Brandenburg - A Home for European Research

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Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg Public relations unit

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Brandenburg - A Home for

European Research

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This leaflet was published by:

Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg (MWFK) Dortustraße 36

D-14467 Potsdam

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Dr. Wolfgang Börner, Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg

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Editorial deadline: 31. January 2008

This leaflet was funded by the Technical Aid of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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3 CONTENT

Content 1.

1. Greeting Address by Minister President Matthias Platzeck

2. Greeting Address by Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka

3.1 Research in Brandenburg: Its Development and Funding 3.2 European Funds in Brandenburg Using the Example of

European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) 3.3 ERDF Funding - Selected Examples 2000-2007

4. The Framework Programme for Research and Technology Development 5. Brandenburgs Research Ventures in the Framework Programme 5.1 Health

5.2 Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

5.3 Information and Communication Technologies

5.4 Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

5.5 Energy

5.6 Environment and Climate Change

5.7 Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities 5.8 Security and Space

6. Map of Research Locations in Brandenburg

7. Brandenburg´s Research Institutions and Universities

4 6 8 15 22 32 36 38 40 42 46 58 62 72 76 78 80

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Greeting Address by Minister-President Matthias Platzeck

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Dear Reader,

In the year 2007, the European Union celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. This not only led to the founding of the European Economic Community (EEC), but also to peace, economic prosperity and social stability on the basis of mutual values and principles.

Within the framework of the German EU Council Presidency, the Federal Republic of Germany has successfully initiated significant impulses for continued European unification, the decisive paving of the way for a new European treaty and the subsequent reform process and brought forward the efforts for a globally coordinated climate and energy policy.

The continuing development of the Lisbon Strategy as a reform motor concentrating on core questions within the EU and the -member states will continue to be of central significance.

This process especially aims at the strengthening of competitiveness and social solidarity, the creation of jobs in the EU and ecological sustainability.

There is agreement within the EU that, in terms of the necessary social cohesion, innovations "made in E.U."

will require special support.

The State of Brandenburg will endea- vour to support this ambitious con- cern. The image of Brandenburg is frequently defined both nationally and internationally by our great cultural world heritage. This brochure makes clear that Brandenburg is not only a land of culture, but first and foremost also an attractive, international competitive location for science and research.

Brandenburg has an excellent repu- tation for research worldwide. This research has made important contri-

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butions to the retention and creation of new, high quality jobs in the state.

We Brandenburgers are proud of the excellent research potential and contributions which have been produced in the Brandenburg universities and non-university research institutions during the last 10 years. We would like to introduce a few selected "flagship projects" of European supported infrastructure and top quality research in Brandenburg in this brochure. As Minister-President of the state of Brandenburg, support for education, innovative research and technology as national and European future spheres for the further development of employment and progress are of particular importance to me.

This support is a firm and important part of Brandenburg state policy. I am happy that the European Union has supported us in this manner with their support policies and assist programmes and that they will continue to support us.

I hope that this brochure can help to

speak to new partners in Europe, particularly within industry, for an innovative cooperation with science and research in Brandenburg and awaken interest in "more".

Whether you are interested in research or culture, Brandenburg is always worth the trip.

I invite you to come here and see for yourself. You'll enjoy it here with us in every respect.

Sincerely,

Matthias Platzeck

Minister-President of the State of Brandenburg

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Greeting Address by Dr. Johanna Wanka

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Brandenburg research is world class in many areas but, outside of the scientific community, it is often only known in high profile areas such as earthquake or climate impact research. This brochure presents examples of top level Brandenburg research in selected European oriented research projects and successful infrastructure investments.

The European Community is to thank for the support of these projects. The assistance by the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF) has in particular contributed to the optimi- sation of existing and creation of new research infrastructure of interest to all of Europe during the 2000-2006 funding period. The ERDF funding supplements and rounds out the structural policy of the State of Bran- denburg, which endeavours to remain at the top level of research and support of the expansion of the basis of knowledge and technical know-how.

Numerous large research projects of international dimensions and pre- sence prove that this investment has been worth it. The Brandenburg institutions also function as project coor- dinators for many of these projects.

For example, the tsunami early warning system developed by the Geo- ForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Germa- ny's national research centre for geosciences, in cooperation with other institutions is known worldwide.

In this brochure, you find other projects focusing on a variety of thematic areas. The broadness of topics and great concentration of research institutions is very unusual for such a small state.

This is achieved through a compositi- on of larger research institutions with flagship functions along with many

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smaller research organizations and institutes. These serve as the jump- ing off points for the formation of clu- sters desired by research and economic policy, on Potsdam's Telegra- phenberg or in Wissenschaftspark Golm, for example, where spin-offs from university and research facilities have been increasingly settling.

Brandenburg-based research seeks to continue the success story of the 6th Research Framework Program with the 7th Framework Program and the next Structural Fund funding period. The state government will continue to provide support for this.

The Brandenburg universities and non-university research institutions are already contributing significantly to the creation of a joint European

research area and the implementation of the Lisbon Process.

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this brochure.

I hope that it finds a wide readership and helps to awaken interest in exci- ting, innovative research in our future as well, the students in secondary schools and universities.

Dr. Johanna Wanka

Minister for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg

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8 RESEARCH IN BRANDENBURG: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING

Research in Brandenburg:

Its Development and Funding

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Only a few regions worldwide can look back on a tradition of research and science which compares to or exceeds that of Berlin and Bran- denburg.

This is a major birthplace and traditional home of European science of the modern era.

The scientific achievements which have been and will continue to be accomplished in this region are the proof that the human desire for invention and research is adamant to sur- vive political systems and to pursue its own "legislation" in overcoming national and international bounda- ries.

As a result, the research institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg have demonstrated a dense network of cooperations, personal associations and fruitful divisions of labor in an exemplary manner. Many researchers work in their lab in Brandenburg in the morning so as to hold lectures and classes at one of the universities in Berlin in the afternoon or at night - and the other way around.

