The future is written here

Research, innovation, education: The DLR Projektträger supports stakeholders from politics, science, industry and educational institutions with a wide range of services.

How DLR Projektträger helps making cities smart and sustainable

How DLR Projektträger helps making cities smart and sustainable

What makes cities and regions liveable and attractive, and at the same time smart and sustainable and fit for the future? With its expertise in smart cities, DLR Projektträger can help answering these questions – and work together with local stakeholders to implement solutions for sustainable and integrated urban development.

SMEs for innovative climate protection – from research to practice

SMEs for innovative climate protection – from research to practice

Technologies, products and services for climate protection – DLR Projektträger helps to accelerate the transfer from research to novel products and practical application.

The twin crises: species extinction and climate change

The twin crises: species extinction and climate change

Climate change and biodiversity loss are two global crises that are closely linked. Stopping them are two of the greatest human challenges of our time. With expertise and commitment, DLR Projektträger employees are dedicated to tackling this "twin crisis" at the interface between research, politics and practice.

Fighting antisemitism, right-wing extremism and racism

Fighting antisemitism, right-wing extremism and racism

Radicalisation, racism and extremism threaten social cohesion. DLR Projektträger is implementing several funding measures on behalf of the BMBF with the aim of uncovering the background to these tendencies and deriving options for action.

Bringing knowledge to the global market faster

Bringing knowledge to the global market faster

How can innovations from research and development find their way into applications as quickly as possible? This question is not only crucial for Germany's competitiveness. Internationally, too, DLR Projektträger attaches great importance to accompanying projects beyond the funding stage until they are ready for the market.

Technological Sovereignty in Germany and Europe

Technological Sovereignty in Germany and Europe

With its intensive and resilient national and international connections, DLR Projektträger has been supporting the BMBF at European and international level for years – as a partner, advisor and catalyst.

Synergy Dialogue: Exploiting synergies between funding programmes

Synergy Dialogue: Exploiting synergies between funding programmes

How can different funding programmes that contribute to a common goal be used efficiently to accelerate innovations that make Europe greener, more digital and more resilient? With the "Synergy Dialogue", DLR Projektträger operates an instrument on behalf of the BMBF that helps to do just that and serves as a model for the whole of Europe.

Making vocational education and training cooperation sustainable

Making vocational education and training cooperation sustainable

As a technical advisor to the BMBF's bilateral VET cooperation projects, DLR Projektträger has been providing important political impetus for years. Increasingly, project funding is being used as an instrument to shape cooperation. The flexible funding instrument "CooperationVET" was recently developed from five funding calls.

EU on a new mission – Developing solutions by 2030

EU on a new mission – Developing solutions by 2030

The EU has launched five major missions to tackle the most pressing problems of our time. By 2030, it wants to have developed solutions in the fields of health, climate and the environment. On behalf of the BMBF, DLR Projektträger is helping to implement these missions in Germany.

Strategy and organisational development in Georgia and Italy

Strategy and organisational development in Georgia and Italy

It is not just politics that needs to evolve in order to strategically respond to the challenges of our time. Organisations are also struggling to find a sustainable direction. DLR Projektträger's many years of expertise in the fields of analysis, consulting and strategy development can help.

Germany’s G7 Presidency 2022 – highlighting shared values

Germany’s G7 Presidency 2022 – highlighting shared values

Only together we can solve the biggest challenges of our time. Research and innovation are central to progress. Since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, partnerships with countries that share our values have become even more important. This was agreed by the G7 science ministers at their meeting, which was supported by DLR Projektträger.

Green hydrogen: Together into the future

Green hydrogen: Together into the future

There are increasing efforts worldwide to produce, transport and use hydrogen from renewable energy sources on a large scale. On behalf of its clients, DLR Projektträger contributes to the successful implementation of European and international initiatives and collaborations in the field of green hydrogen.

Citizen Science showcase: Plastic pirates go Europe

Citizen Science showcase: Plastic pirates go Europe

School classes and youth groups collect plastic waste from rivers and beaches. DLR Projektträger extends the German project "Plastic Pirates" to eight European partner countries.

Inquiring, participating, giving impulses

Inquiring, participating, giving impulses

Participatory science communication is one of DLR Projektträger's core competencies. During the BMBF's "Science Years" and beyond, science and society are brought into dialogue with each other.

DLR Projektträger promotes progress in the computer games industry

DLR Projektträger promotes progress in the computer games industry

The games industry has long since become a key player and innovation driver in the creative industries. Since 2019, the German government has been supporting computer games development with a funding programme that DLR Projektträger has been implementing from the very beginning. This makes it the only project management agency in Germany.

Strategic Foresight

Strategic Foresight

Predicting the future? DLR Projektträger approaches this goal with the method of "Strategic Foresight". We develop future scenarios that provide a sound basis for long-term decisions – and thus help to master pressing challenges.

"Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung" – improving teacher training sustainably

"Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung" – improving teacher training sustainably

Teachers play a key role in the education system. To meet the profession’s demands, they must be well trained and have continuous further training. The "Quality Initiative in Teacher Education" has addressed this task for eight years. Commissioned by the Education Ministry, DLR Projektträger has helped shape the future of education from the start.

Integration through education

Integration through education

Education is the key to integration and social participation. How this can be achieved is being discussed in a nationwide dialogue forum and researched in the ESF Plus programme "Integration through Education". DLR Projektträger (DLR-PT) was commissioned with the conception and organisation.

Matchmaking with strategy: the International Bureau

Matchmaking with strategy: the International Bureau

How can international cooperation on climate change or artificial intelligence be made sustainable and effective? We advise politics, research and business, develop strategies and measures for global networking with them – and implement them.

For better medical care – Innovation Fund sets impulses

For better medical care – Innovation Fund sets impulses

Boosting medical care for the more than 70 million people with statutory health insurance in Germany – this is what the projects of the Innovation Fund at the G-BA are all about. DLR-PT has been ministered the implementation of the numerous projects since 2016.

Leading the way – the office of the Science Platform on Climate Protection

Leading the way – the office of the Science Platform on Climate Protection

Selected research institutions of the natural and social sciences, law, economics and engineering worked together on an interdisciplinary basis. They engaged in regular dialogue with science, civil society and politics in order to help achieve international, European and national climate protection goals. 

Global initiatives against antibiotic resistance

Global initiatives against antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasing threat to global health. To counteract this danger, antibiotics should be used more sparingly, and new drugs should be developed. The German government is pursuing these goals with major international initiatives -– supported by the DLR Projektträger (DLR-PT).

Medical informatics: Strengthening research and advancing health care

Medical informatics: Strengthening research and advancing health care

DLR-PT has supported the Federal Ministry of Education and Research-BMBF in developing the funding concept for the Medical Informatics Initiative and is accompanying the implementation of this forward-looking large-scale project. The aim is to enable the exchange and cross-location use of medical data and thus also to advance personalised medicine.

Cross-border cooperation between business and science

Cross-border cooperation between business and science

In the European Eureka network, companies and science find particularly flexible opportunities for cross-border cooperation. The German Eureka Office at DLR-PT advises the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on strategic issues, designs funding measures and supports applicants and projects.