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The GEOMAR has at its disposal special research infrastructures allowing for observations at sea and in the deep sea, for example, the research vessel Maria S. Merian and the manned submersible JAGO. Photo: GEOMAR
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GEOMAR is a Helmholtz Centre
With effect of January 2012, the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) joins the Helmholtz Association and as of now adopts the name of GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The centre contributes to the Helmholtz Association its expert knowledge in the field of ocean and deep sea research as well as unique deep sea technologies.
With effect of January 2012, the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) joins the Helmholtz Association and as of now adopts the name of GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The centre contributes to the Helmholtz Association its expert knowledge in the field of ocean and deep sea research as well as unique deep sea technologies. Even though the basic organisation of research at the GEOMAR will not change for the time being, the transition to the Helmholtz Association brought with it considerable changes. The new institute name and the new logo required a new public appearance, the management and control boards needed recommissioning and there were some changes also with regards to administration. "All colleagues have taken on enormous additional effort to effect as smooth a transition as possible", says Professor Dr Peter Herzig, Director of GEOMAR.
However, integration into the Helmholtz Association opens up also new opportunities. "By now, we have determined the main features for an application in the context of programme-oriented funding as of 2014. This is of elementary significance for the basic financing of GEOMAR", says Herzig. He continued to say that projects with Helmholtz funding have already been secured, for instance, a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group, a German-Russian young talent research group and a W3 professorship for ensuring excellency.
At the same time, the GEOMAR will continue its close cooperation with the Christian Albrechts University Kiel, for example, in the DFG special research field "Climate- Biogeochemistry interactions in the tropical ocean of the SE-American oxygen minimum zone" or in the Cluster of Excellence "Future Ocean Highlights". In the long-term, the marine researchers want to establish an even more encompassing marine research network with the planned "Kiel Academy of Interdisciplinary Marine Sciences". With the GEOMAR, the Helmholtz Association's research field of environment and marine research is further expanded and strengthened.
