The Future Ocean

Cluster of Excellence
"Future Ocean"
Exzellenzcluster „Ozean der Zukunft“
EstablishedNovember 2006
DirectorProf. Dr. Martin Visbeck
Location
Kiel
,
Schleswig-Holstein
,
Germany

CampusChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Websitehttp://www.futureocean.org/en/index.php

The Future Ocean is a Cluster of Excellence founded in November 2006 in line with the German excellence initiative by the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), the Muthesius Kunsthochschule (MKHS), the Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung (GEOMAR).[1][2] It is an interdisciplinary marine research group and it is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).[3] Part of the cluster is the Integrated School of Ocean Sciences (ISOS) which is a post graduate school for ocean sciences in Kiel.

  1. ^ "Current Clusters of Excellence". Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Humboldt Foundation cooperates with Kiel's "Future Ocean" Cluster of Excellence". Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Funding Decisions by the Grants Committee" (PDF). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 22 October 2015.