Description of Organisation
PtJ, the Projekttraeger Juelich, is a project management organisation acting on behalf the Federal Ministry of Science and Education (BMBF), the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Environment (BMU).
PtJ is an independent unit in the Research Centre Juelich with a staff of approx. 300. In general, the project management and funding covers a variety of research disciplines including biology, energy, material and chemical technology, environmental and geosciences as well as marine and polar research.
The PtJ office in Rostock Warnemuende opened in 1991 and is responsible for the management of projects in the area of marine, polar- and geosciences, shipping and marine technology with 20 employees.
PtJ is mandated by the Federal Ministry for Education and Science (BMBF) to participate in the MarinERA project.
Marine RTD Funding Programmes:
“Marine Research” Programme of the German Federal Government with 3 priority topics
(1) The Role of the Ocean as a Climate Factor;
(2) The Role of the Ocean as an Ecosystem;
(3) The Role of the Ocean as a Source of Resources
“Polar Research: Tracking Climate Processes” Programme of the Federal Ministry for Education and Science (BMBF)
“FONA - Research for Sustainability” Programme of the Federal Ministry for Education and Science (BMBF)
“Geotechnologies programme” research funding by the BMBF and the German Research Association (DFG)
“Priority Programmes” some covering/including marine research funding by the DFG
“Programme MARCOPOLI - Marine, Coastal and Polar system” research funding by the Helmholtz Gemeinschaft
Forthcoming Events / Announcements:
Forthcoming Events 2007
March
The Baltic Sea Science Congress, March 19-23, 2007, University of Rostock, Germany
May
Institute for Coastal Research Summer School:
Persistent Pollution: Past, Present and Future - Reconstruction for the assessment of state and changes in the meteo-marine environment
09 - 18 May, Bildungszentrum Jagdschloss in Göhrde
August
42nd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS) at IFM-Geomar Kiel from 27 to 31 August 2007
September
The 11th workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters (PPNW), Baltic Sea Research Institute (IOW) in Warnemünde, Germany, from September 3-6, 2007
