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29 January 2008 - UNU-EHS Funding Secured for Next 3 Years

BMBF and MIWFT Grant Financial Support

On January 30, 2008 the funding agreement for UNU-EHS has been renewed at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The BMBF grants annually the sum of 500,000 €.

The agreement has been signed by both parties represented by Prof. Konrad Osterwalder, the Rector of United Nations University and Under-Secretary General at the United Nations; and Prof. Frieder Meyer- Krahmer, State Secretary at BMBF. This sum is part of the core funding of UNU-EHS granted by the BMBF and the Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MIWFT) in equal parts. The funding by MIWFT has been also already agreed upon.