GSI

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates a worldwide leading accelerator facility for research purposes. About 1,520 employees are working at GSI. In addition, every year approximately 1,000 researchers from universities and other research institutes around the world come to GSI to use the facility for experiments. They use the facility for experiments to gain new insights into the structure of matter and the evolution of the universe. They also develop new applications in medicine and technology. GSI is a limited liability company (GmbH). Shareholders are the German Federal Government with 90%, the State of Hesse with 8%, the State of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Free State of Thuringia with 1% each. GSI is a member of the Helmholtz Association, Germany's largest research organization. At GSI, FAIR is currently being built - an international accelerator facility for the research with antiprotons and ions, which is being developed and constructed in cooperation with international partners. It is one of the world's largest construction projects for international cutting-edge research. The FAIR project was initiated by the scientific community and researchers from GSI. The GSI accelerators will become part of the future FAIR facility and serve as the first acceleration stage.