• The Federal Ministery of Research and Technology (BMFT)
  The Federal Ministery of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMB+F)
• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Geological Survey of Lower Saxony in Hanover, Germany, (NLfB)
• International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
• GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (Germany)