Institutionalised science in Berlin and Brandenburg goes back to internationally known institutions such as the Alma Mater Viadrina (1506 to 1811), the university predecessor to the European University Viadrina foun-

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Of special national, European and international significance in history and today are the Royal Prussian Observatories and natural science ded in 1991 in Frankfurt (Oder), the

Academy of Sciences founded in 1711, the Royal Prussian Institute of Advanced Forestry, which settled in Eberswalde in 1830, on whose grounds the University of Applied Sciences in Eberswalde, which focu- ses on forest science, is now located and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Support of Science and Research founded in 1911 which became the Max Planck Society in 1948.

Former Astrophysical Institute at the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam - today domicile of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

© GFZ, Gantz

Main Axis of the Campus of the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences - a former barracks area. © Martin Röll

Mendelsohn's Einsteinturm on the

Telegraphenberg is deemed to be the most important architectural achievement of the german expressionism. On 6th December 1924 the solar observatory of the Einstein tower was put officially into operation.

© GFZ, Gantz

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research institutes established on the Potsdam Telegraphenberg beginning in 1870, such as the Royal Geodetic Institute of Potsdam (1870, later known as the Geodetic Institute of Potsdam), the Astrophysical Ob- servatory of Potsdam (1879), the Geomagnetic Observatory (1888), or the Meteorological Observatory (1893).

An entire spectrum of scientific disciplines have their origin in Brandenburg; one of the most important is certainly astrophysics, created from astronomy and spectral analysis, as well as scientific geodesy.

On the one hand, the concepts of normalisati- on and standardisation from the military find their continuation here, as it was these endeavours which rende- red national borders superfluous for scientists so long ago. Although not immediately effected by seismic tremors, Potsdam has become a Mecca for

earthquake research, with seismic networks and seismic experiments around the globe. All forms of research institutions for agriculture, forestry, land use and environmental research have been well represented since the Enlightenment.

Turning Brandenburg into a research region was supported by a multitude of international renown personalities.

Frederick the Great offered many scientists and researchers a friendly home in the court, for example, the French philosoph- er and historian Voltaire, from 1750 to 1752; the geologist and research explorer Alexander von Hum- boldt and Leopold von Buch. Albert Ein- stein, creator of the theo- ry of relativity, also found one of his most important contacts at the beginning of the 20th century among the Potsdam astrophysicists, namely Karl Schwarzschild.

RESEARCH IN BRANDENBURG: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING Harald Isenstein:

Portrait of Albert Einstein; entrance of Einsteinturm

© GFZ, E. Gantz

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The research tradition rooted in this history has been maintained through to the present and will be continued.

A strong, enduring diversification was heralded with the founding of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, now the Max Planck Society. Today, along with the centers of the Helmholz Association, Voltaire (around 1718

after Nicolas de Largillière)

Adolph von Menzel:

Round Table with King Friedrich II. (middle) in Sanssouci with Voltaire (right) and the leading minds of the Berlin Academy

Alexander von Humboldt (by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, 1806)

the institutes of the Leibniz Associ- ation and the Fraunhofer Society, these form an extremely stabile research environment which is closely networked with the universities and closely correlative with them in terms of personnel, tea-

ching and research.

Today, the research achievements of the

Left: Johann Jacob Baeyer (* 5. 11. 1794 in Müggelheim near Berlin, † 11. 9. 1885

in Berlin) was officer in the Prussian staff headquar- ters and as geodesist he was the founder of the European degree measure- ment .

Right: Leopold von Buch

(* 26. 4. 1774 in Stolpe at the Oder,

† 4. 4. 1853 in Berlin) was as geologist one of the most prominent exponents of his

profession of the 19th Century.

"It is always pleasant to have strict solutions in a simple form." (Karl Schwarzschild 1916)

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12 RESEARCH IN BRANDENBURG: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

(GFZ), the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI- Potsdam) stand for high level contributions for the future and the solution of global problems before the eyes of the world.

Following German reunification, new developments have contributed to newly founded institutions, such as the PIK, more strongly pursuing interdisciplinary research issues with a global dimension.

The funding of science and research is not a subsidy, but an investment in the future. The significance to which the state ascribes to research, its infrastructural requirements, such as intricate equipment and laboratories, and the education of the next generation of scientists manifests itself in investments.

The main building of the Institute of Bee Research, the experimental apiary and the breeding centre as basis for many research studies could be developed to the increasing requirements in research and public awareness through modernisation. The applied research fields of the Institute of Bee Research are divi- ded into beekeeping, bee diseases, honey ana- lysis and ecology. Bees belong to the most important productive animals of the world and contribute to the preservation of the floral diver- sity. © LIB

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The creation of universities and research centers, facilities and infrastructures for the sustainability assu- rance of international competitiveness of science and research consti- tutes an essential condition for international cooperation, social service and development and is always at the center of national and European financing policies.

The policy of the state government of Brandenburg of viewing science and research as the focus for the redevel- opment of the state from the beginning has made it possible to conduct location conversions to many of the locations used in the German Demo- cratic Republic and previously by the military. There, where often 40 years and longer of military usage has mar- ked entire regions, the science and research policies of the state of Brandenburg can make a significant contribution to European cohesion

policy. The university locations of Brandenburg an der Havel and Senftenberg stand for this. A further example is, the campus of the Bran- denburg University of Applied Scien- ces on the site of the barracks of the cuirassier school at the historic Bran- denburg military base. In addition, numerous student residences are located on grounds formerly used by the military.

The establishment and expansion of the university and research landscape in Brandenburg as an essential contribution for the development of the state has been a focus on investment over the last 15 years. These infrastructural measures closely tied to the economy have ensured the competitiveness and attractiveness of these locations against European and international standards. This level can only be maintained and, with a glance at the Lisbon Process,

The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering in Potsdam-Bornim is one of the leading institutions in agricultural engineering in Europe. The pilot plant for the production of lactic acid and biodegradable polymers was funded to 75 % by the ERDF- funds. © ATB

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14 RESEARCH IN BRANDENBURG: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING expanded further, due to funds from

the European Union that have been, and will continue to be, invested in various ways.

