Helmholtz Association

Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres provides top scientific achievements to society, science and industry to tackle major challenges they are confronted with. The Helmholtz Association integrates 16 scientific-technical and biological-medical research centres and is the largest scientific organisation in Germany. General information about the Helmholtz Association, its research activities and budget can be found here:

 Research in Germany: Helmholtz

One example for cooperation in Brazil of the Helmholtz Association: The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is developing an Integrative Water Resource Management system for the Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Know as IWAS Água DF, the project is a German-Brazilian cooperation from the Helmholtz Association and the University of Brasília and Caesb (The Water Supplier and Sanitation Company of the Federal District).^[1]

Helmholtz Research Centres, their research topics and focuses:

1.  Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Research topics: poles, seas and climate
City: Bremerhaven

2.  Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
Research topics: one of the world’s leading accelerator centres. Combination of photon science and particle physics at DESY is unique in Europe
City: Hamburg

3.  German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)
Research topics:  causes of cancer diseases as well as treatments and therapies
City: Heidelberg

4.  German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Research topics: aeronautics and aerospace. Leading position in the selected research fields of energy and transportation
City: Cologne

5.  German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Research topics: develops new preventative measures and therapy procedures for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson`s disease and dementias
City: Bonn

6.  Forschungszentrum Jülich
Research topics: Health, Energy & Environment, Information and Key Competency
City: Jülich

7.  Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (GSI)
Research topics: Heavy Ion Research; basic research in physics, biophysics and nuclear medicine
City: Darmstadt

8.  Research Centre Geesthacht (GKSS)
Research topics: coastal research; advanced engineering materials; medical engineering and technology; structure of matter
City: Geesthacht

9.  Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB)
Research topics: new materials and complex engineering materials; connection between the technical properties and microscopic structure of a material; Solar energy research and development of new solar cell materials
City: Berlin

10.  Helmholtz Centrum Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
Research topics: solid earth science fields including geodesy, geology, geophysics, mineralogy and geochemistry
City: Potsdam

11.  Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)
Research topics: infectious disease as well as their prevention and treatment
City: Braunschweig

12.  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Research topics: interactions between humans and environment in impacted and damaged landscapes
City: Leipzig

13.  Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health
Research topics: complex systems of life at the interface between environmental impact and genetic predisposition.
City: Munich

14.  Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Research topics: energy, climate and environment, nano and microtechnology, elementary particle physics and astroparticle physics, communication and computation, people and technology, mobility systems, new and applied materials, and optics and photonics
City: Karlsruhe

15.  Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
Research topics: microbiological basic and clinical research
City: Berlin

16.  Max-Planck-Institute für Plasmaphysik (IPP)
Research topics: nuclear fusion research. Its goal is to emulate on Earth the way the Sun generates energy
City: Garching

  Helmholtz website

[1]  IWAS: Latin America