The Department of Research Management and Funding is Universität Hamburg'soffers a broad spectrum of administrative and legal services, particularly in the following areas:

• Establishing research centers, collaborative research centers, research groups and other key research areas,
• Applying for and implementing projects funded externally,
  
• Concluding research and development contracts, cooperation contracts and other agreements in the context of research and technology transfer,
  
• Cooperating with external scientific institutions,
  
• Establishing contacts between Universität Hamburg and the business sector,
  
• Promoting young scientists and scholars,
  
• Foundations and assets.