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HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRESDr. Hong HE

>>Strategic Alliance for a Better Future<<

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PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DR. HONG HE

Jan. 2004- : Chief Representative of the Helmholtz Beijing Office

Aug. 2000-Dec. 2003: Director of the International Cooperation Division, Beijing Science and Technology Commission

Sept. 2002- Sept. 2003: Deputy Director of the Economic Development Department, Beijing Economic Industrial Park (BDA), Sandwich Programme

April 1995- Aug. 2000: Research Professor and deputy division head in the Beijing Institute of Space-Medico Engineering

April 1991-April 1994: Postdoctoral research assistant in the Oxford University

Sept. 1987-March 1991: PhD student in the FSU-Jena University, Germany

Nov. 1986-June 1987: Candidate student for oversees study in Xian College of Foreign Languages, intensive German courses

Sept. 1982-July 1986: Bachelor student in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province.

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THE 15 RESEARCH CENTRES OF THE HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION

Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt

Forschungszentrum Jülich

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam

GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht

GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit

Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung

Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin

UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle

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OUR MISSION

Making provisions for tomorrow’s world: Top-rate research contributes to solving grand challenges

Think big, act big:A complex infrastructure and large-scale facilities

Knowledge generates results: Using research findings to benefit society and industry

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HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ

Universal scholar with a sense for the practical

First law of thermodynamics on the conservation of energy

Ophthalmoscope for examining the retina

Three-component theory of colour vision

Founding father of modern meteorology

Explained the principals of tone colour through harmonics; resonance theory of hearing

Founding President of the Physikalisch-Technischen Reichsanstalt in Charlottenburg

Hermann von Helmholtz

(31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894)

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FACTS AND FIGURES

15 research centres

250 institutes

25,000 staff

8,500 scientists and engineers (excluding young and early-stage researchers)

3,250 doctoral students

Budget: 2.2 billion euros

Helmholtz Centre

Branch of a Helmholtz Centre Helmholtz Head Office

List

Helgoland

Bremerhaven GeesthachtHamburg

Greifswald

Braunschweig

Wolfenbüttel-Remlingen

Göttingen

Magdeburg

Potsdam

Berlin

ZeuthenTeltow

Niemegk

Halle

LeipzigBad

Lauchstädt

Köln

Jülich

Bonn

Darmstadt

Heidelberg

Lampoldshausen

Karlsruhe

Stuttgart

München

GarchingNeuherberg

Oberpfaffenhofen

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HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION FINANCES

Total budget: 2.2 billion euros

Institutional: 1.6 billion euros,

90% from federal government

10% from federal states

External: 0.6 billion euros,

15% funding from industry

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PROGRAMME-ORIENTED FUNDINGCORE ELEMENT OF HELMHOLTZ REFORM

Top-rate research in strategic programmes consistent with research policy guidelines

Competition and cooperation in six research fields with a total of 30 programmes

Funding of cross-centre programmes instead of individual centres

International evaluation by experts every five years

Successful programmes stand out through their scientific excellence and strategic relevance

Research-tailored controlling

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STRUCTURE OF THE HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION

Board of Funding Organisations Senate Senate Commission

President

Vice-Presidents

Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Forschungszentrum Jülich Forschungszentrum Karlsruh Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung GeoForschungszentrum Potsdam

• GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht

• GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit

• Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung

• Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin

• Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

• Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin

• UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle

Assembly of Members

Energ

y

Healt

h

Earth and

Environment

Key

TechnologiesTransport and

Space

Structure of

Matter

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NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS IN GERMANY

Budget Staff Centres/Institutes

Helmholtz Association

Mission: use-inspired basic research

with a forward-looking perspective

€ 2.2 billion 25,000 15 / 250

Max Planck Society

Mission: science-led basic research € 1.4 billion 12,000 80

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Mission: industry-oriented research and

development

€ 1.1 billion 12,500 58

Leibniz Association

Mission: long-term research topics € 1.1 billion 13,000 84

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TOP-RATE SCIENCE IN NETWORKS

The six research fields:

Energy

Earth and Environment

Health

Key Technologies

Structure of Matter

Transport and Space

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OUR CORE COMPETENCE:LARGE-SCALE FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Managing national and international networks and consortia, for example:

Tsunami early warning system

Developing, building and operating large-scale facilities,

for example:

ITER, XFEL, FAIR

Providing complex infrastructure and platforms, for example:

Polarstern, supercomputing, mouse genetics

Tsunami early warning

system

Ion accelerator

facility

Ice breaker

‘Polarstern’

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STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

Close cooperation with universities,for example:

around 200 joint appointments

52 Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Groups

65 virtual institutes

Strategic partnerships with industry, for example :

