Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) 

The joint research project GeoEn is sponsored since October 2008 in the framework of "Innovation Initiative for the New German Länder" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as a Brandenburg pilot project.The sponsorship of the first project phase had 7,1 Million Euros over 27 months. The second phase startet in the beginning of 2011 with 5,77 Million Euros over 33 months.

Entrepreneurial Regions - The BMBF Innovation Initiative for the New German Länder

"Entrepreneurial Regions" stands for the building and expansion of special technological, scientific and economic competences in East German regions. Its goal is the sustainable transfer of these competences to innovations, economic growth and employment. The "Entrepreneurial Regions" development programmes therefore establish the basis for the creation of regional economic clusters.