Facts and Figures

The Borstel Research Center is a member of the Leibniz Association and belongs to the section "Life Sciences". The central task of the center is basic and clinical research in pneumology.

Research Funding

In 2025, the Center received a base budget of 30,79 Mio.million euros. This was supplemented by 8,02 million euros in third-party scientific funding and 2,05 million euros from the center's own services. Funding for the base budget is provided in equal parts by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Schleswig-Holstein, as well as the state community.

The center currently holds 12 patent families as well as a number of cooperation and license agreements.