For this reason, the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF) is a piece of good fortune for research in Brandenburg. Like Federal and State government the ERDF is contributing considerably to the excellent framework conditions for research in Brandenburg. The efforts of the Eu- ropean Union also play a special role in providing regions with the help they need to reach an equal level of living conditions, in terms of the magnitude of the funds provided.

In view of its natural space and history, Brandenburg belongs to these regions. From the beginning on, it was recognised that science and research could play an especially important role as the growth motors for the development of a region.

Political decisions are shifted to the lowest possible level of the EU, that is, to the national, regional and/or local political decision making bodies of the various EU member countries.

According to this so-called subsidiari- ty principle, the European Union acts only in a supporting role if these lower decision making bodies are not able to solve problems themselves in a reasonable form. In the case of the Structural Fund assistance, this means that the funds will provided in Brussels and their distribution amongst the various departments will take place according to the decisions of the state government of Branden- burg. The state can thus define its development priorities itself, but has to adhere to the European guidelines.

The decision itself is preceded by a lengthy process of coordination by the administrative agency.

The ERDF-project "Infrastructure for the Development of next generation wireless internetcommunication systems and technologies" has enabled the IHP to build up a leading position in combination of wireless communication, data processing and internet technology. From the funds of the ERDF the new building of the IHP institute building with a 1000 m²class 1 cleanroom was financed.

© IHP GmbH – Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics / Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik

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15 EUROPEAN FUNDS IN BRANDENBURG - EXAMPLE ERDF

European Funds in Brandenburg Using the Example of European Regional

Development Funds (ERDF) 3.2

The European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF) is a central financial source for the implementation of a future oriented and sustainable structural policy for the state of Brandenburg. The Operational Pro- gramme Brandenburg, in which mid- term funding goals are determined, comprised 6,896 billion € for the funding period 2000-2006, approximately 3.1 billion € of which came from the European Structural Funds, consi- sting of the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the agricultural fund "the European Alignment and Guarantee Fund for Agriculture, Alignment Department"

(EAGFL-A). The allotment of the ERDF amounted to 53.8%, that of the ESF to 23.6%; the rest resulted from agricultural aid within the framework of the EAFGL-A (22,8%). With this, the significance of the ERDF for the structural policy of the state is clear. A total of 311 million € was granted for 365 projects in this field for the funding period from 2000-2006, 162 million € of this from the ERDF. Funding details can be seen in the tables on page 17 ff. Important infrastructural projects such as the expansion of the new technology centres in Golm, Cottbus and Frankfurt/Oder were

supported, as well as many research and development facilities in universities, non-university research institutions and companies in a sustainable manner by means of substantial investment. Added to this are investments for the improvement of environmental conditions in Brandenburg.

The vast majority of the ERDF funds were awarded for investment projects for the improvement and further development of the economic infrastructure of the state. In this manner, numerous support measures of the state of Brandenburg for a sustainable development of the region were rounded out and accelerated. Space specific priorities were set with the ERDF funding to expand the infrastructure for attracting businesses and spin-offs as well as to finally fund job creating and job securing innovations.

The ERDF funding helped in many areas to produce the necessary infrastructural and investment basic conditions to provide a creative atmo- sphere for invention and research.

Top scientific achievements, the most attractive building equipment as well as technical facilities provided the basis for the acquisition of highly

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renowned international research projects. For many excellent researchers in the state of Brandenburg who came from all over the place, these circumstances have played an important role. In many cases, it has been possible to support the scientists by the provision of scientific infrastructure from the acquisition of research funds from the framework programmes of the EU and from national funding programmes such as the German Research Foundation or the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Compelling offers to Euro- pean partners can only be made by those who are in the position to move forward with corresponding infrastructural potential.

Parallel to the allotment of funds from the ERDF, a significant investment of technology transfer from science to the economy can be stated. With this level of equipment, universities and non-university research institutions can be operated at the European and international level, and thus make an important contribution to the further development of the European Re- search Area.

Science and research play a prominent role in Brandenburg. The expec- tations of the state and citizens with respect to science are high for the effectiveness of the establishment of a future oriented economic structure in the state of Brandenburg. Econo-

© BTUC, Schormann-Deffner

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mic and technical developments are not foreseeable in every case. It is, however, clear now that the Euro-

pean dimensions for research and science in the State of Brandenburg can no longer be ignored.

Actions Overall Costs in k€

ERDF-Volumes in k€

Number of Projects

Measures at

universities 188.636.059 88.855.747 46

Investments in non- university research institutes

86.319.034 55.436.762 12

Transfer of

knowledge as growth motor

13.736.597 6.840.060 95

Multimedia in

universities 22.010.992 10.965.555 212

Overall: 310.702.682 162.098.124 365

As of January 31, 2008

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Important ERDF measures during the funding period 2000-2007 to expand econo- mic research infrastructure in the non-university area

EUROPEAN FUNDS IN BRANDENBURG - EXAMPLE ERDF

Applicant/Project ERDF-financing

in k€

Overall ERDF Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP):

Expansion/Equipment of a media and communication centre 1.816 908 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK):

Renovation and expansion of former building of the German Weather Service

3.929 1.960 Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt (Oder):

Acquisition of infrastructure for the development of wireless internet and data communication systems and next generation technology

40.188 30.141 New construction of branch for medical biotechnology in Golm of the

Fraunhofer Institute for biomedical engineering (IBMT) 22.500 11.250 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ):

Renovation of the Large Refractor building 270 202

Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP):

E-Science centre for astrophysics 1.030 515

Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt (Oder):

Expansion of infrastructure for development of new gate contact materials for high speed transistors

2.000 1.000 Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt (Oder):

Structural and defect analysis on micro- and nanostructures 1.995 998 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ):

Expansion of the Telegraphenberg computer infrastructure: processing - simulation - backup

2.965 1.483 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ):

Broadband expansion of the Telegraphenberg computer network to giga-bit/s

710 355

Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP):

Laboratory for fibre optic 212 106

Panta Rhei, Cottbus:

Creation of a building for interdisciplinary material research 8.704 6.519

Overall: 86.319 55.437

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Facilitiy Project ERDF-financing

in k€

Overall ERDF University of Potsdam

(UP)

