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scientist as a Helmholtz Young Investigator (HYI).
To underline the strategic importance of HIC for FAIR, the Helmholtz Association has committed additional
financial support of more than 48 million Euro over a period of 12 years via strategic bilateral partnerships,
and 15 million Euro by establishing 7 permanent professorships at the partner institutions. It is envisaged that
HIC for FAIR will continue with sustained financial support from the Helmholtz Association.
ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI
by Carlo Ewerz
The Extreme Matter Institute EMMI was founded in 2008 in the framework of the Helmholtz Alliance
'Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory' and is funded by the Helmholtz Association. The institute, which is
managed by the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, is dedicated to research in the
area of matter at the extremes of density and temperature, ranging from the coldest to the hottest and densest
forms of matter in the Universe. This research is carried out with a special emphasis on interdisciplinary
aspects and common underlying concepts connecting the different research areas.
EMMI research is carried out in close collaboration with its 13 international partner institutions; among the
German partners are the universities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Heidelberg and Münster, the
Forschungszentrum Jülich, the Max-Planck-Institut for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, and FIAS. To the
latter EMMI and has particularly close ties. The Scientific Director of EMMI, Prof. Peter Braun-Munzinger,
is also a Senior Fellow of FIAS. The four EMMI Fellow positions (leaders of EMMI Fellow Groups) are
now all filled. The EMMI Fellows are also Fellows at FIAS. In 2010, more than 350 scientist contributed to
the activities in EMMI, among them more than 150 doctoral students and more than 100 postdocs. The
structural graduate education of doctoral students within EMMI is organized in close collaboration with the
sourrounding graduate schools, for example with the Helmholtz Graduate School for Hadron and Ion
Research (HGS-HIRe) and the Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics (HGSFP). Two
Memoranda of Understanding aiming at close scientific collaboration have been signed in 2010 with the
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow, and with the Helmholtz-Institut Jena.
In 2010, EMMI members have published more than 300 papers in refereed journals, and more than 100 contributions
to conference proceedings. EMMI runs an active workshop program. 12 EMMI workshops with
strong international participation were organized in 2010, many of them focussing on interdisciplinary aspects.
In addition, EMMI runs a visiting professor program that allows its partner institutions to invite renowned
expert for extended periods. These and further EMMI activities are listed at www.gsi.de/emmi
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