Members Members Institutions of different fields in marine research founded the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) on March 16th, 2004. View all Members Research Vessels SONNE The research vessel SONNE was built in 1969 as an industrial stern trawler. When marine resources became a topic on the 70s’ political agenda, the German government decided to buy the fishing vessel. View all Research Vessels Strategy Groups Strategy Groups KDM Strategy Goups are dedicated to overarching marine scientific topics, in particular those with a high societal relevance View Strategy Groups Education ISOS Integrated School of Ocean Sciences The PhD programme of the Integrated School of Ocean Sciences (ISOS) focuses on interdisciplinary education outside of curricular courses View Education