Buildings for Natural Sciences in Golm (2nd

Construction Phase) 45.505 22.752

Eberswalde University of Applied Sciences (FHE)

New construction of teaching and laboratory building for wood technology including testing rooms

9.292 4.436 Lausitz University of

Applied Sciences (FHL)

Renovation and modernization of areas for

mechanical engineering laboratories (House 4) 8.894 3.861 Brandenburg Technical

University Cottbus (BTUC)

New construction of an information, communi-

cation and media center (IKMZ) 28.877 11.401 Brandenburg Technical

Expansion of area for research and teaching of architecture and civil engineering

(Addition LG 7)

2.399 1.200 Brandenburg Technical

Renovation and modernization for areas for laboratories for environmental science and traffic technology

8.871 4.435 University of Potsdam

(UP)

New building for information and economics in

Babelsberg 24.169 12.084

University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TFHW)

Renovation of a building as an information,

communication and media center (IKMZ) 10.989 4.867 Brandenburg Technical

Testing building for research focus traffic tech-

nology/vehicle technology 6.904 2.466

University of Applied Sciences Lausitz (FHL)

Renovation of building 6 to an information labo-

ratory building in senftenberg 5.077 2.538 University of Potsdam

(UP)

Building for natural sciences in Golm (3rd con-

struction phase) 26.509 13.255

Overall 185.815 83.970

Important ERDF measures during the funding period 2000-2007 to expand economic research infrastructure in the university area

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Annotation:

The number of ERDF funded projects has increased by 20 to a total of 365 projects by 31. December 2007.

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ERDF funding -

selected examples 2000-2007

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The following projects were funded on the basis of the Operational Program (OP) for the use of Struc- tural Funds concluded by the state government of Brandenburg (here:

"European Regional Development Fund - ERDF)" within the funding pe-

riod through 2006. The projects belong amongst the focus and/or research priorities of the OP for the measures "Infrastructure in the Areas of Science, Research, Development and Information Technology"

Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (BTUC) Traffic Technology Building

Construction Period: 2005 bis 2007

Investment Volumes: 6,904 k€, 2,466 k€ of that ERDF The research focus of the Institute for

Traffic Technology (IVT) at the BTU Cottbus is in the areas of the aviation technology and space travel applications. In conjunction with the Re- search Facility for Air and Space Travel in Berlin and Brandenburg, the BTU takes on a decisive role in the restructuring process of the region of Southern Brandenburg with the IVT and its research focus on vehicle and propulsion technology. The IVT departments are incorporated into national and international research and development projects and support the economic development process of the region of Southern Bran- denburg. They cooperate, among others, with Rolls Royce Deutsch- land, MTU Ludwigsfelde (and MTU

ERDF FUNDING - SELECTED EXAMPLES 2000-2007

© BTUC, Schormann-Deffner

Munich). With the gift of the testing building for the research focus traffic technology/vehicle technology, the sciences are provided with 1,152 m² (primary usable area) of experimental areas for teaching, research and development of traffic technology.

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The Information, Communication and Media Center (IKZM) at the BTU Cottbus serves the traditional function of a library with modern electronic data processing and an internet supported supply of information. The building, which began official operations in 2005, was designed by the Swiss architect firm Herzog & de Meuron and provides approximately 600 reading and work stations. It offers services in the areas of information and communication technology which serve the research and development of the regional economy, the transfer of technology as well as the professional and continuing education of the citizens of Cottbus and the region. Alongside various reading rooms and open access libra-

ries which extend over six floors, the ten total floors can also be used for internet conferences and presentati- ons, exhibitions, trainings and rea- dings. The IKMZ was honored as

"2006 Library of the Year" and was a selected location of the "Land of Ideas". In 2007 it received the "Grosse Nike", a national architecture prize awarded for the first time by the Confederation of German Architects.

Thanks to the ERDF funding, the IKMZ appeared on the "World Map of Architecture" as a multifunctional building with very unique characteristics, thus increasing the international attractiveness of Cottbus and all of Brandenburg as a location for science and culture.

Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (BTUC) Information, Communication and Media Center (IKMZ)

Construction Period: 2001 bis 2004

Investment Volumes: 28,877 k€ including 2,000 k€ Initial Equipment, of that 11,401 k€ ERDF

Information, Communication and Media Center (IKMZ) of the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus (BTUS) Right: New Construction; Left/Above: Stairs

© BTUC, Schormann-Deffner

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24 ERDF FUNDING - SELECTED EXAMPLES 2000-2007 In order to create sufficient space to

meet the demand of the natural sciences, buildings were constructed in three steps on the Golm campus of the University of Potsdam. Con- struction phases two and three were funded by the EU with 50% of the funding from the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF).

A substantial improvement in teaching and research for these laboratory intensive, experiment based sub- jects was achieved with these structures.

With these new buildings, new material technical conditions were achieved providing a significant development advance for science at Golm.

The strategic concept of the network- sing of university teaching and research with the non-university research institutions has proven to be successful.

During the intervention period, the Golm research campus has achieved a dimension with the institutes of the University of Potsdam, the Max Planck Society, the Fraunhofer Institutes and the Incubation Center Go-In which is recognized on national and international levels and has become one of the most significant engines of innovation in the entire region.

The users of the two buildings from the second construction phase are the chemistry, biology, biochemistry, University of Potsdam (UP)

New Construction of Buildings for Natural Sciences in Golm 2nd Construction Phase: Construction Period: 2001 to 2006 Investment Volumes: 45,505 k€, 22,752 k€ of that ERDF 3rd Construction Phase: Construction Period: 2006 to 2008

Investment Volumes: 26,509 k€, 13,255 k€ of that ERDF

Top and Upper Right: Both buildings of the second construction phase offer chemistry, biology, bio- chemistry, Earth sciences and physics students and scientists the best opportunities for teaching and research. © University of Potsdam

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Earth sciences and physics students and scientists.

Well equipped laboratories and prac- tical training rooms as well as the open, communication provoking design of the ensemble offer the best opportunities for teaching and research.

The third construction phase includes a building for the Institute of Physics with a number of special laboratories and working rooms offers innovative space for 500 students and 17 science workgroups such as astrophysics, quantum optics and nonlinear dynamics.

