Facts and Figures
Date of foundation: 1st of January 1992
Employees (as of 31.12.2022)
The GFZ currently employs 1514 persons:
972 scientific, technical, and administrative staff,
121 apprentices, student assistants, and (paid) interns, as well as
421 guests (including 148 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 Ocotber 2023):
Joint appointments: 38
- 15 University of Potsdam
- 8 Free University of Berlin
- 2 Humboldt University of Berlin
- 7 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