Facts and Figures

Legally, The German Primate Center is a limited company (Ltd). At its inception in 1977, the  Federal State of Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany signed a shareholders agreement. Both shareholders hold 50 percent of the shares of the institute. The funding of personnel and material resources from federal and state government (without third-party funds) was approx. 16,3 millions of EUR in 2017.

The scientists of the DPZ spent approx. 6,5 millions of Euros from research funding organizations such as the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2017. This corresponds to about 41 % of the amount of funding from federal and state governments (basic funding). Thus, the DPZ was able to keep the third party funding at a overall high level over the last years.

By the end of 2018, the DPZ had 436 employees, including a certain proportion of part-time workers or apprenticeship positions. However, the Institute has doubled the number of its employees in the past ten years. If one includes the staff at the field stations, the DPZ has a significantly higher number of research workers.