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ASPERA National Day 3 22 June 2007

Dr. Peter SchrothFederal Ministry of Education and Research

Bonn, Germany

The German Research and Funding Landscape

711: Naturwissenschaftliche Grundlagenforschung

Research Funding in Germany 1

EU

InternationalResearch

Organisations

e.g.

CERN, EMBL,ESA, ESFR, ESO, ETW,IAEO, IEA, WMO

Science Council

Industry

HGF90:10

DFG58:42

MPG50:50

FhG90:10

WGL50:50

UniversitiesIndustrial Research Institutions

AiF-Institutes

R&D Institutions close to industry

State institutes

Academies

Foundations

International

“Länder”“Bund” BLK

FederalResearch

institutions

Institutional Funding Project Funding

ILL, ESRF


Source: BMBF

Financing

Total expenditure for R&D48,2

ForeignCountries

Private Institutions

0,2Länder

7,9Industry

32,4Bund

8,7

Industry Universities ResearchInstitutionsExecution

ForeignCountries

1,0

2,0 33,6 7,9 6,6

0,10,10,70,10,11,85,60,54,41,32,10,90,10,930,31,1

Research Funding in Germany 2


Basic Scientific Research in Germany

UniversitiesInternational Institutions(e.g. CERN)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

MPG

Helmholtz-Gesellschaft

HGF

Institutions

Project Funding

Deutsche Forschungs-gemeinschaf t

DFG

Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

WGL

„Bund“(e.g. „BMBF-

Verbund-forschung“)

„Länder“ Foundations


Funding of Basic Research in Germany: Universities

Universities are – in principle - funded by the „Länder“ only

Exemption: third-party funding (e.g. DFG), „Exzellenzinitiative“ (jointly funded by „Bund“ and „Länder“)


Funding of Basic Research in Germany: MPG

MPG is the German research organisation for Basic Research outside universities

MPG budget is covered by federal government and Länder (50:50)

MPG institutes are „tailored“ to their director: it is the goal to get the best scientist in the given field

Institutes are normally closed or at least restructured if the director leaves


Funding of Basic Research in Germany: HGF

HGF is the largest German research organisation outside the universities. It pursues long-term research goals relevant for state and society.

HGF budget is covered by federal government and Länder (90:10)

One task of the HGF is to build and operate large-scale facilities as a service for external users


Funding of Basic Research in Germany: DFG

DFG is an association of universities and research institutions

DFG is the central, self-governing research funding organisation in Germany )

DFG funds basic research mainly at universities via projects

DFG budget is covered by federal government and Länder (roughly 60:40)

Funds are distributed according to the demand; i.e. to the number and volume of proposals


Bonn Berlin

ca. 800Members of Staff

ca. 200Members of Staff

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

(BMBF)


Minister: Dr. Annette Schavan

Secretary of State: Prof. Dr. Frieder Meyer-Krahmer

Director General: Bärbel Brumme-Bothe

Provision for the Future –

Cultural, Basic and Sustainability Research

Deputy Director General: Dr. Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph

Large Facilities, Energy, Basic Research

Basic Scientific Research, Persons in BMBF


Basic Scientific Research, Persons in BMBF

Division „Basic Scientific Research“:

Dr. Rainer Koepke

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richter, Dr. Peter Schroth

Project Management Organizations („Projektträger“):

PT DESY: Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Astroparticle physics, Synchrotron Radiation and Ions

PT GSI: Hadron- and Nuclear Physics

PT Jülich: Neutron Scattering, Mathematics


Our Tasks

Strategy development

Research Institutions, International Centres

Project funding (Verbundforschung)

New Large Scale Facilities: XFEL, FAIR, PETRA III


Only activity of BMBF in Basic Research is around research infrastructures / large-scale facilities, due to:need for international coordination

need for separate budget lines

Strategy building together with scientific communities

„Verbundforschung“: Complementary to DFG funding; funds for technical developments and scientific instruments at large-scale facilities to ensure proper use

Funding of Basic Research in Germany: Role of BMBF


Astroparticlephysics

Large-Scale Facilities funded via „Verbundforschung“:AMANDA/IcecubeAntaresAugerH.E.S.S., MagicKATRINGERDA

Suggested Future Projects:Neutrino Telescope (KM3Net)Gamma Telescope ArrayGravitational Wave Detector


Space-based Astro(particle)physics

Space and space flight are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Economics and Technology => Space Agency at DLR

Funding via: Institutional funding of DLR

Project Funding - PT DLR

ESA

Examples: AMS

LISA Pathfinder

PAMELA

GLAST


Strategy Development

National

Strategy-Workshops with users (6.000 users of large scale infrastructures are organized in 7 committees, including one for astroparticle physics)

European

ESFRI – European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures

Development of a European Roadmap for Research Infrastructures

International

Multilateral discussions on infrastructures of global dimension (z. B. International Linear Collider, Extremely Large Telescope)


European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures ESFRI

Informal body of the governments of EU member and associated states, participation of European Commission

Founded 2002

Aims

„to support a coherent and strategy-led approach to policy making on research infrastructures in Europe“

„to facilitate multilateral initiatives leading to a better development, construction and use of research infrastructures in Europe“


Boundary Conditions

ESFRI wants to give an overview on the needs for Research Infrastructures of pan-European interest in the next 10 to 20 years

The Roadmap is intended to support decision processes in the ESFRI member states („variable geometry“) and in the European Commission (FP7)

ESFRI will not decide on priorities, funding or sites

ESFRI wants to act as an incubator

ESFRI Roadmap


ESFRI Roadmap

http://cordis.europa.eu/esfri


Atoms in the leisure park…

I said NO!You have been riding the

storage ring long enough!

Thank you for your attention!

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