PhD Handbook

6 1 THE HELMHOLTZ COMMUNITY 1 HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION IN GERMANY The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers is the country’s largest scientific non-university organization, consisting of 18 scientific-technical and biological-medical centers located all around Germany. Helmholtz institutes are strategically aligned with core research themes: energy; earth and environment; health; aeronautics, space and transport; key technologies; structure of matter which aim to solve grand challenges in science, society and in industry. The Helmholtz Association’s namesake is the German physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894). The official mission of the Association is “pursuing the long-term research goals of state and society, and maintaining and improving the livelihoods of the population”. Scientists at Helmholtz therefore target to identify and explore the major challenges facing society, science and the economy. The association’s research is primarily funded by the federal government and employs greater than 36000 people, with approximately 6000 PhD students. More information about each Helmholtz Center can be found here: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Deutsches Elektronen- Synchrotron (DESY) Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material-und Küstenforschung (HZG) Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungs- Zentrum GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Helmholtz Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt Karlsruher Institut für Technologie GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Forschungszentrum Jülich Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) The 18 Helmholtz Centers (status 02/2014) www.helmholtz.de/en/about_us/helmholtz_centres/ HELMHOLTZ JUNIORS l 1 THE HELMHOLTZ COMMUNITY l 2 HELMHOLTZ JUNIORS (WORK AND PHILOSOPHY)

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