Our scientists work in 17 Helmholtz Centres on a wide variety of topics ranging from A for astrophysics, B for biology, C for cell biology and so on. A total of 31,000 employees use our state-of-the-art research infrastructure, which is also available to the international scientific community and includes unique large-scale equipment such as particle accelerators, supercomputers, fusion reactors and research ships Commissioned by the state, we pursue the ambitious aim of making a substantial contribution to solving the major challenges facing society.

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

The scientists at the Bremerhaven-based Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research study the poles, the oceans and the climate. Their goal is to improve our understanding of the changes in the global environment and the earth system, which are partly natural and partly caused by humans.
www.awi.de»

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY is one of the world's leading accelerator centres. DESY develops, constructs and operates large-scale particle accelerators, which are used to investigate the structure of matter. The combination of research with photons and particle physics at DESY is unique in Europe.
www.desy.de»

German Cancer Research Center

The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg is the largest biomedical research facility in Germany. Over 2,500 staff members are investigating the mechanisms of cancer formation and working to identify cancer risk factors. Significant scientific progress has been made at the German Cancer Research Center, both in basic research and in the development of new clinical procedures.
www.dkfz.de»

German Aerospace Center

The German Aerospace Center (DLR), which has its main office in Cologne, is Germany's national research centre for research and technological development in aeronautics and space. The organisation also plays a leading role in selected areas of energy and transport research.
www.dlr.de»

German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases

The German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases is developing new prevention measures and therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and various types of dementia.
www.dzne.de»

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Forschungszentrum Jülich conducts interdisciplinary, top-rate research with the aim of solving major challenges facing society in the fields of health, energy and environment, and IT. The centre combines its two key competencies of physics and supercomputing to make long-term, fundamental and interdisciplinary contributions to science and technology, while also developing specific technological applications.
www.fz-juelich.de»

GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research

The GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht conducts coastal research, develops functional material systems, and works on medical technology and the structure of matter.
www.gsi.de»

GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht

The GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht conducts coastal research, develops functional material systems, and works on medical technology and the structure of matter.
www.gkss.de»

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

The researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie study new materials and complex material systems. Their focus is always on innovative manufacturing processes. The centre's other main field of work is solar energy research.
www.helmholtz-berlin.de»

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

The Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is an interdisciplinary research network that covers all scientific disciplines dealing with the solid earth, ranging from geodetics and geophysics to geology, mineralogy and geochemistry.
www.gfz-potsdam.de»

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig studies infectious diseases and their prevention and treatment.
www.helmholtz-hzi.de»

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ researches the interactions between people and the environment in cultivated and damaged landscapes. The aim of the concepts and processes developed by the UFZ is to help secure natural resources for future generations.
www.ufz.de»

Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health

The Helmholtz Zentrum München in Neuherberg examines complex life systems in the interaction between environmental factors and individual genetic dispositions.
www.helmholtz-muenchen.de»

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was founded on 1 October 2009 when the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (part of the Helmholtz Association) and the University of Karlsruhe joined forces. This created of one of the world's largest research and teaching institutes, which has the potential to attain a leading position worldwide in selected fields. The institute's main areas of research are energy, climate and the environment, NanoMIkro, elementary particle physics and astroparticle physics, COMMputation, people and technology, mobility systems, new and applied materials, and optics and photonics.
www.kit.edu»

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch

The Max Delbrück Center combines basic biomolecular research and clinical research in order to develop new methods for the diagnosis and treatment of serious diseases.
www.mdc-berlin.de»

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching is an associated member of the Helmholtz Association. It conducts research into nuclear fusion with the aim of reproducing on earth the way that the sun generates energy.
www.ipp.mpg.de»

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)

How does matter behave in strong fields and at miniscule dimensions? How can malignant tumours be identified in the early stages and treated effectively? How can people and the environment be protected from risks posed by technology? These are the questions researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf are working to answer.
www.hzdr.de»