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by Berit Krondorf (comments: 0)
Fentastic!
Funding for GMC
08/07/2025 During an off-site cabinet meeting of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state government with representatives of the federal government at the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Representation in Berlin on July 7, 2026, Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and Minister President Manuela Schwesig presented the University of Greifswald with a grant notification for the expansion of peatland research. Since July 2026, the Federal Ministry for the Environment has been funding the research project with a total of approximately 14 million Euros. The funding lays the foundation for the further development of peatland research and the establishment of the Greifswald Mire Institute (GMI). For more information, see the press release of the Federal Ministry for the Environment and the press release of the University of Greifswald.