Third Construction Phase 2006 - 2008: Special laboratories and working rooms for the Institute of Physics will be created here.

© University of Potsdam

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In September 2007, the TFH Wildau moved into the new Information, Com- munications and Media Center (IKMZ).

The landmark protected industrial hall built in 1921 was converted into a modern university library and cafeteria within three years. The completion of the building is one of the final steps on the way to an attractive university campus.

The IKMZ is functionally divided into two primary areas: The commons and separate cafeteria with approximately 400 seats are housed on the ground floor. The three upper floors with a usable area of more than 1,400 squa- re meters are taken up solely by the university library. This triples the usable area of the library to 3,000 ongoing meters of shelf space. Along- side a coatroom and lockers, the information counter is located in the central area of the library on the second floor, including four RFID self-

check out devices as well as the frequently visited textbook collection, with approximately 16,000 titles.

There are a total of 150 work stations available for the library users. Rea- ding rooms and open access collecti- ons, the media library, a group work room, four individual work rooms and offices are located on two additional floors.

Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences (TFH) Information, Communication and Media Center

Construction Period: 2004 to 2007

Information, Communication and Media Center: Central Area

© Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences

Information, Communication and Media Center:

Reading Area on the 4th Floor

© Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences

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The Telegraphenberg, situated in the south of Potsdam and today known as the "Science Park Albert Einstein", has been a famous location of scientific research for more than 120 years.

The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research is one of the institutions assembled there; it is housed in four historical buildings. By means of funds provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF- funds), the Royal Meteorological Ob- servatory, built by the architect Paul Emanuel Spieker between 1890 and 1893, could be restored between 2004 and 2006. Planning and operation of the observatory was tailored to suit the needs of the meteorologists.

Hence, its restoration required special diligence: Its original ground plan, construction and substance as well as its classified equipment needed to be maintained and restored according to best conservation practices.

In addition, permanent summering and wintering grounds were created in unused attics and basement rooms after the restoration to provide habi-

tats for bats that are strictly protected by Article 10 of the German Federal Nature Conservation Act. The outdoor facilities, such as a historical orchard, were also restored through new plan- tings.

53 qualitatively first-class scientific offices and two seminar rooms cove- ring a floor space of 1256 m² are available in this building for the scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The recon- struction project, with a total financial volume of 3,9 million €, was mainly supported by the European Union but also by funds provided by the State of Brandenburg, the Federal Govern- ment and the City of Potsdam. The building was re-inaugurated in 2007 and is now named after the meteoro- logist Prof. Dr. Reinhard Suering, who was the director of the Observatory until 1950.

Süring-Haus:

ehemaliges Gebäude des Deutschen Wetterdienstes

© Lothar Lindenhan

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Restoration and expansion of the former building of the Deutscher Wetterdienst Construction time: 2004 to 2007

Investment volume: 3,929 k€, 1,960 k€ from ERDF

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The new building of the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) in Potsdam opened on May 9, 2007. The building offers ideal working conditions to 142 scientists. The departments of molecular and cellular biotechnology previously divided into two locations (Berlin and Nuthetal Potsdam) have been brought together by the new building.

The building meets the requirements of molecular medicine and biotechnology as a intelligent research infrastructure. The research and development fields of the institute are molecular diagnostics, device development in the filed of lab-on-chip technology, as well as nanobiotechnology and the preparation of regenerative medicine.

Eight docking stations for special container laboratories are located on the eastern side of the building.

Flexible S3 or GMP laboratories with full supply of media can be connected here as per customer orders. This offers the advantage of quickly being

able to change laboratory capacity, the avoidance of renovation costs and even allows the principle to be provided with their own lab after successful installation and test production.

The library offers plentiful space for various events and is also open to the neighboring institutes in Wissen- schaftspark Golm (the Golm Science Park), the Fraunhofer IAP, the Max Planck Institutes and the institutes of the University of Potsdam. The proxi- mity to the institutes promotes scientific exchange and cooperation with projects. In addition, the GO:IN technology center, completed at nearly the same time, offers rooms for companies and spin-offs and opens up opportunities for cooperations and spin-offs.

Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) Potsdam- Golm New Institute Building

Construction Period: 2004 to 2007

New Building of the Fraunhofer Institute IBMT, Exterior View and Library with Gallery Lower: Technical School

© IBMT

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The example of IHP - a European research & innovation centre for wireless communication technologies and member of the Leibniz Association - demonstrates the high influence of ERDF investments on the resulting research impact and the scientific successes on an international level.

The new IHP building, in operation since 1999, was already co-financed with 48 million € from ERDF funds. It has a total area of 7.333 m², including a 900 m² class 1 clean room and more than 2.000 m²laboratories. As a result of this investment, the IHP obtained a modern research infrastructure with a state-of-the-art pilot line with a 0.25 μm BiCMOS technology for 200 mm wafers.

The ERDF project, realized in the time period from 2004 to 2006 with a finan-

cial volume of 32 million €, enables IHP to take over a guiding position on R & D activities in the field of mobile communication systems (wireless communication, data processing and internet applications).

For the system and circuit design, investments were carried out to buy new CAD tools, libraries, IP blocks as well as high frequency test equipment. For the realization of state-of- the-art process steps (0.13 μm technology) in the manufacturing of 200 mm Silicon wafers, new control and processing facilities were purchased for the IHP pilot line.

The IHP pilot line is set up to manu- facture high speed SiGe BiCMOS technologies on the basis of so-called heterobipolar transistors with high frequencies up to 300 GHz. At present, Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics/ Institut für innovative

Mikroelektronik (IHP), Frankfurt (Oder)

- Infrastructure for the Development of next generation wireless internetcommunication systems and technologies

- Infrastructure extension for the development of gate contact materials for high speed transistor technologies

- Structure and Defect Analysis on Micro - and Nanostructures Construction period: 2004 - 2006 Investment: 40,188 k€, 30,141 k€ of that ERDF New institute building

including state-of-the art clean room facilities. © IHP

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30 ERDF FUNDING - SELECTED EXAMPLES 2000-2007 the MPW shuttle service offers world

wide four different 0.25 μm SiGe BiCMOS technologies which can be processed in limited numbers for interested customers. An additional 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology is offered from 2008. In comparison to industry, IHP offers an individual service for research intensive prototype developments of high performing BiCMOS circuitries and accepts in consequence orders with very limited chip areas.

