Facts and Figures
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Institutional funding 2017 (Data in million euro)
210,52,44,16,7,178507 -
Space210,52,44,16,7,178210
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Transport210,52,44,16,7,17852
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Energy210,52,44,16,7,17844
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Other (HGF funds and ETW)210,52,44,16,7,17816
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Civilian security research210,52,44,16,7,1787
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Aeronautics210,52,44,16,7,178178
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Third-party funding by source 2017 (Data in million euro)
46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,53494 -
EU46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,5346
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Revenues from funding management and research management46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,53130
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Project funding by the Federal Government46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,5363
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German Federal states (project funding and contracts)46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,539
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ESA46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,5358
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Federal Government research contracts46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,5310
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DFG46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,533
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Industry46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,53122
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Other46,130,63,9,58,10,3,122,5353
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Total budget 2017 (Data in million euro)
253,402,36,104,89,73,441001 -
Aeronautics research253,402,36,104,89,73,44253
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Space research253,402,36,104,89,73,44402
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Space Administration253,402,36,104,89,73,4436
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Project management agencies253,402,36,104,89,73,44104
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Energy research253,402,36,104,89,73,4489
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Transport research253,402,36,104,89,73,4473
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Other253,402,36,104,89,73,4444
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Aeronautics - Revenues 2017 (Data in million euro)
144,43,45,21253 -
Fixed-wing aircraft research144,43,45,21144
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Propulsion systems144,43,45,2143
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Air Traffic Management and Flight Experiments144,43,45,2145
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Rotary-wing aircraft research144,43,45,2121
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Space - Revenues 2017 (Data in million euro)
109,31,31,83,131,17402 -
Earth observation109,31,31,83,131,17109
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Space research109,31,31,83,131,1731
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Research under space conditions109,31,31,83,131,1731
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Space transport109,31,31,83,131,1783
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Space systems technology (incl. robotics)109,31,31,83,131,17131
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Communications and navigation109,31,31,83,131,1717
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Energy - Revenues 2017 (Data in million euro)
29,35,19,689 -
Combustion systems29,35,19,629
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Solar and wind energy29,35,19,635
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Energy storage29,35,19,619
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Energy systems analysis29,35,19,66
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Transport - Revenues 2017 (Data in million euro)
42,16,1573 -
Terrestrial vehicles42,16,1542
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Traffic management42,16,1516
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Transport systems42,16,1515
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Space Administration - National space and innovation programme, BMWi (Data in million euro)
52,52,74,7,6,9,40,34274 -
Space science52,52,74,7,6,9,40,3452
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Earth observation52,52,74,7,6,9,40,3452
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Space systems. robotics and other technology52,52,74,7,6,9,40,3474
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Human spaceflight. ISS and exploration52,52,74,7,6,9,40,347
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Space transport52,52,74,7,6,9,40,346
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Navigation52,52,74,7,6,9,40,349
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Satellite communications52,52,74,7,6,9,40,3440
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Research under space conditions52,52,74,7,6,9,40,3434
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Space Administration - German ESA budget, BMWi and BMVI (Data in million euro)
109,173,42,4,205,262,15,50860 -
Science programme109,173,42,4,205,262,15,50109
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Earth observation109,173,42,4,205,262,15,50173
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Telecommunications109,173,42,4,205,262,15,5042
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Navigation109,173,42,4,205,262,15,504
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Human spaceflight. exploration and microgravity109,173,42,4,205,262,15,50205
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Launchers and the European Spaceport in French Guiana109,173,42,4,205,262,15,50262
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Technology and space situational awareness109,173,42,4,205,262,15,5015
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General budget109,173,42,4,205,262,15,5050
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Project management agencies - funding volume 2017 (Data in million euro)
1446 -
DLR Project Management Agency
1279
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Project Management Agency for Aeronautics Research and Technology
167
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Number of international offices
4 -
International offices
4
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Partner organisations in over 60 countries (year of reference: 2017)
400 -
Partner organisations
400
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Assignments abroad 2017 (persons)
50 -
Assignments abroad
50
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Visiting scientists from 67 countries (year of reference: 2017)
386 -
Visiting scientists
386
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DAAD – DLR Research Fellows 2017
80 -
DAAD – DLR Research Fellows
80
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Number of research stations
3 -
Research stations
3
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Personnel - total number of employees (2017)
4723,34048127 -
Scientific staff (of which 18% are female)4723,34044723
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Non-scientific staff (of which 51% are female)4723,34043404
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Personnel - average age (2017)
40 -
Average age40
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Personnel - total number of employees (2017)
2587,55408127 -
Female2587,55402587
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Male2587,55405540
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Number of student interns (year of reference: 2017)
440 -
Student interns
440
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Number of Trainees (year of reference: 2017)
237 -
Number of trainees
237
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Participants in teacher workshops (year of reference: 2017)
801 -
Participants in teacher workshops
801
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Schools that have received teaching material from DLR
6000 -
Number of schools
6000
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Number of DLR_School_Lab attendees (2017)
39735 -
DLR_School_Lab attendees
39735
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Number of DLR_School_Labs
13 -
Number of DLR_School_Labs
13
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Number of PhD candidates (2017)
969 -
Number of PhD candidates
969
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Investments in technology transfer projects 2006-2017 (in million euro)
44 -
Investments in technology transfer projects
44
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New in-house technology transfer projects (2006-2017)
147 -
New in-house technology transfer projects
147
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Revenue from licences 2006-2017 (in million euro)
56 -
Revenue from licences
56
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Number of start-up companies (2006-2017)
28 -
Start-up companies
28
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Property rights held by DLR (2006-2017)
2347,13083655 -
In Germany2347,13082347
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Abroad2347,13081308
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Number of dissertations (2017)
161 -
Dissertations
161
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Diploma, master’s and bachelor’s degree theses (2017)
671 -
Diploma. master’s and bachelor’s degree theses
671
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Lectureships (2017)
441 -
Lectureships
441
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Publications in peer-reviewed journals (2017)
1292 -
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
1292
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University appointments (2017)
6 -
University appointments
6
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Talks at scientific conferences (2017)
2203 -
Talks at scientific conferences
2203
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Peer-reviewed publications in conference proceedings, books, etc. (2017)
1505 -
Peer-reviewed publications
1505
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Number of Habilitations 2017
5 -
Habilitations
5
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Number of research facilities
178 -
Number of research facilities
178
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Number of locations with research facilities (including Antarctica and Canada)
17 -
Locations
17
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Number of institutes and facilities that operate research facilities
11,9,2,325 -
Aeronautics11,9,2,311
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Space11,9,2,39
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Transport11,9,2,32
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Energy11,9,2,33
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Use of research facilities (percent)
69,31100 -
In-house research69,3169
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Transfer and contract research69,3131
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International cooperation in research 2017
923 -
DAAD – DLR Research Fellows
80
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Visiting scientists from 67 countries
386
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Assignments abroad (persons)
50
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Partner organisations in over 60 countries
400
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International offices
4
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Research stations
3
