HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION Dr. Elena Eremenko St. Peterburg 13/10/2015 1
HELMHOLTZ MISSION Strategic, cutting-edge research addressing the grand challenges Think big, act big: Developing and operating complex infrastructure and large-scale facilities for the national and international scientific community Creating wealth for society and industry through transfer of knowledge and technology PAGE 2
HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ His research is our mission Commitment to interdisciplinary research A sense for the practical: Contribution to creating wealth Founding President of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt: Effective management of large-scale research Hermann von Helmholtz (1821 1894) PAGE 3
GERMAN RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS (actual costs and staff 2014) Helmholtz Association Use-inspired basic research with strategic programmes Max Planck Society Pure basic research Fraunhofer Society Industry-oriented research and development Leibniz Association Long-term research topics Budget/ Billion 3.99** 1.80 2.00 1.43 Staff in FTE* 37,939 13,632 17,119 14,229 Centres/ Institutes 18 82 66 86 Source: GWK Monitoring Report 2015 Joint Initiative for Innovation and Research *Staff in working hours (full-time equivalent) for 2014 **excluding project sponsorships, project management agencies and other revenues PAGE 4
Helmholtz Association 20 Years 18 research centres 37,939 Staff Budget 2015: 3.99 billion 6 research fields PAGE 5
CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE IN NETWORKS The Six Research Fields ENERGY EARTH & ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AERONAUTICS, SPACE AND TRANSPORT KEY TECHNOLOGIES MATTER SEITE 6
HELMHOLTZ CENTRES Kiel Münster Freiberg Dresden Helmholtz Centre Branch of a Helmholtz Centre Helmholtz Institute Helmholtz Head Office Erlangen Ulm Ulm PAGE 7
RESEARCH FIELD ENERGY For Example: Reducing CO 2 Emissions SOLHYCO/DLR Solar-thermal power stations Bioliq pilot plant Geothermal pilot plant CO 2 separation with membranes and CO 2 sequestration Nuclear fusion (ITER) ASDEX UPGRADE/IPP PAGE 8
RESEARCH FIELD EARTH & ENVIRONMENT For Example: Understanding Climate Change Polar research with the icebreaker Polarstern and the Neumayer Station Polarstern/AWI HALO/DLR Earth observation with satellites Understanding atmospheric changes with the HALO aircraft The climate initiative REKLIM and Regional Climate Offices PAGE 9
RESEARCH FIELD HEALTH For Example: Combating Major Common Diseases Helmholtz Cohort/ MDC Disease prevention and personal risk assessment Translational research Nationales Zentrum für Tumorerkrankungen (NCT) Heidelberg Experimental and Clinical Research Centre (ECRC), Berlin TWINCORE, Braunschweig German Centres of Health Research Helmholtz Cohort Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier/HZI PAGE 10
RESEARCH FIELD AERONAUTICS, SPACE AND TRANSPORT For Example: Exploring the Earth and Space Rosetta/DLR Satellite TanDEM-X/DLR ESA mission Rosetta is about to explore the history of origin of our solar system Earth observation with satellites (optic, radar, thermal) of different resolution (e.g. Terra-SAR and TanDEM-X) Communication networks for air and road traffic PAGE 11
KEY TECHNOLOGIES For Example:Laying the Foundation for Future Innovation JUQUEEN/Forschungszentrum Jülich Forschungszentrum Jülich Information Technology Supercomputer (JUQUEEN/JUROPA) Nanotechnology Materials Science Nanoelectronics Lightweight Materials Life Science Bioeconomy Neuroscience Research on Alzheimer s disease Regenerative Medicine PAGE 12
RESEARCH FIELD MATTER For Example: Operating Large-scale Facilities HADES-Detektor/GSI DESY European XFEL: Films from the nanocosmos Pilot plant FLASH FAIR: Understanding the secrets of matter Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN New Element 112 Copernicium Magnetic monopoles PAGE 13
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BROAD VARIETY OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS 554 joint professorships with universities *as of 31/12/2014 Promoting joint initiatives through: 15 Helmholtz Alliances + 5 Energy Alliances Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Helmholtz Zentrum München 7 Helmholtz Institutes 110 Virtual Institutes 180 Helmholtz Young Investigators Groups German Centres of Health Research Excellence initiative Merger of university and non-university research centres creates the KIT JARA: Jülich Aachen Research Alliance Berlin Institute of Health PAGE 15
WE PROMOTE TALENT Department Solare Energetik/HZB Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München Little Scientists House 30 Helmholtz School Labs 1,657 vocational trainees Training of 7,446 PhD students 34 Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Helmholtz Research Schools 180 Helmholtz Young Investigators Groups (with tenure option) Helmholtz Management Academy Mentoring PAGE 16
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 118 spin-offs between 2005 and 2014, e.g.: Celitement GmbH, Karlsruhe (produces low-emission-cement) Annually about 2,000 collaborative projects with industry with revenues of app. 158 M (2014) Almost 1,400 licencing agreements generated nearly 14.2 M in income (2014) Low emission cement/kit Portfolio of about 12,500 intellectual property rights, over a third of it licensed 400 new patents are filed every year Funding instruments Helmholtz Validation Fund, Helmholtz Enterprise and Shared Services Innovation Days as technology and partnering platform Workshops / Research Days with enterprises (e.g. with Roche in 2012, with Bayer in 2013, with Bosch in 2014) Plivio Pore Implant/ForschungszentrumJülich PAGE 17
HELMHOLTZ INTERNATIONAL Base for new large-scale facilities with international participation, e.g. European XFEL, FAIR Participation in international projects, e.g. ITER Liaison offices in Brussels, Moscow, Beijing Bilateral partnerships around the world 7,476 foreign scientists (including visiting scientists) at Helmholtz Centres PAGE 18
HELMHOLTZ MOSCOW up-to-date information about the Helmholtz Association and its special infrastructure Helping to identify the most suitable research groups for mutual cooperation Coordination services between Helmholtz centers, Russian partners and Russian authorities Assistance for the organization of bilateral scientific workshops Initiating and developing new cooperative research projects Analyzing trends in the Russian research landscape Advising and supporting excellent young Russian researchers interested in doing research at Helmholtz PAGE 19
COOPERATIONS IN RUSSIA The Helmholtz Association maintains cooperation with leading Russian scientific organizations: - Russian Academy of Sciences - Russian Science Foundation - Russian Foundation for Basic Researc - NRC Kurchatov Institute - Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna PAGE 20
Helmholtz-Russia Joint Research Groups Since 2006: 5 joint calls Helmholtz- Russia Joint Research Groups, a joint program of Helmholtz Association and Russian Foundation for Basic Research Principal Investigator of HRJRG-116 Helmholtz-Russia Joint Research Group-006 Funding per year: 130,000 euros (Helmholtz), 1,200,000 RUB (RFBR) Total funding by Helmholtz: more than 12 million euro PAGE 21
Ideas 2020 A Tour of Tomorrow s World innovative, interactive concept complexity and diversity of scientific research accessible to the public 7 pillars that stand for 7 great challenges facing society today Moscow Kazan Tomsk - St.Petersburg 25 000 Visitors SEITE 22
10 th anniversary Helmholtz office in Russia PAGE 23
Thank you! Helmholtz Office Moscow www.helmholtz.ru Moscow, Malaya Pirogovskaya 5, off. 24 Tel. +7 495 9811763 moscow@helmholtz.de PAGE 24