Project Manage­ment Jülich

As one of the leading project management organizations in Germany, Project Management Jülich (PtJ) supports its clients in the federal and state governments and the European Commission in realizing their funding policy goals. PtJ implements research and innovation funding programmes that are geared towards socio-political needs, integrating national and European funding. The funded projects cover the entire innovation chain, from basic research to market entry. One of the goals is the advancement of funding instruments to accelerate the innovation process. Through regional networking of science and industry, the aim here is to exploit, in particular, local innovation potential.

PtJ has pooled its experience and expertise into three business areas: Energy and Climate, Sustainable Development and Innovation, and Research and Society NRW. Expertise in central cross-cutting topics and tasks such as Digitalization, Circular Economy, Technical Communication or Monitoring and Evaluation are brought together by PtJ into areas of competency. These areas are managed by interdisciplinary teams and are closely interlinked with all PtJ business areas.

Project Management Jülich in figures¹

The funding volume managed by PtJ rose to €2.525 billion in 2021. The number of ongoing projects increased to 35,029. Of these, 26,120 projects, with a funding volume of around €2.186 billion, were accounted for by federal programmes. For the programmes of federal states, PtJ managed a total of 8,909 projects with a funding volume of around €339.28 million.

With a share of 39.1 per cent of the managed funding volume, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) was PtJ’s main client, followed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) with 33.6 per cent, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) with 6.4 per cent and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) with 5.5 per cent. Other federal authorities were accounted for at 2.0 per cent. The states had a share of 13.4 per cent in 2021.

€1.28 billion of the funding volume went to the area of expertise Sustainable Development and Innovation, €968.85 million to the area of expertise Energy and Climate and €277.65 million to the area of expertise Research and Society NRW.

On 31 December 2021, PtJ had 1,509 employees at its four locations in Jülich, Berlin, Rostock and Bonn.

1) As of 31.12.2018