In consequence, the IHP MPW service enables industry as well as Universities and Non-University research institutes the preparation of their innovative development concepts in terms of prototypes, for example with respect to the development of fast wireless data transfer systems with frequencies up to 60 GHz, automotive Silicon radar devices working at 77 GHz or high data

rate circuits for optical networks. In 2007, the IHP MPW service is used by circuit & system designers from 67 Universities / research institutes (52 from EU member states) and 45 industry companies (28 from EU member states).

About IHP:

IHP provides with its competences in Materials Research, Technology, Cir- cuit & System Design a complete innovation chain which is used in an optimal way by its vertical project phi- losophy to pass from basic materials research concepts to first class prototype devices. Of central importance in these R & D projects is the IHP pilot line equipped for the processing of 0.25 and 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technologies. Furthermore, IHP provides a Multiple Project Wafer (MPW) &

Prototyping shuttle service, allowing thus external users to make use of its clean room facilities.

View on the IHP BiCMOS 200 mm Si wafer pilot line © IHP

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Dual FIB-REM NVision 40 System - the latest equipment for three-dimensional structural and chemical analysis of nano-structures in state-of-the-art semi- conductor technologies. © IHP

3.3

IHP`s activities may be considered as three well concerted research programs:

1. Wireless Internet: R & D activities on innovative wireless communication systems with special emphasize on a) applications in new areas and b) development and testing of prototypes.

2. Technology Platform: R & D activities on modular extensions of industrial CMOS technologies for advanced

"system on chip (SoC)" solutions with respect to wireless broad band communication systems.

3. Materials Research: R & D activities on the integration of new materials in Silicon - based microelectronics with special emphasize on nano-sca- led materials systems (high-k dielec- trics, Silicon engineering approaches etc.)

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32 THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

The Framework Programme for Research and Technology Development (FP)

4.

The Framework Programme for Re- search and Technolo- gy Development (FP) is the largest financing instrument of the European Union for research. The programme supports research in selected areas. Their contents are adju- sted to the respectively current political framework conditions and periodi- cally advertised in work programmes.

Economic growth is promoted in the sense of the Lisbon Process, by increasing competitiveness and developing innovation.

The beginnings of the research framework programme lie some 20 years in the past. An instrument which supported targeted European research was created for the first time in 1984.

Since then, there have been multiple subsequent programmes and the seventh program (FP7) came into force in 2007, which will finance research projects across Europe through 2013.

With a duration of 7 years, it is the longest framework research programmes to date and, with a budget of 50.5 billion €, the strongest financed.

FP7 is divided into four specific programmes with an additional programme dedicated to nuclear energy Cooperation

In the cooperation programme, research networks in ten thematic areas are supported, which at the same time constitute scientific areas of high priority. Research is conducted and technology is developed

The thematic areas are the following:

- Health

- Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology

- Information and Communication Technologies

- Nanosciences, Nanotechno- logies, Materials and New Production Technologies - Energy

- Environment (including Climate Change)

- Transport (including Aeronautics)

- Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

- Space - Security

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4.

which assures the progress of the European Union in European as well as international cooperation projects.

The themes were already defined in six framework programmes up to security and humanities and social sciences. A total of 32.5 billion € is available for network projects.

Ideas

The program is conducted by the European Research Council, which supports pioneering research with 7.4 billion € as an independent body. It is open to all research fields; excellence is the sole selection criterion.

People

The education of and career planning for scientists is the focus of the

People programme. Successful actions of the Marie Curie programme were already conducted here in FP5 and FP6. In doing so, networks, individual stipends and partnerships between industry and science were awarded as well as prizes. The programme has more than 4.7 billion € available.

Capacities

The strengthening of the research infrastructure and research potential within the European Union are supported with 4.2 billion € in the Capa- cities program. In addition, special measures support, among others, research by small and midsized companies, the development of knowledge oriented regions and international The Indicative Breakdown of FP7 (in EUR million)

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4.

collaboration.

The Framework Programme in Brandenburg

Universities and research institutions in Brandenburg participate greatly in the research framework programmes of the European Union. Attractive research infrastructures and capacities as well as European and international networks offer an optimal starting basis for bringing projects successfully into the framework programme.

The expired FP6 offers the opportuni- ty to chart the participation of Bran- denburg institutions:

A large number of scientific institutions and universities in the State of Brandenburg are involved in EU projects in the 6th Framework Pro- gramme. In numerous projects, Bran- denburg institutions took on the role of coordinator and attracted important future potential for local research in this manner.

Particularly successful applicants among the non-university research institutions are, among others, the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the German Insti- tute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-

Rehbrücke, the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and the GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geest- hacht GmbH (GKSS Research Center), Institute for Chemistry in Tel- tow. The University of Potsdam is the forerunner among the universities.

Topic Diversity

The diversity of the Brandenburg research landscape enables a wide thematic array, although a special weight was placed on the areas "Bio- logical Sciences, Genomics and Bio- technology in the Service of Health",

"Food Quality and Safety" as well as

"Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems" in FP6.

Participation in the Marie Curie measures is also strongly pronounced.

The focusing of topics corresponds in large part with the industry competence fields defined in the state innovation concept. This creates a reser- ve which is important to the scientific institutions in the cycles of European research funding. All in all, the active role of Brandenburg institutions in the framework research program provides a good starting position for FP7.

The collected experiences in the networking, application or implementation and coordination of European

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research projects benefits the array of scientific institutions of the state of Brandenburg for the new period from 2007 through 2013. It is to be expected that research institutions and universities also successfully apply for EU funding in the future. This will en-

able the research landscape of Bran- denburg to continue to gain in attractiveness and make a significant contribution to European research and technological development.

