GFZ German research centre for geo sciences

Facts and Figures

Date of foundation: 1st of January 1992 
 
Employees (as of 31.12.2023)
The GFZ currently employs 1657 persons:
1017 scientific, technical, and administrative staff,
140 apprentices, student assistants, and (paid) interns, as well as
500 guests (including 186 account guests, primarily scientists).


Annual Budget 2023

€  78,6 million institutional funds provided by the Federal Government (90%) and the State of Brandenburg (10%)
of which GFZ:                      €  69,6 million
of which RIFS:                        €
  9 million                            

€ 35,2 million from third-party funding

Total:                                     € 113,8 million

Joint professorships advance networking with universities (as of February 2024):

Joint appointments: 37

  • 15 University of Potsdam
  • 8 Free University of Berlin
  • 2 Humboldt University of Berlin
  • 6  Technical University of Berlin
  • 2 RTWH Aachen University
  • 1 Technical University of Braunschweig
  • 2 Leibniz University of Hanover
  • 1 Technical University of Darmstadt

Extraordinary professorships: 12

  • 6 University of Potsdam
  • 5 Technical University of Berlin
  • 1 Free University of Berlin

Honorary professorships: 5

  • 2 Technical University of Berlin
  • 1 university of Potsdam
  • 1 Bauhaus University Weimar
  • 1 University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Visiting professorships: 7

  • 1 Free University of Berlin
  • 1 University of Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1 University of Changsha, China
  • 2 China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
  • 1 Central South University, China
  • 1 Tsinghua University, China

Other appointments: 2

  • 1 University of Teheran
  • 1 University of Bologna, Italien
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