Facts and Figures

Aeronautics research

422.2 million euro

Space research

545.6 million euro

Energy Research

146.5 million euro

Transport Research

151.3 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR

58.3 million euro

DLR Projektträger (project management agencies)

191.2 million euro

other

155.7 million euro

Total

1,670.8 million euro

Aeronautics

270.6 million euro

Space

310.4 million euro

Energy

87.8 million euro

Transport

95.9 million euro

Civil security research

23.1 million euro

Other (HGF, ETW, quantum computing)

111.3 million euro

Total

899.1 million euro

European Union

70.9 million euro

Revenues from funding management and research management

228.4 million euro

Project funding from federal government

169.7 million euro

Project funding and contracts from German federal states

41.6 million euro

ESA

65.8 million euro

Research contracts from federal government

27.0 million euro

German Research Foundation (DFG)

6.2 million euro

Industry

128.3 million euro

other

64.0 million euro

Total

801.9 million euro

Efficient Vehicle

101.1 million euro

Clean Propulsion

109.6 million euro

Components and Systems

88.3 million euro

Air Transportation and Impact

75.2 million euro

Defense Technology

48.0 million euro

Total

422.2 million euro

Earth observation

152.5 million euro

Space exploration

30.0 million euro

Research under space conditions

34.6 million euro

Space transportation

96.1 million euro

Space systems technology

119.5 million euro

Communications, navigation and quantum technologies

64.4 million euro

Space robotics

48.5 million euro

Total

545.6 million euro

Combustion systems

54.7 million euro

Solar and wind energy

44.8 million euro

Energy storage

51.2 million euro

Energy systems analysis

26.0 million euro

Total

147 million euro

Transport system

45.2 million euro

Road transport

71.1 million euro

Rail transport

25.8 million euro

Naval transport

9.2 million euro

Total

151.3 million euro

Extraterrestrics

45.0 million euro

Earth observation

38.0 million euro

Space systems, robotics and other technologies

111.0 million euro

Space transport

12.0 million euro

Navigation

12.0 million euro

Satellite communications

23.0 million euro

Research and Exploration

75.0 million euro

Space situation

13.0 million euro

Total

329.0 million euro

Science programme

139.0 million euro

Earth observation

328.0 million euro

Telecommunications

86.0 million euro

Navigation

43.0 million euro

Crew spaceflight, exploration and microgravity

246.0 million euro

Launchers and the European spaceport in Kourou

245.0 million euro

Technology

31.0 million euro

Space situation

55.0 million euro

Commercialization

6.0 million euro

General budget

70.0 million euro

Total

1,249 million euro

Programme Management Agency

1,890.0 million euro

Programme Management Agency for Aviation Research

227.3 million euro

Total

2,167.3 million euro

Institutes and facilities

54

Sites

30

Offices abroad

4

Large Research Facilities

187

Research facilities abroad

3

Total

thereof:

11,786

• 6,517
• 5,269
• 4,041
• 7,745

Personnel – average age

40

Calls to university

10

Number of postdoctoral lecture qualification

3

Number of Dissertations / PhD theses

180

Number of diploma, master and bachelor theses

730

Number of teaching assignments held

489

Number of lectures at scientific conferences

2,915

Number of publications in peer-reviewed journals

1,405

Number of publications in conference proceedings, books, etc.

1,189

Revenue from licensing

48.4 million euro

Company spin-offs

52

Intellectual Property Rights

3,781

Partner organisations from over 110 countries

more than 500

International secondments (number of persons)

44

Visiting researchers from 96 countries

610

DAAD – DLR research fellows

130