The Programme Management Agency for Aviation Research
Paving the way for climate-neutral aviation
As the Project Management Agency for Aviation Research, we are an institution that organises and manages the funding of projects for climate-neutral aviation. Our clients are mainly ministries at federal and state level.
Our services
As the project management organisation for aviation research in Germany, we are the central partner for science, industry and ministries in the field of aviation.
The Project Management Agency for Aviation Research (PT-LF) is an institution within the German Aerospace Center (DLR) that is responsible for supporting aeronautics research programmes.
- the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) in the implementation of the federal aviation research programme (LuFo Klima)
- the federal states of Bavaria, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony, which supplement the federal programme with their own funding programmes.
- with a team called "KMU Beratung Luftfahrt" (SME Consultancy Aviation), which offers specific events and advice for SMEs and start-ups.
- As the national contact point for KEM Luftfahrt, we promote networking within the European framework programme.
In addition to ongoing funding measures for our clients, our tasks also include numerous accompanying measures, such as market and technology analyses as consultancy for the federal and state governments. Thanks to our close dialogue with the aviation research network, we are able to systematically monitor technologies and markets and thus identify trends at an early stage. We analyse these trends and pass these impulses on to our clients by providing expert advice. This service is available to all authorities and organisations of the federal administration.
In addition to national aviation funding, another focus is on European exchange. This is reflected, for example, in the European cooperation with foreign aviation research programmes, but also in the collaboration in the States Representatives Group of Clean Aviation, as well as the collaboration in the European research network GARTEUR for civil and military aviation research.
Find out what sets us apart as a project management organisation for aeronautics research:
Our team.
The challenges of the coming years, towards a transport transition for sustainable aviation, can only be successfully mastered by an efficient team. To this end, more than 70 employees currently work at the Project Management Agency for Aviation Research, providing technical expertise and implementing research projects in accordance with administrative law. Our aim is to provide extensive impetus and important guidelines for research into climate-friendly aviation in Germany.
We support companies, universities, SMEs and large research organisations in the funding process - in close interdisciplinary cooperation.
We specialise in auditing and advising on highly complex operational and strategic issues relating to the funding process. We specialise in both administrative and scientific issues.
Further information on the research areas we are involved in can be found in the Top Topics section:
