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Programme-oriented Funding (PoF)

As part of its Programme-oriented Funding (PoF), the Helmholtz Association does not invest its resources in individual institutions, but rather in cross-centre research programmes that address the major societal challenges of our time.

These programmes and their scientific questions are divided into thematical units ("Topics"). In the current, fourth period of programme-oriented funding (PoF IV, 2021-2027), HZB participates in the programmes and topics of the Helmholtz research fields ENERGY, MATERIALS and INFORMATION presented here:

POF Overview

Programme-oriented funding is based on a two-stage evaluation system: The first stage is a scientific evaluation of the individual Helmholtz Centre - for HZB in May 2025. The second stage is the strategic evaluation of future programmes at the level of the research fields (in 2026).