Launch of the German Marine Research Alliance

Federal Government and North German Länder sign agreement to establish network of German marine research institutions

Jul 18, 2019

With the signatures of Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek, Bremen Science Senator Eva Quante-Brandt, Hamburg Science Senator Katharina Fegebank, Schleswig-Holstein Science Minister Karin Prien, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Science Minister Bettina Martin and Lower Saxony State Secretary Sabine Johannsen, the Administrative Agreement on the establishment and funding of the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) enters into force today.

Link to the press release in German

Signing of the agreement to establish the German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) on 18 July in Bonn. From left to right: Bremen's Senator of Science Eva Quante-Brandt, Hamburg's Senator of Science Katharina Fegebank, Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek, State Secretary Sabine Johannsen from Lower Saxony, Science Minister Karin Prien from Schleswig-Holstein. Photo: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel

German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) kicks off after the signing of the agreement to establish a network of German marine research institutions on 18 July in Bonn. From left to right: Michael Schulz, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of DAM, Science Minister Karin Prien from Schleswig-Holstein, State Secretary Sabine Johannsen from Lower Saxony, Hamburg's Science Senator Katharina Fegebank, Bremen's Science Senator Eva Quante-Brandt, Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek, Karin Lochte, Member of the Executive Board of DAM, Michael Bruno Klein, Chairman of the Executive Board of DAM. Photo: BMBF/Hans-Joachim Rickel

Executive board of the German Marine Research Alliance — The executive board of the German Marine Research Alliance (from left): Michael Schulz (Deputy Chairman), DAM spokeswoman Karin Lochte and Chairman Michael Klein. Peter Herzig (GEOMAR) (not pictured) joins the board. Photo: DAM/Dirk Enters