The period under review saw an extremely positive development of performance indicators and resources. Due, in particular, to the 5 percent growth in funding from the Joint Initiative, the incorporation of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf into the Helmholtz Association, and the provision of addi tional funds to establish the German Centres of Health Research, total funding from the federal government and federal states increased by 8 percent to 2,203 million euros in the period from 2010 to 2011. In addition, the German Parliament approved a total of 36 W3 positions, which were urgently needed to carry out the additional activities. The positive development of all the performance indicators – discussed in detail in the Pakt-Monitoring-Bericht 2011 (available in German) – demonstrates that the association has used its funding efficiently and successfully when implementing its research programmes.