European Research in the Humanities In recent years, the European Union has launched a variety of measures with the aim of improving the difficult situation for research in the Humanities in the European context. Wheras Germany, on a national level, has declared 2007 „Year of the Humani- ties“, the European Parlament has called out the

„European Year of Intercultural Dialogue“ for 2008.

Both initiatives open up a number of research fields which are proper to the Humanities, such as the analysis of intercultural communication processes, issues surrounding the perception of Self and Other, or challenges in the dialogue between different scietific cultures and communities. All these are questions that are of a fundamental significance for European research projects in all areas – not just in the Humanities.

In addition, the 7th Research Framework Programme of the European Union has explicitly taken into account the Humanities for the first time.

Researchers in the Humanities can submit projects dealing with questions of citizenship, as well as with Europe’s changing role in the world in the context of contemporary globalization processes. Moreover, the importance of media, literature, and fine arts for the European integration process has been recognized and put on the agenda.

Dr. Iwan-Michelangelo D´Aprile, former European En- lightenment Research Center Potsdam

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36 BRANDENBURGS RESEARCH VENTURES IN THE 6TH FP

Brandenburgs research ventures in the 6th Framework Programme

5.

Excellent minds stand behind out- standing research. Individual research projects from Brandenburg have be introduced in detail with their coordi- nators in the following sections.

It is clear that the competence and quality of science in Brandenburg is diverse and comprehensive and that only examples can be illustrated in this brochure. Many scientists in the

State of Brandenburg are involved in the development of further projects whose results extend internationally.

A large part of this will be conducted at the research institutes of the Hermann von Helmholtz Society of German Research Centers, the Gott- fried Wilhelm Leibniz Science Asso- ciation, the Institutes of the Max Planck Society for the Promotion of the Sciences and the Fraunhofer

Instruments in FP6

IP Integrated Projects a transnational multi-partner project with the main aim to generate knowledge in the priority thematic areas of FP6 NoE Networks of Excellence an instrument to overcome the fragmen-

tation of the European research landscape with the objective to strengthen European excellence in a given area STReP Specific Targeted

Research Projects

multi partner research or demonstration projects for a limited scope and ambition CA Coordination Actions are intended to promote and support the networking and coordination of research and innovation activities

SSA Specific Support Actions an instrument aiming to contribute acti- vely to the implementation of activities of the work programme, the analysis and dissemination of results or the preparation of future activities.

RTN Marie Curie - Research Training Network

research- and training networks for Ph.D.

students and Post-Docs

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37 BRANDENBURGS RESEARCH VENTURES IN THE 6TH FP

5.

Society for the Promotion of Applied Research. The universities and universities of applied sciences in the State of Brandenburg are also per- suasive with their first class research activities. Alongside the framework research programme, additional instruments enable research work, such as the LIFE financing instrument or Intelligent Energy - Europe. Important contributions for research activities in the state are made by the European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF), which is can partially expand and newly create the required infrastructure primarily responsible for research.

The projects introduced here and coordinated by Brandenburg institutions come from the 6th Framework

Programme. They are supported after highly competitive evaluaitions and reviews conducted by international EU committees of experts. Alongside profound professional and scientific excellence, high level competence in project management and proven expertise in intercultural communication are necessary skills for the role of coordinator, in order to be able to mana- ge European and some worldwide consortiums. As the majority of the projects listed here were implemented in the 6th framework research programme, they will be presented in order of the thematic priorities of the FP6, which primarily finds its continuation in the FP7. The references to the respective internet sites enables extended, deepened examination of the research projects.

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5.1 Health

38 HEALTH

Certain chronic diseases have a high incidence in populations with a weste- rnized lifestyle. Diet seems to play an important role in the increasing pre- valence of these diseases. According to current estimates, approximately 30 % of cancer and 80 % of the cases of type 2 diabetes could be related to nutrition or its associated factors.

Thus, the potential of nutrition to pre- vent these diseases is considered very high.

Scientists at the DIfE investigate the relationship between single nutritio- nal factors, associated biomarkers, and disease risk by a combination of

genetic, molecular, clinical, and epide- miological research which is unique in Germany. They perform analyses of genetic variants (polymorphisms) as to their role in the incidence of nutrition-related diseases. Research is aimed at developing new strategies DIFE – German Institute of Human Nutrition

EPIC – European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Heiner Boeing

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EPIC

Duration since 1997 Instrument FP6; CA Funding

564.813 Euro;

further 11.155.000 Euro from German Cancer Aid e.V.

Participants 23 administrative centres in 10 European counties

http://www.dife.de

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39 HEALTH

for prevention. It is partly based on EPIC, a prospective cohort study designed to investigate the relationship between diet and the incidence of cancer and other chronic diseases.

EPIC is the largest study of diet and health ever undertaken, having re- cruited over 520.000 people in 10 European countries, including 27.500 participants from Potsdam and surrounding areas. Contact with the study participants is maintained with mailed follow-up questionnaires sent every other year in order to assess new cancer cases as well as changes in diet or lifestyle factors.

Max-Rubner-Laboratory

© DIFE

5.1

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40 FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Food, agriculture and biotechnology

5.2

The central aim of the VaTEP project is the analysis of plant growth processes and the underlying biochemical processes. The network specifically targets intracellular transport proteins to unravel their specific functions with respect to plant growth processes.

The VaTEP Research Training Net- work (RTN) offers structured 3 year training for European PhD students.

PhD students will be trained in a bio- logical discipline that covers multiple levels and links molecular events to

whole-tissue growth in plants. It offers measures to develop skills and com- petencies in various technological and innovative aspects. Young researchers will additionally be trained in a number of complementary skills, including project management and financing, IP rights, ethical issues, communication and entrepreneur- ship.

The training programme includes the scientific work on their PhD project, individual working visits at other partner institutions to learn additional techniques and network-wide work- shops which will be organised by the VaTEP programme, e.g. the Inter- national Biophysics School in Venice or Information days for women scientists in Brussels.

