles of tone colour through harmonics- Resonance theory of hearing- First law of thermodynamics on the conservation of energy
Founding President of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt
Hermann von Helmholtz(31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894)
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FACTS AND FIGURES
16 research centres with 240 institutes
28,000 staff 9,000 scientists & engineers
4,400 doctoral students
1,700 apprentices
Budget: 2.8 billion € 1.9 bn € institutional funding
0.9 bn € third party fundingHelmholtz Centre
Branch of a Helmholtz Centre
Helmholtz Head Office
List
Helgoland
Bremerhaven GeesthachtHamburg
Greifswald
Braunschweig
Wolfenbüttel-Remlingen
Göttingen
Magdeburg
Potsdam
Berlin
ZeuthenTeltow
Niemegk
Halle
LeipzigBad
Lauchstädt
Köln
Jülich
Bonn
Darmstadt
Heidelberg
Lampoldshausen
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
München
GarchingNeuherberg
Oberpfaffenhofen
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16 RESEARCH CENTRES Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY German Cancer Research Center German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Forschungszentrum Jülich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Helmholtz Zentrum München
German Research Center for Environmental Health Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ
German Research Centre for Geosciences Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (associated)
The Helmholtz Association is an umbrella organisation of 16national research centres all established after 1950.
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NATIONAL LABS WITH A MISSION
Solving grand challenges with cutting-edge research
Developing and operating complex infrastructure and large-scale facilities for the national and international scientific community
Creating wealth for society and industry by knowledge transformation and innovation
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LARGE-SCALE FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE
Managing national and international networks and consortia, e.g. tsunami early warning system
Developing, building and operating large-scale facilities, e.g. ITER, XFEL, FAIR
Providing complex infrastructure,e.g. research vessels, supercomputers, mouse facilities
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CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE IN NETWORKSThe six research fields
Energy
Earth & Environment
Health
Key Technologies
Structure of Matter
Aeronautics, Spaceand Transport
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RESEARCH FIELD ENERGYFor Example: Reducing CO2 Emissions
Solar-thermal power stations Bioliq pilot plant Geothermal pilot plant CO2 sequestration and CO2
separation with membranes
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RESEARCH FIELD EARTH & ENVIRONMENTFor Example: Understanding Climate Change
Polar research with ice breaker Polarstern and Neumayer station
Understanding atmospheric changes with HALO airplane
Earth observation with satellites
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RESEARCH FIELD HEALTHFor Example: Combating Major Common Diseases
Nobel Prize 2008 to Harald zur Hausen for discovering connection between viral infections and cancer
Vaccination against cervix cancer
Heavy ion cancer therapy
From bench to bedside: translational research
New: Helmholtz Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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RESEARCH FIELD KEY TECHNOLOGIESFor example: Promoting Innovation
Nobel Prize 2007 to Helmholtz Researcher Peter Grünberg for discovering GMR effect
Supercomputers JUBL, JUGENE
Nanotechnology
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RESEARCH FIELD STRUCTURE OF MATTERFor Example: Operating Large Scale Facilities
European XFEL: films from the nanocosmos
Pilot plant FLASH
FAIR: understanding the secrets of matter
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RESEARCH FIELD AERONAUTICS, SPACE ANDTRANSPORTFor Example: Space Exploration
Columbus space lab at International Space station ISS
Earth observation with satellites, e.g. TerraSAR-X, EnviSAT
European satellite navigation system GALILEO
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HELMHOLTZ INTERNATIONAL
Successful in Europe: participation in 693 projects, 36% success rate with EU applications; 63% with infrastructure applications
Base for new large-scale facilities with international participation, e.g. XFEL, FAIR
Participation in international projects, e.g. ITER Liaison offices in Brussels, Moscow, Beijing Bilateral partnerships around the world 4,500 visiting scientists at large-scale facilities
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PROMOTING YOUNG TALENTS
Structured training of doctoral students 6 Graduate Schools and 7 Helmholtz
Research Schools 116 Helmholtz Young Investigators
Groups (tenure option) Helmholtz Management Academy 1,700 apprentices 24 Helmholtz School Labs Tiny Tots Science Corner
Helmholtz Research Schools
Focused on a specific research field
Outstanding participants from germany and abroad
Promotion within 3 years- interdisciplinary scientific education- soft skills
Financial support
Language: English
Helmholtz Research Schools Biosoft – International Helmholtz Research School on Biophysics
and Soft Matter
Helmholtz International Research School for Infection Biology
Helmholtz International Research School in Molecular Neurobiology
Helmholtz International Research School in Translational
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine
Helmholtz Research School for Quark Matter Studies in Heavy Ion
Collisions
Helmholtz Space Life Sciences Research School
Helmholtz Earth System Science Research School
Helmholtz Graduate Schools
Aim: To establish a structured doctoral training in all Helmholtz Centres
All PhD students are members of the Graduate School
Graduate Scholl offers (interdisciplinary) scientific training and soft skill courses
Doctoral committee for each PhD Student
Transparent processes and clear mutual responsibilities
Helmholtz Graduate Schools
HIGRADE - Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Graduate School for Environmental Research (Leipzig)
Helmholtz Graduate School Molecular Cell Biology (Berlin)
Helmholtz International Graduate School of Cancer Research (Heidelberg)
POLMAR – Helmholtz Graduate School for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven)
Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion Research (Darmstadt)
Helmholtz Graduate School for Infection Research (Braunschweig)
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Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups
For foreign or german scientists abroad
Establishing of a cooperation network
scientific independence in an early career stage
Good financial and material resources for research
Reliable career prospects based on proven research performance
Jointly appointed Junior Professorship
Offer to the Young Investigator Group Leaders
250.000 per year (staff, infrastructure, material)
Funding period of 5 years
Responsibilty for budget and personnel
Possibility to use the large scale facilities and infrastructure of the Helmholtz Centre
Network
Cooperation with university (supervising of PhD Students, teaching)
Tenure Option
Soft Skill Course: Leadership
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Requirements
International Call for Proposals (Science, Nature)
Requirements 2-6 years after PhD 6 month stay abroad (for Germans) Scientific excellence
Selection process First selection by the Helmholtz Centre Written assessments from international
reviewers an interdisciplinary panel decides on the basis
of an oral presentation and the written votes
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