Particle therapy for cancer

GMR sensor for hard disk technology

Small molecules for new pharmacological agents

Consortia with non-university research institutions, for example :

Climate research aircraft HALO

Earth Observation System EOS

German Marine Research Consortium

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HELMHOLTZ INTERNATIONAL

Bilateral partnerships between Helmholtz scientists and outstanding research institutions worldwide

Successful in Europe, e.g. a 35% success rate with EU applications; 70% with infrastructure applications (German average 22%), over 260 million euros from the 6th Framework Programme, participation in 559 projects

Visiting scientists, e.g. 3,500 visiting scientists at the large-scale facilities in the field of basic natural sciences research

Large-scale facilities with international participation, e.g. ITER, XFEL, FAIR

Regional offices in Brussels, Moscow, Beijing

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PROMOTING YOUNG & EARLY-STAGE RESEARCHERS

Working together with universities to train doctoral students (some 3,200 doctoral students at Helmholtz Centres)

Helmholtz Graduate Schools offering Graduate Training Programs

Helmholtz-University Young Investigators Groups with tenure option 2005: 52 groups2008: ca. 100 planned

Helmholtz Academy for scientists in managerial positions (in preparation)

Helmholtz School Labs at 19 locations

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PACT FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Participating in excellence competition in cooperation with universities and with the investment of Helmholtz resources

Enhancing Germany’s appeal by developing, building and operating outstanding, large-scale research facilities, with continual quality controls

Networking with universities, business and industry, and non-university research institutions

Providing structured training for doctoral students and young investigators

Promoting women in science and research

Strategically developing new research areas, including ones with higher risk or unconventional research approaches

Agreeing on strategic plans for core areas of research and innovation

The Helmholtz Association has committed itself to the objectives of the Pact for Research and Innovation and contributes actively to it

CONCLUDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY AND THE LÄNDER IN 2005 TO INCREASE THE QUALITY AND PERMANCE OF RESEARCH

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INSTRUMENTS FOR COOPERATION

Helmholtz Alliances

Virtual Institutes

Joint Laboratories or Junior- or Partner Scientists Groups

International PhD Programmes or Bilateral Education Programmes

Helmholtz Summer-Schools or Workshops

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HELMHOLTZ AND CHINA

Many of our centres have had over 25 years of cooperation with Chinese Partners

Helmholtz hosts about 200 Chinese guest scientists and recruit about 40 per year

Helmholtz and the CSC (Chinese Scholarship Council) is preparing a contract for receiving and supporting up to 50 PhD or Postdocs per year.

Helmholtz Summer-Schools or Workshops

International PhD Programmes or Bilateral Education Programmes

We are strategic partner for international big science projects, such as Galileo, ITER, FAIR and XFEL.

We are also interested in establishing new contacts, that is why we set up the Beijing Representative Office in 2004 as the second oversees office, behind Brussels and before Moscow.

We are also interested in cooperation on technology-transfer for industrial purpose and have good experience with Chinese partners.

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OUR EXPERIENCE WITH CHINA

Our scientists are very satisfied with the quality of the Chinese visitors in general, only in several cases there were complains about the language

We find some excellent Chinese groups, who are returnees from oversees, who are still holding good networks with the Chinese Americans, or the Chinese scientists oversees. There is an increasing number of good facilities and good research clusters in the CAS or the other prominent universities.

We define the cooperation of three different levels: a) Enrolling students from China (visiting scientists); b) Invited and paid by the Chinese for lectures and instructions; c) Cooperation based on a fair win-win partnership, increasing number of projects based on commercial basis.

Just like its economy, China is growing very rapidly, but still a developing country concerning its R&D. There are tremendous achievements, but also various challenges, for instance, the Chinese can do very well in a Western laboratory, or under a good professor, but not yet to figure out the real problem, there is still a 10-15 years long way to go for its own innovation. They are good at spots, but not on a team work for a complex solution, like a precision production line.

For big projects like ITER, there is worries on the Chinese side how to find and sent 10% of the qualified scientists and engineers, on the other side, they do can contribute a lot to the international community.

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OUR SUGGESTION FOR EU-CHINA COOPERATION

Scientists should be better informed about the calls and the possibilities.

There should be more initiatives, like mutual visits, like symposiums. There should be more funds for travelling, for people meeting together

Hopefully, for a country like China, Indian and Russia, there could be a dedicated Steering Committee, which should would hold a session meeting every year, give a brief review on the ongoing projects, and making suggestions or guidance for scientists to apply for projects in the coming year.

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“Energy is not lost”Hermann von Helmholtz

Our Motto: Achieve more together!