DLR in numbers

Aeronautics research

427 million euro

Space research

532 million euro

Energy Research

147 million euro

Transport Research

136 million euro

German Space Agency at DLR

55 million euro

DLR Projektträger

179 million euro

Other

125 million euro

Total

1,601 million euro

Space

255 million euro

Aeronautics

308 million euro

Energy

81 million euro

Transport

83 million euro

Civil security research

18 million euro

Other (HGF and ETW)

90 million euro

Total

835 million euro

European Union

63 million euro

Revenues from funding management and research management

215 million euro

Project funding from the federal government

168 million euro

Project funding and contracts from German federal states

45 million euro

ESA

67 million euro

Research contracts from the federal government

19 million euro

German Research Foundation (DFG)

6 million euro

Industry

119 million euro

Other

64 million euro

Total

766 million euro

Efficient Vehicle

100 million euro

Clean Propulsion

118 million euro

Components and Systems

84 million euro

Air Transportation and Impact

78 million euro

Defense Technology

47 million euro

Total

427 million euro

Earth remote sensing

145 million euro

Space exploration

33 million euro

Research under space conditions

38 million euro

Space transportation

95 million euro

Space systems technology

108 million euro

Communications, navigation and quantum technologies

58 million euro

Space robotics

55 million euro

Total

532 million euro

Combustion systems

35 million euro

Solar and wind energy

37 million euro

Energy storage

48 million euro

Energy systems analysis

27 million euro

Total

147 million euro

Transport systems

Road transport

71 million euro

Rail transport

23 million euro

Total

136 million euro

Extraterrestrics

48 million euro

Earth remote sensing

26 million euro

Space systems, robotics and other technologies

103 million euro

Space transport

8 million euro

Navigation

9 million euro

Satellite communications

66 million euro

Research and Exploration

60 million euro

Total

320 million euro

Science programme (BMWK and BMVI)

128 million euro

Earth remote sensing (BMWK and BMVI)

270 million euro

Telecommunications (BMWK and BMVI)

81 million euro

Navigation (BMWK and BMVI)

4 million euro

Crew spaceflight, exploration and microgravity – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

247 million euro

Launchers and the European spaceport in Kourou – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

202 million euro

Technology and space situational awareness – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

26 million euro

General budget – German ESA budget (BMWK and BMVI)

66 million euro

Total

1,024 million euro

Programme Management Agency

2,021 million euro

Programme Management Agency for Aviation Research

381 million euro

Total

2,402 million euro

Institutes and facilities

54

Sites

30

Offices abroad

4

Large Research Facilities

193

Research facilities abroad

3

Total

thereof:

11,180

• 6,121
• 5,059
• 3,876
• 7,304

Personnel – average age

40

Calls to university

20

Number of postdoctoral lecture qualification

3

Number of Dissertations / PhD theses

119

Number of diploma, master and bachelor theses

632

Number of teaching assignments held

468

Number of lectures at scientific conferences

2,551

Number of publications in peer-reviewed journals

1,363

Number of publications in conference proceedings, books, etc.

898

Revenue from licensing 2012-2022

55.7 million euro

Company spin-offs 2012-2022

48

Intellectual Property Rights 2012-2022

3,673

Partner organisations from over 110 countries

more than 500

International secondments (number of persons)

44

Visiting researchers from 96 countries

610

DAAD – DLR research fellows

130