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DLR consortium led by DLR-PT wins contract for "Smart Cities”

Under the leadership of the DLR Projektträger (DLR-PT), the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has successfully applied for the establishment and supervision of the Smart Cities Coordination and Transfer Office (KTS). On behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (BMI), the KTS will support German municipalities.

Transformation pathways for sustainable universities

With the Sustainability in Science Initiative (SISI), the BMBF is promoting the transformation of the science system. Starting in 2022, projects will be considered that develop and test concrete transformation paths for sustainable universities. The DLR Projektträger (DLR-PT) is on board as a contractor for the implementation of this initiative.

Digital Now – funding doubled for current year

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is significantly increasing its Digital Now investment grant programme. In order to support even more small and medium-sized enterprises in digitisation in the future, funding for measures managed by the DLR Projektträger (DLR-PT) will be raised to almost 250 million euros by 2024.