GEOMAR at a glance

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Foundation under Public Law (Statutes)
Member of the Helmholtz Association

Financing

• Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), financing share 90%
• Ministry of General Education and Vocational Training, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, financing share 10%

Annual Budget

• about 89 Million Euro
• of which about 62 Million Euro institutional funding
• and about 27 Million Euro project funding
   

Employees

• about 1000 employees
• of which about 500 scientists from 56 countries
• Among them 27 professors, 33% of whom are female

 

Expeditions per Year

• 17 expeditions led by GEOMAR
• 473 expedition days

 

Scientific Publications

• 499 peer-reviewed publications per year
• of which 12 in Science, Nature and PNAS

 

GEOMAR in the Media

• 6.600 articles and contributions in german print and online media per year

National and International Cooperation (selection):

• German Alliance for Marine Research (DAM)
• German Marine Research Konsortium (KDM)
• German Climate Consortium (DKK)
• Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)
• European Marine Board

 

^{Data as of 09/2024}