Financing

Basic information about DLR finances, broken down into core funding from the federal and state governments and third-party funding. In addition, our research budget and the funding budgets of the German Space Agency at DLR and the two project management agencies are presented here.

Overall financing, basic budget and third-party funding (2022 to 2024)

Overall Financing

Basic Budget and Third Party Funding

Third-party funds by source

Own research (2022 to 2024)

Funding by research field

Aeronautics

Space

Energy

Transport

Programme management agencies and German space agency (2022 to 2024)

Funding volume of Programme Management Agencies

Shares of Programme Management Agencies

National Space Programme and ESA contribution

Shares of National Space Programme and ESA contribution

DLR financing in tabular form

Overall financing (in million euro)

  

2022

2023

2024

1,370

1,601

1,701

Basic Budget and Third Party Funding (in percent)

 

2024

 

Basic international funding

53

Third-party funds raised

47

Third-party funds by source (in million euro)

 

2024

 

Return from funding and research management

802

European Union EU

228

Project funding from Federal Government

80

Project funding and orders from federal states

170

German Research Foundation DFG

6

European Space Agency ESA

66

Research order from Federal Government

128

Reserach order from Industry

64

Funding by research field (in million euro)

   
 

2022

2023

2024

Aeronautics

339.8

427.3

422.2

Space

487.0

531.5

545.6

Energy

142.2

146.5

176.7

Transportation

123.6

136.0

151.3

Space Agency

50.8

55.4

58.3

Project Management Agencies

171.9

179.4

191.2

other

55.0

125.4

155.7

Aeronautics (in percent)

 

2024

 

Clean propulsion

26.0

Efficient vehicle

23.9

Components and systems

20.9

Air transport and impact

17.8

Defense technology

11.4

Space (in percent)

 

2024

 

Earth observation

28

Technology for space systems

22

Space transport

18

Communication, navigation, quantum technology

12

Space robotics

9

Research under space conditions

6

Space exploration

5

Energy (in percent)

 

2024

 

Combustion systems

31.0

Energy storage

29.0

Solar and wind energy

25.4

Energy system analysis

14.7

Transport (in percent)

 

2024

 

Car

47

Transport system

30

Train

17

Ship

6

Programme Management Agencies: Funding volume (in million euro)

  

2022

2023

2024

2,147,616

2,401,700

2,176,300

Programme Management Agencies: Shares (in percent)

 

2024

 

DLR Projektträger

87.2

Programme Management Agency For Aviation Research

12.8

German Space Agency: National Programme and ESA contribution (in million euro)

  

2022

2023

2024

1,327

1,389

1,578

German Space Agency: Shares of national programme and ESA contribution (in percent)

 

2024

 

German contribution to ESA

79

National Space Programme

21