Appendices

1. Transition to the Helmholtz
Association
IFM-GEOMAR‘s transition to the Helmholtz
Association was prepared at various levels
throughout the year 2011. The key parameters
at the administrative and political levels
were:
• strategic fit reviewed by the Senate Commission
of the Helmholtz Association at
IFM-GEOMAR on 28 February 2011;
• preparation of the third phase of programme-oriented
funding (POF-III). Drafting
of a programme application: “The blue
ocean - from the deep sea to the atmosphere
(OCEANS)”. Furthermore, participation
in the programme application managed
by the Alfred Wegener Institute for
Polar and Marine Research (AWI) as well
as in the application made by the German
Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).
The spokesperson for IFM-GEOMAR is Professor
Dr. Kaj Hoernle;
Evaluation of Helmholtz fit: left: Secretary of State of
S.-H. Dr. Cordelia Andreßen, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek
(President, Helmholtz- Association) and Prof. Dr. Peter
Herzig (Director, IFM-GEOMAR).
Signment of the Consortium Agreement: left to right:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fouquet (President Kiel University),
Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte (Chair, German Marine Research
Consortium), Peter Harry Carstensen (Prime Minister
Schleswig-Holstein), Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan (Federal
Minister for Education and Research) and Prof. Dr.
Peter Herzig (Director, IFM-GEOMAR).
• adoption of a new name for the Institute:
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel;
• signing of the Consortium Agreement by
the Federal and State Ministries and the
Cooperation Agreement KAIMS (CAU/
IFM-GEOMAR) at the Representation of the
State of Schleswig-Holstein in Berlin on 9
May 2011;
• adoption of the Establishment Act, taking
the Institute‘s petition as presented by the
State Government on 26 August 2012 into
consideration;
• advertisment of the newly created position
of Administrative Director, appointment of
a Selection Committee;
• approval by the General Assembly of the
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Helmholtz Association to accept the Institute
in the Helmholtz Association as from 1
January 2012;
• first successful proposals for funding by
the Helmholtz Association. This included:
funding for applications within the scope of
Calls for Proposals issued under the Initiative
and Networking Fund: junior research
group “Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry”
led by Dr. Christa Marandino, financial support
for equipment to ensure excellence
and appointment of Professor Heidrun
Kopp to a professorship (W3) for “Marine
Geodesy”, financial support as part of
the appointment of Professor Anja Engel,
Helmholtz Russia Joint Research Group
“European and Russian Extreme Events:
Mechanisms, Variability and Future Climate
Change (EUREX)” by Professor Douglas
Maraun;
• basic concept for a new Corporate Design
for GEOMAR was completed and implemented;
• Administration Department and auditors
for GEOMAR prepared the switch to commercial
accounting (Doppik double-entry
accounting system) as from 1 January
2012;
• definition of the starting values for GEO-
MAR in the Helmholtz Association for the
years 2012 to 2014. The increase in the
starting value at the beginning of the programme-oriented
funding in 2014 amounts
to € 7.8 mio. plus investments in the
amount of € 3.9 mio.. In addition to the
progressive increase in the starting values
for the years 2012 and 2013, investment
funds in the amount of € 3.5 mio. and
€ 3.7 mio. respectively were approved for
the years 2012 and 2013.
- IFM-GEOMAR Report 2011 - 5
Overview