Current Projects

GEOMAR’s institutional funding is provided by the Programme-oriented Funding (PoF) of the Helmholtz Association. Together with other Helmholtz Centres in the research field Earth & Environment, GEOMAR has developed a joint research programme: „Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future“.

In addition, GEOMAR collaborates with numerous partners at local, national, and international level in third-party funded projects. These projects are essential to drive scientific innovation and enable specialised research across disciplinary and national boundaries.



Research missions of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM)

The transdisciplinary research missions of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) address pressing and socially relevant challenges in marine science. GEOMAR participates in all three DAM research missions. The CDRmare mission on marine carbon storage is coordinated at GEOMAR, as are several research consortia within all three missions.



ERC Grants 

The European Research Council (ERC) supports investigator-driven frontier research. GEOMAR is currently coordinating one ERC Advanced Grant and two ERC Synergy Grants. Recipients of Starting Grants and Consolidator Grants can be found on the page Early Career Research Groups.



Key Projects

Project Search (ongoing projects)

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Ocean artificial upwelling

October, 2021 - July, 2024

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Ulf Riebesell

CDRSynTra: CDR Synthesis and Transfer project

November, 2021 - June, 2025

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Andreas Oschlies

Mediterranean Science Commission - 2024-2026

April, 2024 - December, 2026

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Arne Körtzinger

CliPA: Climate-neutral offshore production of algal biomass

February, 2023 - February, 2026

Funding body: Other

Contact: Martin Wahl

SO294-CLOCKS: Northern Cascadia: Extent of locked zone, prism deformation, slip-to-toe, and the edge of subduction

May, 2022 - October, 2024

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Michael Riedel

CREATE-1: Concepts for reducing the impact of anthropogenic pressures and uses on marine ecosystems and biodiversity

December, 2021 - November, 2024

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Anja Engel

CREATE 2: Concepts for reducing the impact of anthropogenic pressures and uses on marine ecosystems and biodiversity

January, 2024 - December, 2027

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Anja Engel

Crinoid Arm Regrowth: A game changing approach to enhancing regenerative healing in humans?

October, 2024 - September, 2027

Funding body: Private Sector

Contact: Angela Stevenson

CONcepts for conventional MArine Munition Remediation in the German North and Baltic Sea (CONMAR)

December, 2021 - November, 2027

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Jens Greinert

iSeal: Integrierte sozial-ökologische Netzwerkanalyse für die transdisziplinäre Entwicklung von Indikatoren zur Reduktion anthropogener Stressoren; Zukunft Wattenmeer - Vorhersagen zur Kohlenstoffspeicherung und -zirkulation anhand von Mesokosmen­Ökosystemen

December, 2021 - November, 2024

Funding body: BMBF

Contact: Marco Scotti

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