DLR in numbers

Budget, financing, revenue and other noteworthy information about DLR – this page serves as an overview of official figures and data about DLR.

Content

DLR total budget 2022

  

Aeronautics research

339 million euro

Space research

487 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR

51 million euro

DLR Projektträger

172 million euro

Energy research

142 million euro

Transport research

124 million euro

Other

55 million euro

Total

1370 million euro

DLR institutional funding 2022

  

Space

297 million euro

Aeronautics

239 million euro

Energy

79 million euro

Transport

71 million euro

Civil security research

22 million euro

Other (HGF and ETW)

22 million euro

Total

730 million euro

DLR third-party funding 2022

  

EU

47 million euro

Revenues from funding management and research management

206 million euro

Project funding from the federal government

109 million euro

Project funding and contracts from German federal states

37 million euro

ESA

66 million euro

Research contracts from the federal government

20 million euro

German Research Foundation (DFG)

3 million euro

Industry

101 million euro

Other

51 million euro

Total

640 million euro

Aeronautics – budget 2022

  

Efficient Vehicle

90 million euro

Clean Propulsion

73 million euro

Components and Systems

66 million euro

Air Transportation and Impact

69 million euro

Defense Technology

41 million euro

Total

339 million euro

Space – budget 2022

  

Earth observation

140 million euro

Space exploration

33 million euro

Research under space conditions

35 million euro

Space transportation

81 million euro

Space systems technology

100 million euro

Communications, navigation and quantum technologie

55 million euro

Space robotics

43 million euro

Total

487 million euro

Energy – budget 2022

  

Combustion systems

31 million euro

Solar and wind energy

40 million euro

Energy storage

49 million euro

Energy systems analysis

22 million euro

Total

142 million euro

Transport – budget 2022

  

Road transport

67 million euro

Transport systems

35 million euro

Rail transport

22 million euro

Total

124 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR – National Programme for Space and Innovation, BMWK 2022

  

Space science

42 million euro

Earth observation

54 million euro

Space systems, robotics and other technology

93 million euro

Space transportation

6 million euro

Navigation

10 million euro

Satellite communications

31 million euro

Research and exploration – research under space conditions and human spaceflight, ISS and exploration

56 million euro

Total

392 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR – German ESA budget, BMWK, BMVI and BMVg 2022

  

Science programme (BMWK and BMVI)

125 million euro

Earth observation (BMWK and BMVI)

203 million euro

Telecommunications (BMWK and BMVI)

92 million euro

Navigation (BMWK and BMVI)

3 million euro

Human spaceflight, exploration and microgravity – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

215 million euro

Launchers and the European spaceport in Kourou – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

284 million euro

Technology and space situational awareness – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

49 million euro

General budget – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

64 million euro

Total

1035 million euro

DLR Projektträger – budget 2022

  

DLR Projektträger – managed funds

1897 million euro

Programme Management Agency for Aviation Research – funding

250 million euro

Total

2147 million euro

DLR sites

  

Institutes and facilities

55

Sites

30

International offices

4

Large Research Facilities

189

DLR personnel

  

Total personnel 2022

thereof:

  • Scientific staff
  • Non-scientific staff
  • Female
  • Male
  • 10,685

    • 5814
    • 4871
    • 3650
    • 7035

    Personnel – average age

    40

    Number of Postdoctoral lecture qualifications

    3

    Number of PhD students

    1282

    Number of trainees

    269

    Number of student internships

    83

    Innovation and transfer

      

    Revenue from licensing 2012-2022

    50.2 million euro

    Company spin-offs 2012-2022

    42

    Intellectual Property Rights 2012-2022

    3727

    Global networking and cooperation

      

    Partner organisations from over 110 countries, 2022

    more than 500

    International secondments, 2022 (number of persons)

    44

    Visiting researchers from approx. 100 countries, 2022

    approx. 610

    DAAD – DLR research fellows 2022

    130

    Appointments to universities in 2022

    18

    Teaching assignments held in 2022

    382

    Publications in peer-reviewed journals 2022

    1430

    Peer-reviewed publications in conference proceedings, books, etc. 2022

    832

    Contributions/lectures at conferences in 2022

    2674

    Diploma, Master's and Bachelor's theses 2022

    592