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.

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DLR total budget 2021

  

Aeronautics research

312 million euro

Space research

520 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR

45 million euro

DLR Projektträger

168 million euro

Energy research

149 million euro

Transport research

112 million euro

Other

42 million euro

Total

1348 million euro

DLR institutional funding 2021

  

Space

343 million euro

Aeronautics

234 million euro

Energy

92 million euro

Transport

73 million euro

Civil security research

15 million euro

Other (HGF and ETW)

18 million euro

Total

775 million euro

DLR third-party funding 2021

  

EU

51 million euro

Revenues from funding management and research management

194 million euro

Project funding from the federal government

85 million euro

Project funding and contracts from German federal states

32 million euro

ESA

63 million euro

Research contracts from the federal government

12 million euro

German Research Foundation (DFG)

2 million euro

Industry

87 million euro

Other

47 million euro

Total

573 million euro

Aeronautics – budget 2021

  

Efficient Vehicle

78 million euro

Clean Propulsion

60 million euro

Components and Systems

83 million euro

Air Transportation and Impact

52 million euro

Defense Technology

39 million euro

Total

312 million euro

Space – budget 2021

  

Earth observation

143 million euro

Space exploration

36 million euro

Research under space conditions

32 million euro

Space transportation

82 million euro

Space systems technology (incl. robotics)

96 million euro

Communications and navigation

85 million euro

Space robotics

45 million euro

Total

519 million euro

Energy – budget 2021

  

Combustion systems

34 million euro

Solar and wind energy

34 million euro

Energy storage

58 million euro

Energy systems analysis

24 million euro

Total

150 million euro

Transport – budget 2021

  

Road transport

52 million euro

Transport systems

41 million euro

Rail transport

19 million euro

Total

112 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR – National Programme for Space and Innovation, BMWK 2021

  

Space science

44 million euro

Earth observation

100 million euro

Space systems, robotics and other technology

87 million euro

Space transportation

4 million euro

Navigation

9 million euro

Satellite communications

31 million euro

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

41 million euro

Total

316 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR – German ESA budget, BMWK, BMVI and BMVg 2021

  

Science programme (BMWK and BMVI)

120 million euro

Earth observation (BMWK and BMVI)

205 million euro

Telecommunications (BMWK and BMVI)

83 million euro

Navigation (BMWK and BMVI)

3 million euro

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

188 million euro

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

300 million euro

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

69 million euro

General budget – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

60 million euro

Total

1028 million euro

DLR Projektträger – budget 2021

  

DLR Projektträger – managed funds

2211 million euro

Programme Management Agency for Aviation Research – funding

231 million euro

Total

2242 million euro

DLR sites

  

Institutes and facilities

55

Sites

30

International offices

4

Research stations

8

DLR personnel 2021

  

Total personnel

thereof:

  • Scientific staff
  • Non-scientific staff
  • Female
  • Male
  • 10,327

    • 5753
    • 4574
    • 3542
    • 6785

    Personnel – average age

    40

    Number of PhD students

    1192

    Number of trainees

    267

    Number of student internships

    68

    Innovation and transfer

      

    Company spin-offs, 2011-2021

    41

    New, in-house technology transfer projects, 2010-2020

    183

    Investment in technology transfer projects, 2010-2020

    53 million euro

    DLR intellectual property rights 2010-2020

    thereof:

    • Property rights in Germany
    • International property rights

    2868

    • 2478
    • 1390

    Revenue from licensing 2010-2020

    53 million euro

    Global networking and cooperation

      

    Partner organisations from over 110 countries, 2020

    500

    International secondments, 2020 (number of persons)

    52

    Visiting researchers from 92 countries, 2021

    560

    DAAD – DLR research fellows 2021

    138

    Appointments to universities in 2021

    12

    Teaching assignments held in 2021

    462

    Total number of publications, 2020

    4011

    ISI/Scopus-refereed publications, 2020

    thereof:

    • open access
    • restricted access

    1553

    • 922
    • 631

    Conference contributions / presentations, 2020

    1577

    Peer-reviewed journal articles, 2020

    thereof:

    • refereed open-access journal articles
    • refereed journal articles (restricted access)

    1371

    • 865
    • 506

    Promoting young talent

      

    Number of diploma, master and bachelor theses, 2021

    555

    'Habilitations' / dissertations, 2021

    119

    Teacher workshop participants 2021

    68

    Schools receiving teaching materials from DLR, 2020

    3500

    DLR_School_Labs attendees, 2021

    6018

    DLR Raumfahrtshow 2021 viewers

    5127