VaTEP

Duration October 2006 – 2010 Instrument FP6; Marie Curie RTN Budget 2.422.326 Euro Funding 2.400.000 Euro Participants

10 working groups from Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic

http://www.bio.uni-potsdam.de

UP – University of Potsdam

VaTEP – Vacuolar Transport Equipment for Growth Regulation in Plants Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bernd Müller-Röber

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5.2

Within the EU network ´VaTEP´ young researchers explore cutting edge molecular and biochemical technologies to study the role of cellular transport processes for plant rowth.

© VaTEP

University of Potsdam, Communs

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The near real time system integrates a large number of sophisticated sensor components such as broadband seismometers, GPS stations, tide gauges, buoys, and ocean bottom in- strumentation, e.g. pressure sensors and seismic sensors.

The data from these sensor systems are transferred to data centres at high speed by means of satellite tele- metry and fed into model cal- culations in order to create a set of warning bulletins. These form the basis for the targeted warning notifi- cations to the different emergency services and government agencies, the media, and special population groups like visually or hearing impai- red.

The Distant Early Warning System (DEWS) emerged from GITEWS as a visible European initiative focusing on efforts for the creation and distributi-

42 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

5.3

Responding to the devastating tsunami catastrophe in the Indian Ocean of 2004, the German Federal Govern- ment entrusted a consortium of Ger- man research institutions under the overall leadership of the GeoFor- schungsZentrums Potsdam with the development of an advanced tsunami early warning system for Indonesia (GITEWS - German Indonesian Tsu- nami Early Warning Sys- tem).

Information and communication technologies

DEWS

Duration February 2007– February 2010 Instrument FP6; STReP

Budget 7.795.007 Euro Funding 4.016.865 Euro

Participants

18 international partners, amongst others: Atos Origin SA. (Spain), Saab AB (Swe- den), National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (Japan), National Coordinating Council for Disaster Management (Indonesia)

http://www.dews-online.org

A HELMHOLTZ-CENTRE

GFZ – GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam DEWS – Distant Early Warning System

Coordinator: Dr. Joachim Wächter

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on of quick, target warning notificati- ons not only in Indonesia but also in Sri Lanka, Thailand and New Zea- land. It is expected that DEWS makes the case for a European early warning system for the Mediterranean and the North East Atlantic.

DEWS contributes a Knowledge Base for the training of disaster specialists and lays the foundation for a new tertiary professional education scheme, the early warning engineer.

The DEWS project will design and implement an open standard based early warning system for Indian Ocean

© GFZ

5.3

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5.3

The main achievement of ASG is a blueprint of an architecture for software platforms which automatically discover Internet-based services and compose them to more complex ones (service processes). End users and enterprises can thus be offered a broader range of services and the creation of the services is easier for providers.

This technology is primarily enabled by the use of so called semantic information, which provides additional in-

formation on the usage and function of a service in a machine-readable form, so that computer programs are able to process that information automatically.

A prototype demonstrates the function of ASG's developed technologies based on two scenarios in the busi- ness world. Furthermore, ASG provides methodologies and techniques for development and adaptation of services to enable an easy-to-use support for service providers.

The Adaptive Services Grid project addresses advanced scientific and technological issues by making use of the knowledge and expertise of major European research institutions with significant contributions from the software, telecommunications, and telematics industry.

ASG

Duration September 2004– February 2007 Instrument FP6; IP

Participants

22 partners; amongst others:

Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Daimler- Chrysler, Telenor (Norway), Siemens, University Swinburne (Australia), Akademia ekono- miczna w Poznaniu (Poland) http://asg-platform.org

UP – University Potsdam ASG – Adaptive Services Grid Coordinator: Dr. Dominik Kuropka

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5.3

The Integrated Project Adaptive Services Grid (ASG) is implemented by "Information Society Technology"

under the strategic objective "Open

development platforms for software and services".

ASG Service Delivery Lifecycle

© ASG

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46 NANOSCIENCES, NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND MATERIALS

5.4

DESY is one of the leading accelera- tor centers in the world. It is a national research institute supported by public funds and has locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen (Branden- burg). The main focus is on fundamental research in natural science with special emphasis upon accelera- tors, particle physics and research with photons.

DESY takes part in 19 EU projects, acting as coordinator, task leader, or partner. One of these projects is the EUROFEL project, a design study funded with 9 million Euros. The aim is to advance the construction of new European research infrastructures.

The EUROFEL project concentrates forces from all interested and quali- fied research groups in Europe for the physical and technological development of a new class of short-wave- length radiation sources called Free Electron Laser (FEL). This novel type of facilities will produce extremely brilliant, ultra-short radiation pulses with laser-like properties in the wave- length ranges from the ultra-violet to X-rays. Thus, FEL open up new pro- mising experimental possibilities for research institutes and industry, e.g.

for the understanding of basic processes in physics, chemistry, and biology.

16 leading research centers from five European countries participate in the

EUROFEL

Duration January 2005 – December 2007 Instrument FP6; SSA

Participants

16 European institutions from 5 countries; amongst others:

Berliner Elektronen-

speicherring-Gesellschaft für Synchrotronstrahlung mbH, Council for the Central Labora- tory of the Research Councils (Great Britain), Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique (France), Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.

(Italy), MAX-lab, Lund Univer- sity (Sweden)

http://www.eurofel.org/

DESY – Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron EUROFEL – European Free Electron Laser Design Study

Coordinator: Josef Feldhaus

Brandenburg - A Home for European Research

Brandenburg - A Home for

European Research

Content 1.

Greeting Address by Minister-President Matthias Platzeck

1.

1.

Greeting Address by Dr. Johanna Wanka

2.

2.

Research in Brandenburg:

Its Development and Funding

3.1

3.1

3.1

European Funds in Brandenburg Using the Example of European Regional

Development Funds (ERDF) 3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

ERDF funding -

selected examples 2000-2007

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

The Framework Programme for Research and Technology Development (FP)

4.

4.

4.

4.

Brandenburgs research ventures in the 6th Framework Programme

5.

Instruments in FP6

5.

5.1 Health

EPIC

5.1

Food, agriculture and biotechnology

5.2

VaTEP

5.2

5.3

Information and communication technologies

DEWS

5.3

5.3

ASG

5.3

5.4

EUROFEL

Nanosciences,

nanotechnologies

and materials