In 1996 the DSMZ was recognized as a Blue List institution to provide service for industry and academia. It is financially supported by the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology and the State Ministries. The DSMZ is a member of the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Presently, the number of staff is about 80, including about 25 scientists. The DSMZ cooperates closely with other national or international research groups in the fields of characterization and identification of biological material.
Service is offered against payment or collaboration which.
The DSMZ is mainly supported by the government but the Collection is asked to balance a major part of its budget by the generation of revenues. From 1999 on the DSMZ will be in the position to administer part of the income.