Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research information
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Agency overview
Formed
1980
Headquarters
Bremerhaven, Germany
Employees
>1,000 in 2021[1] (2009: 770)
Annual budget
140 Million Euro / year
Federal Ministry of Education and Research: 90%,
State of Bremen: 8%,
State of Brandenburg: 1%,
State of Schleswig-Holstein: 1 %
Agency executives
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Dr. Karsten Wurr
Parent agency
Helmholtz Association
Website
www.awi.de/
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The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (German: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung) is located in Bremerhaven, Germany, and a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. It conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the high and mid latitude oceans. Additional research topics are: North Sea research, marine biological monitoring, and technical marine developments. The institute was founded in 1980 and is named after meteorologist, climatologist, and geologist Alfred Wegener.
AWI is the biggest institution for polar and ocean research and science in Germany. The annual budget is 140 Mio EUR (2018) and the institute has a staff of more than 1000 people.[2]
^Das Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI): Profil. Retrieved 21 September 2021
^"Alfred-Wegener-Institut: Expeditionen lauf 2023 weiter | Heidjers Stadtwerke". heidjers-stadtwerke.de. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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