Project funding from national and international public sources (thousands of euros) 2008 62,058 2009* 139,785 2010 75,346 2011 91,757 2012 86,674 36 Forschungszentrum Jülich | Annual Report 2012 As in previous years, a significant share of the research budget was acquired as third-party funds supplementing Forschungszentrum Jülich’s regular budget in 2012. The fact that the German federal and state governments as well as the German Research Foundation (DFG) and commercial companies support research at Jülich shows that they believe in its sustained benefits for society and important innovations for industry. Third-Party Funding The number of projects at Jülich funded by DFG increased to 41in 2012: Research training groups 12 DFG priorities 19 Collaborative research centres 10 DFG project funding (thousands of euros) 2008 2,813 2009 3,297 2010 4,166 2011 5,472 2012 6,592 Project funding balance sheet 2012* Thousands of euros Federal government • of which in research fields 44,949 25,476 State government • of which in research fields 8,640 8,640 DFG • of which in research fields 6,592 6,527 Other national sources • of which in research fields 11,356 10,545 Total national • of which in research fields 71,537 51,188 EU • which in research fields 15,137 14,232 Sum total • of which in research fields 86,674 65,420 Project funding from national public sources (thousands of euros) 2008 49,023 2009* 124,912 2010 67,414 2011 71,239 2012 71,537 Project funding * In 2009, national project funding was significantly higher because it included funds for the installation of a petaflop computer. Note: • Federal government project funding includes € 19,338,000 for the operating costs of ILL. • DFG funding does not include DFG income amounting to € 67,000 that were generated within the framework of private service contracts and therefore do not count as operating income of Forschungszentrum Jülich. * See also p. 74 on project funding.