VFF-IFU e.V. was founded in 1989 as a registered non-profit-making association.
Its area of responsibility is
- financial aid to support scientific projects and workshops.
- an annual award for outstanding scientific and professional performance with respect to publications, doctoral thesis and diploma thesis presented by staff members.
- protection of the interest of IMK-IFU vis-à-vis policy makers and the media.
There is an annual general meeting during which the members have the opportunity to gain an insight into the current scientific work of the members of IMK-IFU and the development of the institute.
The annual award is also presented at the general meeting.
The membership is open to all.
(i.e. former staff members, local politicians, representatives of business and industry, scientific bodies and interested members of the general public)
For further informations please contact:
Friends of VFF-IFU e.V.
Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Instituts für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK-IFU) – VFF-IFU e.V.
Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Tel. 08821 183-101
Fax. 08821 183-103
email: vff-ifu infoSPAM∂imk fzk de
download: Flyer VFF-IFU e.V.
Charter of VFF-IFU e.V.
Application of membership
Award 2012:
1. Award: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Junkermann
The penalty for clean fossil fuel combustion.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11 (2011), 12917-12924. DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12917-2011
2. Award: Dr. Benjamin Fersch
Fersch, B., Kunstmann, H., Bárdossy, A., Devaraju, B., Sneeuw, N.Continental scale basin water storage variation from global and dynamically downscaled atmospheric water budgets in comparison with GRACE derived observations.
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13 (2012), 1589-1603. DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-11-0143.1
