Helmholtz-Roadmap for Research Infrastructure
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This roadmap presents a list that has been coordinated within the Helmholtz Association of those research infrastructures which will be strategically relevant for the Helmholtz Association, or in the individual research fields, for implementation of the scientific portfolio.
These projects are regarded as being desirable and necessary in the six research fields of the Association from a scientific point of view and in consideration of scientific policies. The roadmap of the Helmholtz Association is based on role models such as the ESFRI [European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures] roadmap. The list that has been coordinated in the individual research fields with the prioritised research infrastructures over the next ten years, from a current point of view, is supplemented by an overview of the planned building period and estimated investment costs, as well as a brief profile for each research infrastructure. The list of Helmholtz projects is supplemented with a list of those ESFRI projects, in the preparation and implementation of which, the Helmholtz Centres are now already significantly involved.
To Publication Helmholtz-Roadmap for Research Infrastructure
The Helmholtz Roadmap serves as a basis:
- for discussing the strategic planning with the sponsors. It therefore forms a cornerstone for binding planning within the BMBF [Federal Ministry of Education and Research] processes, e.g. for preparation of a national roadmap.
- for consultations on the strategies for financings, setup and operation of the research infrastructures using already-formulated evaluation criteria and processes (i.e. using precise timescales and budgets, summary cost estimates, setting priorities, including the planning for closures/switch-offs and [new] structuring of the management for these infrastructures),
- for independent assessment of the research infrastructures by the Science Council, if applicable,
- for concrete consultation with the user community,
- and not least, for the ongoing discussion within the Helmholtz Association itself, for regular revision and updating of the Association’s research portfolio, as well as the infrastructure planning.
Overview of Research Infrastructures
Research Field Energy
Karlsruhe Laboratory for Nuclear Material Characterization and Radionuclide Speciation (KARAS)
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Helmholtz Energy Materials Characterization Platform (HEMCP)
Centres involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich (poss. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, German Aerospace Center, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
Energy Lab – energy-efficient process chains
Centres involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Geothermal Laboratory in a Mine (GeoLaB)
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
HElmholtz LIquid Metal MAterial and Technology Laboratory (HELIMA)
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Reaserach Field Earth and Environment
Global Earth Monitoring- and Validation System (GEMIS)
Centres involved: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
ATMO-SAT
Centres involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Ice Laboratory - Igloo
Centre involved: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring / FRAM - Observatorium
Centre involved: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
REEPON – A Large Scale Reef and Pond Facility for Ecological Climate Research in Shallow Coastal Seas
Centre involved: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
National Cloud Research Centre AiDA – Grande
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
ACROSS – Advanced Remote Sensing – Ground Truth Demo and Test Facilities
Centres involved: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Research Field Health
Center for Integrated Diabetes Research (CIDR)
Centre involved: Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health
HZI Centre for Substance Research and Functional Genome Research
Centre involved: Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
F&E Centre for Imaging, Radio-Oncology and Preventative Oncology
Centre involved: German Cancer Research Centre
Institute for Cardiovascular Research (Cardio Berlin)
Centre involved: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch
Bavarian NMR Centre at the HMGU (BNMRZ)
Centre involved: Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health
Expansion of the MR-PET imaging centre
Centre involved: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch
Research Field Aeronautics, Space and Transport
Tandem-L
Centres involved: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, German Aerospace Center, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Research Multiple Unit Next Generation Train (NGT FT)
Centre involved: German Aerospace Center
iSTA R – Inflight Systems & Technology Airborne Research
Centre involved: German Aerospace Center
Research Vehicle Next Generation Car (NGC)
Centre involved: German Aerospace Center
C-Cube - Concurrent Certification Center
Centre involved: German Aerospace Center
Research Field Key Technologies
Exascale Computer (ExaCom)
Centre involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Centre for Integrative Biology
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Helmholtz Data Center (HDC)
Centres involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Centre for Structural Biology FZJ / KIT
Centres involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Helmholtz Nanoelectronic Facility II
Centre involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Innovation Platform for Loadbearing & Multifunctional Matter Systems
Centres involved: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Research Field Structure of Matter
European XFEL Phase II
Centre involved: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
FAIR Module 4-6
Centres involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
AugerNext
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Upgrade PETRA III and FLASH
Centre involved: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Expansion of the Ångström Source Karlsruhe (ANKA)
Centre involved: Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
EDM@COSY
Centre involved: Forschungszentrum Jülich
Detector Laboratory and LHC Upgrades
Centres involved: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, poss. GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
ARD Test Facility
Centres involved: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Forschungszentrum Jülich, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
Helmholtz-Beamline at European XFEL
Centres involved: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Helmholtz-Beamline with High-Power Lasers at FAIR
Centres involved: GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
CW Linac
Centre involved: GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research



